Hello all,
Today marks the 9th month of my crash back in last July, and the start of my trip from hell. For those of you who do not know my symptoms and ailments, my TBI(Traumatic Brain Injury) is causing me to lose my vision, gives me constant migraine cluster headaches, and is building inter-cranial pressure. Doctors I have been seeing have tried nearly every treatment for me so far, to no avail, and my body is unable to tolerate the massive amounts of drugs being forced into me to try and alleviate my symptoms, any longer. So, as of now, it has been a long time since I've blogged, trained, or really, done anything related to triathlon recently. Motivation and drive is crippled as pain takes over your mentality, incapacitating you from doing anything you try to put your mind to.This has brought me to an inner conflict over the past weeks and months, because as the drugs wreak havoc on my body, they also torture the mind. As I've battled with my thoughts and feelings and pain, I have come to the decision that I will retire from the sport of triathlon.
For the time being, I need to focus on battling this mental disease, and if I regain my health, then make a return to sport. But for now, I will not be racing any longer, and training has stopped completely. My body needs time to rest and recover and heal, and hopefully by taking off a year or so, it will have recuperated. This has truly been the most difficult decision of my life, and I hope and trust I will be able to come back from it. I love all of my followers for your continued support and encouragement, and I sincerely hope the best for all of you in the upcoming season.
Happy training, guys.
Through all our races, you've gotta have some fun out of it. This is my first time just casually swimming in White Lake.
