so my knee's not getting any better, so I called the ortho guy and asked him to set me up with more PT. Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh. I also asked if wearing my brace from January 2012 would help; waiting for a response on that.
SOMETIMES LIFE IS NOT FAIR.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
I've got no motivation, where is my motivation
(gah, that song is nineteen years old. I AM OLD OLD OLD OLD)
So yeah, the best laid plans of mice and men get really screwed up when life intervenes. I was on a good track for going to the fitness club and doing that core class, but then Maverick made the bowling team (yeah, a 7th grader made the high school varsity bowling team YEAH MY KID IS AWESOME) and they have practices on Tuesday and I have to get him to the bowling alley which means I have to leave work at 2:30 so I can't stay late so I can't get in late so I can't go to the Tuesday class. Sigh.
And then I was making smoothies and decided to try soy milk instead of almond milk and soy milk's really gross so that kinda turned me off those.
And I just generally have no interest in exercise because IT'S SO FRICKIN' BORING AND THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS I WOULD RATHER DO THAN EXERCISE.
Oh, yeah, my knee - should probably update on that. I had my MRI and it came back that I had a slight sprain of my ACL. They said I didn't need PT or anything like that; just avoid any twisting-type motions and I should be fine by the start of the year. Unfortunately, I forget stuff like that, so I go and walk 16,000+ steps a day (bout day, of course) and dance for, like, two minutes and my knee bugs me for the next day. I CANNOT WIN.
So yeah, the best laid plans of mice and men get really screwed up when life intervenes. I was on a good track for going to the fitness club and doing that core class, but then Maverick made the bowling team (yeah, a 7th grader made the high school varsity bowling team YEAH MY KID IS AWESOME) and they have practices on Tuesday and I have to get him to the bowling alley which means I have to leave work at 2:30 so I can't stay late so I can't get in late so I can't go to the Tuesday class. Sigh.
And then I was making smoothies and decided to try soy milk instead of almond milk and soy milk's really gross so that kinda turned me off those.
And I just generally have no interest in exercise because IT'S SO FRICKIN' BORING AND THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS I WOULD RATHER DO THAN EXERCISE.
Oh, yeah, my knee - should probably update on that. I had my MRI and it came back that I had a slight sprain of my ACL. They said I didn't need PT or anything like that; just avoid any twisting-type motions and I should be fine by the start of the year. Unfortunately, I forget stuff like that, so I go and walk 16,000+ steps a day (bout day, of course) and dance for, like, two minutes and my knee bugs me for the next day. I CANNOT WIN.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
and so on and so forth
My knee continues to be about 95% fine. Walking around a little bit this morning in my sneakers aggravated it; and the shoes I'm wearing now, which aggravated it before, are fine. I DON'T GET IT.
On Sunday I was helping out at the "Women's Fest" at a local mall, and one of my teammates showed up with one of her green smoothies. I was all "that is weird, that is scary" until she said "would you like to try it?" and I said "sure, why not" and it was SO TASTY. So I decided yesterday to try making my own.
I pulled out Ye Olde Blender from Approximately 1976 from the kitchen cabinet and threw in a bunch of spinach, bananas, grapes, strawberries and Greek yogurt.
IT WAS AWESOME.
It was kinda bits-and-pieces-y and too thick to strain, so I just grinned and beared (bore?) with that. But quite good indeed. I will need to make more.
Went to the fitness center today to try a "Core Challenge" class. The average age in the room was 65. So, I amped up the exercises as much as I could, although at one point during a plank, the instructor told me to raise my butt up (WHICH RUNS CONTRARY TO EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER LEARNED EVER ABOUT PLANKS). I also rediscovered my toothpick arms, as I went with 4 pound weights and was kinda like I'VE MADE A HORRIBLE MISTAKE about halfway through. So it was a good thing, all in all.
On Sunday I was helping out at the "Women's Fest" at a local mall, and one of my teammates showed up with one of her green smoothies. I was all "that is weird, that is scary" until she said "would you like to try it?" and I said "sure, why not" and it was SO TASTY. So I decided yesterday to try making my own.
I pulled out Ye Olde Blender from Approximately 1976 from the kitchen cabinet and threw in a bunch of spinach, bananas, grapes, strawberries and Greek yogurt.
IT WAS AWESOME.
It was kinda bits-and-pieces-y and too thick to strain, so I just grinned and beared (bore?) with that. But quite good indeed. I will need to make more.
Went to the fitness center today to try a "Core Challenge" class. The average age in the room was 65. So, I amped up the exercises as much as I could, although at one point during a plank, the instructor told me to raise my butt up (WHICH RUNS CONTRARY TO EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER LEARNED EVER ABOUT PLANKS). I also rediscovered my toothpick arms, as I went with 4 pound weights and was kinda like I'VE MADE A HORRIBLE MISTAKE about halfway through. So it was a good thing, all in all.
