Hello, all, my apologies if this is in the wrong area; feel free to move it. Also, this is not meant to be a pity party or anything, I mean only to give bg on the situation at hand.
The past few weeks I have not felt so great-low energy, sick,etc. and at the doctors, my doctor did the blood work and confirmed I have anemia and mono(don't worry it wasn't from kissing any boys ahah-yet...jkjk bad joke? Ok...) Anyways, last week or so, I got off the ice after only a half session(25m) and felt nauseous, dizzy, and starting to fade in/out black vision(this event was probably the peak of mono---unaware then that I had it). I was sick and not up to decent on skating and everything. The weekend of that week(last weekend) I went to bed feeling quite ill, and got sick sick(putting it to childish terms for those that don't want to read all that ish) and slept on the bathroom floor in and out of sleep and sick sickness. The day after I recovered(not really but "recovered" and I didn't eat much besides liquid for the next few days.
***Fast forward to yesterday***
I felt better from illness, but I was still really tired so I went to the doctor's and did all that medical stuff they do and got the results back today: high enzyme count in the liver, mono, anemic.
I want to continue to skate well enough to at least perform my triples during this bothersome episode, but I struggle to get the energy. It literally takes so much energy to get enough energy already. Do you know any foods that will increase the energy levels that aren't bad? I tried chia seeds in water(apparently runners do it) and I think it worked, will test for another couple days. Also any of you with anemia or had it, what did you do? I am hoping I won't get too many "just rest" answers, b/c I have already rested so much and am already affected. Again, suggestions and past exp. would help!
The past few weeks I have not felt so great-low energy, sick,etc. and at the doctors, my doctor did the blood work and confirmed I have anemia and mono(don't worry it wasn't from kissing any boys ahah-yet...jkjk bad joke? Ok...) Anyways, last week or so, I got off the ice after only a half session(25m) and felt nauseous, dizzy, and starting to fade in/out black vision(this event was probably the peak of mono---unaware then that I had it). I was sick and not up to decent on skating and everything. The weekend of that week(last weekend) I went to bed feeling quite ill, and got sick sick(putting it to childish terms for those that don't want to read all that ish) and slept on the bathroom floor in and out of sleep and sick sickness. The day after I recovered(not really but "recovered" and I didn't eat much besides liquid for the next few days.
***Fast forward to yesterday***
I felt better from illness, but I was still really tired so I went to the doctor's and did all that medical stuff they do and got the results back today: high enzyme count in the liver, mono, anemic.
I want to continue to skate well enough to at least perform my triples during this bothersome episode, but I struggle to get the energy. It literally takes so much energy to get enough energy already. Do you know any foods that will increase the energy levels that aren't bad? I tried chia seeds in water(apparently runners do it) and I think it worked, will test for another couple days. Also any of you with anemia or had it, what did you do? I am hoping I won't get too many "just rest" answers, b/c I have already rested so much and am already affected. Again, suggestions and past exp. would help!