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Message: <blockquote data-quote="electrolyte" data-source="post: 2762840" data-attributes="member: 598486">First it was dance - I did that from the age of two, through full-time training. I danced with an amateur physical theatre company right up until the plague of 2020, the odd professional singing job here and there but I wasn't trying that hard (I was trying to move into game dev and only dance my own work). I picked up gymnastics during my full-time dance training and then kept it up, and I've competed as an adult. I'd like to compete again, now I know I'm eligible for disability gymnastics - how I ever beat healthy 17-year-olds as a disabled 27-year-old back in the day, I'll never know.When I thought my health would never improve, I was trying to get into cycling as a low-impact option that still let me push myself. I used to hate running because I couldn't breathe (MCAS) but I was still decent at it, and I'm just about to start again. I'm waiting on surgery at the moment but I'd like to cycle more once that heals. I miss swimming as well but I was always so tiny and dense that it was 10x the work, so I'll wait until I'm a bit fitter. I have a wild notion about doing a triathlon at some point though! At the moment, I'm trying to work back up to full dance fitness, to start taking classes again after the summer and also work on my own choreography.I wasn't really built for sitting down - even my hEDS gets angry if I stay still too long, so being forced into stillness by MCAS was horrible. I also didn't realise just how much the exercise was managing my blood glucose level until I had to stop, because it feels impossible by food alone even if I get it mathematically spot-on.</blockquote>

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