Monday, November 4, 2013
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Got the MRI done. It was even noisier than I remember. Hopefully I'll find out what the deal is at the end of the week.
Tweaked my work schedule so I can go to some of the fitness classes at the health club. Whether I actually GO to them or not, however, is another question.
Yesterday was a "Women's Expo" at the local mall, so I went and helped out. One of my leaguemates came by to work her shift and she had a green smoothie. I looked at it and was like "okay, that's just creepy" but when she came back from getting something from her car, she asked me if I wanted to try it. I said "sure" and it was DELICIOUS. She said it had spinach and kale and bananas and apples and almonds and all sort of other healthy stuff in it, so I'm gonna try making one. We have an old-school blender at home, we'll see what happens.
Tweaked my work schedule so I can go to some of the fitness classes at the health club. Whether I actually GO to them or not, however, is another question.
Yesterday was a "Women's Expo" at the local mall, so I went and helped out. One of my leaguemates came by to work her shift and she had a green smoothie. I looked at it and was like "okay, that's just creepy" but when she came back from getting something from her car, she asked me if I wanted to try it. I said "sure" and it was DELICIOUS. She said it had spinach and kale and bananas and apples and almonds and all sort of other healthy stuff in it, so I'm gonna try making one. We have an old-school blender at home, we'll see what happens.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
on the opposite side of 40 now
so far so good. Hopefully I will be able to play derby on this side of it!
MRI is scheduled for Saturday early afternoon. Didn't realize they did 'em on Saturdays. Good to know. There's been no real change in it; just random periods of pain when walking. Glad I ordered those recaps for my kneepads!
MRI is scheduled for Saturday early afternoon. Didn't realize they did 'em on Saturdays. Good to know. There's been no real change in it; just random periods of pain when walking. Glad I ordered those recaps for my kneepads!
Friday, October 25, 2013
going to cry silently in the corner now
MRI will be scheduled as soon as insurance hoops are jumped through
it can take about a week to get the results (witness January 2012)
that will put me at 11/4 for earliest knowing anything
figure whatever happens will require at least 4 weeks of no skating PT, which takes me to 12/4
last bout of the home season is 12/14
so I've put in for a LOA until the beginning of the year.
see title of this post
it can take about a week to get the results (witness January 2012)
that will put me at 11/4 for earliest knowing anything
figure whatever happens will require at least 4 weeks of no skating PT, which takes me to 12/4
last bout of the home season is 12/14
so I've put in for a LOA until the beginning of the year.
see title of this post
***sigh***
So I went to scrimmage last night - it went pretty well. I know I wasn't where I was before, ability-wise, but my coach said I did well on blocking and how she "always wanted me out there", which was nice. Because it was Thursday, I had to leave after only half an hour of scrimmaging. Drove home with no problems (manual transmission, don't'cha know)
I got home and my knee was so bad I thought it would buckle out from underneath me if I put any sort of weight on it at all. I had to drag my leg behind me when walking from the sofa to the freezer to get an ice pack.
This morning, it was essentially fine. Just a slight ache.
So, I have a call into the ortho guy. My guess is that I'll have to take at least another two weeks off (since he said it would probably take 4-6 weeks to recover, and this would be week 3), which means I would be out for the November bout. Tryouts for the travel teams start in two weeks, so I'd be out for that. But then it becomes a question of - is this something that will bother me for the rest of my life? Should I take travel season off too? But can I be on the Board of Directors if I'm off-skates? I don't WANT to take that much time off skates. Would becoming a referee reduce the stress on my knee? Do I want to become a referee? I'm frustrated, and can't decide what to do. I'm in a holding pattern until I hear back from the ortho guy (who already called, but I missed his call 'cause I was talking with my boss).
stupid parkour.
I got home and my knee was so bad I thought it would buckle out from underneath me if I put any sort of weight on it at all. I had to drag my leg behind me when walking from the sofa to the freezer to get an ice pack.
This morning, it was essentially fine. Just a slight ache.
So, I have a call into the ortho guy. My guess is that I'll have to take at least another two weeks off (since he said it would probably take 4-6 weeks to recover, and this would be week 3), which means I would be out for the November bout. Tryouts for the travel teams start in two weeks, so I'd be out for that. But then it becomes a question of - is this something that will bother me for the rest of my life? Should I take travel season off too? But can I be on the Board of Directors if I'm off-skates? I don't WANT to take that much time off skates. Would becoming a referee reduce the stress on my knee? Do I want to become a referee? I'm frustrated, and can't decide what to do. I'm in a holding pattern until I hear back from the ortho guy (who already called, but I missed his call 'cause I was talking with my boss).
stupid parkour.
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