Of self-exams and amputations.

Blah. That's how I feel about today. Which is weird, because it was mostly good. I ate pretty well (great salad for lunch and nummy fajitas for dinner). But, the only active thing I did today was walk a 16-minute mile at lunch. Oh, well. It was technically a day off anyway. But, I feel like I shouldn't have any total days off.

I did go have my physical today. It was fine. You never really learn much at those anyway. She was very complimentary about my 5k goal and wished me luck. They also gave me a peak meter to measure my lung capacity over the next week to see if I have exercise induced asthma. Honestly, I think I do. But, we'll see. If I do, they'll give me an inhaler.

I'm going to run in the morning for the first time tomorrow. Looking forward to it. And it's my wife's birthday tomorrow, so that'll be awesome.

Jeepers creepers...this entry was like my day: Blah.

BONUS:

Two funny things happened at the doctor today. The first was when she was asking me all the questions like if I smoke or drink and my health history. She asked if I was doing a testicular self-exam monthly and I said, "Well, not purposefully. Wait...that sounds weird. You know what I mean, right?" I must have turned 10 shades of red because she was laughing. She understood, though.

Then, as I was telling her my history, I mentioned that I broke my arm in October and showed her the scar on my left arm from the surgery. Her eyes got big and she was like, "How did it happen??" I told her I fell down some stairs and she goes, "Oh my God! Are you serious??" I was taken aback by the urgency of her concern and tried to explain again and with a pained look on her face she says, "They had to amputate it??" She didn't know that I was born with only half of my left arm. Hilarious. So I was like, "OHHHHHHHHHH! No! It wasn't amputated. Now I get why you were so confused and concerned." "I'm so sorry," she said. "My imagination was going crazy trying to understand how you broke it so badly that they had to amputate it and then you said you just fell down three stairs and I couldn't believe it!" She was so relieved.