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Aargh.. this morning I looked like the polkadot jersey in the Tour de France, red spots all over my body , arms and legs. I even found red spots in the palms of my hands.. I ran to the doctor and she said it was a violent allergic reaction. Since antihistamines don't seem to work she prescribed me corticoids - Medrol containing prednisolone to be exact - which I have to take for the next 6 days. She also explicitely forbade me to ride the 100K tomorrow. Damn.
This month has not been very kind to me. It started great though ; with a marvelous trip to the Vosges which I enjoyed very much and the delivery of my new car. Then things took a turn for the worse when I was bitten by that horsefly. Allergic reaction and a lymphatic infection resulting in 8 days of heavy antibiotics and now this allergic skin reaction to god knows what.
People might think I am overreacting but from my perspective - I am very rarely ill, I can't remember my last cold - these last few weeks have been hell. I was not 'ill' in the technical sense - no fever, didn't have to stay in bed, only some diarrhoea at the start - but the inability to ride my bike or do anything vaguely related to sports leaves me feeling like a cripple.
Today I just took that last ride of the month to pass the 50000 heightmeters mark and I could indeed feel that my pulse was higher than normal so Doc must be right about not overdoing it the next couple of days. The weather forecast calls for unstable weather which suits me fine. Sweating made my skin itch and I had to take a bath in lukewarm water to minimize the reaction of the spots to the warmth.
Ride Stats : 34K and 240 heightmeters in 1h28mins
5410/50070
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