Moving Forward

Six on the elliptical, upper body weights and core.

The past two nights I have not been sleeping very well. I will get some new ear plugs and see if this helps. (I love my hubby but he snores something terrible).

Update on my knee: I went to the orthapedic surgen Monday and was told that the tear is not clear on the MRI. The little PA was telling me that it's an age degeneration thing. I personally wanted to kick him in the shins. When the surgen came in to talk with me he said that it very well could be a clear tear and until the did the scope he would not know for certain. He asked how important running is to me and I said "Very!!" He said the scope will be the best idea then. Lets pray it does the trick . I will be off running for 6 or so weeks after the surgery. So much for all the spring races I wanted to do :( They said that it's most likely genetics that is causing my kne issues. If/when I running again I think I will need to find someone to help evaluate my running so I can do it without as much pounding on my knees.

5 on the elliptacal, back bicepts and abs. My youngest daughter has been my gym companion the past few days. It's kinda fun to have her with me. She seems to want to go all the time so I will keep asking her as long as she wants.

No elleiptical today, stepped out of our truck onto the tip toe of me hurt knee and POW! pain again! After an hour it didn't hurt but I thought I better give it a bit of a break. I will be back on the machine tomorrow!

6 on the elliptical... felt pretty good, finished in just 11 seconds over the hour make, I tried to keep a pretty good pace. Knee feels a bit wobbly after I finished, but not really painful.

5 on the elliptical. 

Surgery

Recovering :)

Well I'm sorry that I have been absent from posting any information. Thanks to all of you who have been sending me your best wishes on my recovery, I apprieciate it more then you will ever know. I will try to fill you in on what has been happening.

First, I'm one week post op today, I went to the gym and did a slow spin on the bike for three miles. Lots of upper body weights and abs. My knee is still a bit swollen and the four insertion points are still tender, but they removed the stitches yesterday and that was very good, because they were painful. I don't know why they have to make them so tight, it was like they were all the way through to my bones. 

The update of what the doctor said... well first the PA (Physician Assistant) was the one to come in and talk. I didn't like him last time he was the one that kept saying things about my age and stuff. Anyway he came in and showed me the pictures they took of my knee. The real issue I have is that I have arthritis on the back of my knee cap. Then there is also some weird band that usually dissolve before birth, but some people keep it, well I guess mine was one of the biggest they has seen. He said that it (the band) was probably the cause of most of my pain. And that they removed it. So I"m thinking great news right? I asked about running. He said that I needed to be more mindful of my knees, but that because everything else looked good and knee caps are not weight baring, I should be able to run again. Maybe just not marathons though. So I"m feeling great... I can deal with no marathons as long as I can do some running right? Then the doctor came in a completely punched me in the gut. He told me basically that my knee is a ticking clock and if I run I will need a knee cap replacement, if not an entire knee replacement. I was stunned... hurt and left the office feeling completely empty. I still don't know what to think of this diagnosis. I know their are plenty of people running that doctors have told them not too. Is this just a scare tactic? I have alot of thinking to do.

In the mean time my family was faced with another blow. My youngest daughter has had eye issues when she was little. She always seemed to injure of get sores in her left eye. It has not happened for since she was little. Doctors never seemed to concerned, they would give us some drops, and then she would be fine. A few years back we had he vision checked and her left eye was worse then her right, they said she had some cornea damage, but said the vision should be fine to drive, but could not be corrected with glasses. Well about a week ago she said she got something in her left eye (of course) in her jewlery making class. I flushed out her eye and with in a day it looked a bit better. Then it started to look bad again. So I took her to the doctor. Long story short, we have spend the past three days of every hour on the hour, round the clock, putting drops in her eye... taking her to a cornea specialist and finding out she has a virous in her eye that is the leading cause of blindness in young adults. They don't know why it flares up... but she is now on a schedule pills and drops to get it under control. 

