Well, tomorrow morning, I should be getting my walking cast - actually it's a removable boot sort of thing... but I'll be able to walk using two legs, take a REAL shower, and start back to the gym.
Tomorrow begins the fight back to fitness. I need to lose about 15 pounds and have a lot of toning to do. In a few weeks, hopefully the Doctor will let me start slowly strengthening the ankle again.
I'm still not expecting to be back on the ice again until the end of September, but with luck and careful training, I might be able to start at least doing easy slow laps earlier than that!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Making the best of it
Well, I saw my doctor for the first post-surgical followup. The good news is that the bone is healing well. The bad news is that there is a lot more soft tissue damage that we originally thought. Essentially, I have a really bad sprain in addition to the broken bone. So he put me back in another cast - fiberglass this time and a LOT lighter - and I'm in this for three weeks. Toward the end of the month, I will hopefully get that walking cast - for 3-4 weeks, then I can start rehab. Bottom line, it's probably going to be late September before I'm back on the ice again.
Damn. Damn damn damn.
OK - well the doctor did say I can exercise - I just can't put any weight on the right leg. That means I can do quite a bit, including core work and stretching, as well as upper body stuff. I've decided to make the best of the next six or so weeks by using the time well in the gym and dropping the other 15-20 pounds I planned to get rid of anyway. That way when I'm finally back on the ice, I'll be in better condition than when I left and ready to start making progress again.
As for doing the Gay Games next summer - that's up in the air. I was planning on taking my first round of skating tests this Fall, which would set me up to start looking for a partner and working toward the competition. As it stands, I probably won't take the tests until January now - which puts me a full six months behind schedule.
No worries, though. If I can't do the Games next year, I can always do the next cycle. An in the interim, I can start competing on the adult circuit and get some experience.
When life sends you lemons, make a pie :)
Damn. Damn damn damn.
OK - well the doctor did say I can exercise - I just can't put any weight on the right leg. That means I can do quite a bit, including core work and stretching, as well as upper body stuff. I've decided to make the best of the next six or so weeks by using the time well in the gym and dropping the other 15-20 pounds I planned to get rid of anyway. That way when I'm finally back on the ice, I'll be in better condition than when I left and ready to start making progress again.
As for doing the Gay Games next summer - that's up in the air. I was planning on taking my first round of skating tests this Fall, which would set me up to start looking for a partner and working toward the competition. As it stands, I probably won't take the tests until January now - which puts me a full six months behind schedule.
No worries, though. If I can't do the Games next year, I can always do the next cycle. An in the interim, I can start competing on the adult circuit and get some experience.
When life sends you lemons, make a pie :)
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Sidelined until probably September
Well, my mid-life crisis decision to get a motorcycle paid a little dividend.... I managed to get in an accident and broke my right ankle. They put a plate in it and I'm now hobbling around the house in a walker. Hopefully I get a walking cast on Monday, then probably 4 weeks later I can start re-strengthening the leg. At this point, I hope to be back on the ice in early September. It means I'm going to miss the Fall tests (I had planned on taking my first round of both MIF and Dance tests) but I'm definitely coming back!
No more posts until I get out of the cast. I'll pick up from when I start my strengthening work to get ready to get back on the ice, hopefully in August sometime.
No more posts until I get out of the cast. I'll pick up from when I start my strengthening work to get ready to get back on the ice, hopefully in August sometime.
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