Bad News

My throat was feeling worse and I could hardly get out of bed this morning, so Derek stayed home from work to take me to the doctor. Luckily he went with me as I almost passed out 5 or 6 times trying to get there. Apparently I have an ear infection and what looks to be Strep - I have to call for the results tomorrow. According to the doctor I can probably still race as I started the antibiotics today, so I'll just rest and cross my fingers. The timing isn't actually that bad as we are supposed to be resting in our taper phase anyway, but it feels pretty bad to be stuck to the couch and not moving my muscles at all. I just try think of all the people who have fought Leukemia & Lymphoma and any kind of cancer for that matter and put my situation into perspective . . . so what if I can't race. I can still cheer on my teammates, hang out with my family and know that I will have raised almost $10,000 to help people who feel a whole lot worse than I do.