My sweet husband has been great at trying to keep my spirits up, telling me that he is sure I will be able to run again.... just being more careful and cross training more. Between all that is happening I'm trying to hold it together but I still have moments. I stopped by the book store to get my favorite doll magazine and started to cry when I saw the runners world magazine. I guess there is one positive to stress.... I'm down almost 9 pounds LOL... I will up those one pills that Sno talked about and hope it helps... sorry for the long and rambling post... my plan is to try to make it to the gym the rest of the week and keep working on getting stronger, I don't see the doctor for 4 more weeks... daughter goes back to the cornea doctor in a week... keep us in your prayer... and thanks :)

I just could not bare the thoughts of being inside the gym today. It was just to lovely of weather to spend inside. So I wrapped my knee and walked my neighborhood. It felt wonderful to just be outside on such a great day even if it was just walking. I did make in under an hour LOL. 

four miles on the elliptical... I'm a bit slower then I usually go on the elliptical, but I did get a sweat going. It's funny how you miss that. I  know there are tons of people who hate to sweat, but I'm not one of them, it always makes me feel better. 

So I went for a lovely bike ride, 18.92 miles. I put 5 in the mileage because I don't have a cross training section, so this was my guess on the equivilate. Can anyone tell me how to add the cross training to my blog. Also the best equation for converting biking to running mile. 

Anyway the parkway was beautiful and there was lots of bikers, walkers, and runners. Still makes me a bit sad to pass runners knowing that running is what I really want to do. But I'm still only 2 weeks post op so I have some more healing to do. 

I had texted Carolyn this morning to wish her the best of luck and to have a wonderful race. I was so pleased that she called me just after she had finished the race. She told me she was 6 minutes faster then last year!!! So excited for her, I can't wait to read her race report, it sounded like she had a wonderful race.

Happy weekend bloggers :)

5 on the elliptical, I was able to keep a fast RPM today then I have since the surgery. Felt pretty good and was able to get a GOOD sweat going! Did some upper body weights and then abs and stretching. Feel like I'm getting a sore throat which is so weird I never get sick and I can't even remember the last time I had a sore throat. Hope is just dry or something. 

4.5 on the elliptical this morning... started to struggle towards the end... I think I should have had breakfast before I went to the gym. Did arms and abs.

5 miles at a high intensity then one more at a moderate to easy intensity, all on the elliptical. This was also the first time I did a workout with out my knee wrapped. Felt pretty good! Did lots of arms and abs after. 

Update on daughters eye... We went back to the cornea specialist and her eye is looking better, there has been some significant improvements, and we go back in a week again to make sure it keeps getting better.

Update on my cold... yesterday was miserable... today I feel  about 70% better :)

Well today ended up being a short day at the gym, but I got my hubby to go with me. He is nto big on doing the cardio stuff... I'm not real big on the weight stuff so it's a pretty good trade off when we go together because we can get each other to do more of the things we  don't like to do. But on the bad side by the time it was to do cardio we didn't have too much time, so four really intense miles on the elliptical was all the cardio I got. 

Spend the day with my girls ( two daughters, oldest granddaughter and daughter-in-law) doing some crafts at the color me mine store then enjoying some cookies at great harvest. Not the best for my diet... but great for my spirit to be with all my lovely girls :)

6 on the elliptical... starting to sound like a broken record. Kept it at a pretty high intencity pace. Then did arms and core work. Felt good to get a nice sweat on. Tomorrow, after work, I will be taken my daughter to the cornea specialist again to see how her eye is doing so I probably won't get to the gym. Keep her in your thoughts that her eye is getting even better then it was :)

5 miles at a higher intensity then .3 slower cool down on the elliptical. 20 minutes upper body weights then abs and stretching. Felt pretty good.

Update on daughters eye... Great news!! her eye has improved so much! The cornea specialist lowered her dose of pills got rid of some drops... added one new drop. Her vision is almost back to where is was before this trouble and the doctor thinks it will get even better!! Yeppeeee I'm can't be happier that things are looking so much better! Has to go back in about three weeks for another check-up. 

Bad news... my youngest granddaughter fell off a stool and broke her arm...she is doing good, but man things just keep getting crazy!