I'm officially bipedal again! Wow that leg is weak. I have a lot of serious work to do in the gym. My doctor says he wants me to wait a month before I do anything on the ice, but my goal is to be back doing at least easy laps within three weeks. That will mean hitting the gym daily and doing a lot of walking, but that's what it will take to get my butt back on the ice again!
I talked with my Coach yesterday. I had figured that I probably had to let go of my plan to compete at the Gay Games next summer - owing to having lost nearly 6 months. Interestingly enough, he thinks it still may be possible. I love his confidence in me, but it also scares the crap out of me sometimes :)
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
I LOVE PHYSICAL THERAPY!
I have a new love in my life. Her name is Anna and she's my physical therapist at G2 Sports Therapy in Seattle. It was a major stroke of luck that the orthopedic surgeon on call the day I had my accident is also a sport medicine guy. He referred me to a sports therapy place, and I managed to scope a PT that is a dancer and works on many of the PNB folks as part of her practice. For such a crappy thing to happen, I certainly have gotten lucky with everything that has happened since then. Between friends who carted my sorry ass around town for a month to an "ex" who took care of me at the house, I really don't have a lot of room to complain.
Anna absolutely "gets" what I need, "gets" I'm impatient, and "gets" that I'll do whatever she tells me to do if it means getting back on my feet again. I've had three sessions with her, and already I can feel the ankle getting flexible again, and much stronger. I think there is actually some hope that I might be able to start doing laps at the rink by early September, if I take it easy!
I'm back to the gym as well. I feels so good to be able to exercise, although I still get some weird looks when I show up in my walking cast and start doing a ballet barre exercise holding onto one of the structural posts... Right now, it's mostly stretching and light upper body work, but I did make a promise to myself that I'd use this downtime to dump the rest of the weight and get some muscle tone, and it looks like I'll be able to make good on that promise.
Of course, none of this has stopped me from trying to figure out a way to put a skate blade on the bottom of my walking cast....
Anna absolutely "gets" what I need, "gets" I'm impatient, and "gets" that I'll do whatever she tells me to do if it means getting back on my feet again. I've had three sessions with her, and already I can feel the ankle getting flexible again, and much stronger. I think there is actually some hope that I might be able to start doing laps at the rink by early September, if I take it easy!
I'm back to the gym as well. I feels so good to be able to exercise, although I still get some weird looks when I show up in my walking cast and start doing a ballet barre exercise holding onto one of the structural posts... Right now, it's mostly stretching and light upper body work, but I did make a promise to myself that I'd use this downtime to dump the rest of the weight and get some muscle tone, and it looks like I'll be able to make good on that promise.
Of course, none of this has stopped me from trying to figure out a way to put a skate blade on the bottom of my walking cast....
Monday, August 3, 2009
Good to be independent again
Wow it's nice to be independent again. I can get around the house, do chores, and (best of all) DRIVE again. The "boot" took a little getting used to, but I'm negotiating it pretty well and starting to get back to a more normal life.
Got to the gym on Saturday for the first time in over a month. It's Monday now and (of course) I'm sore as all hell - but it's a "good" sore and I'm happy to be feeling the pain. I took it easy for my first time back - only spent about 20 minutes and concentrated mostly on core work and a little upper body toning. "Taking it easy" isn't my strong suit, but I need to school myself for patience and take this one step at a time.
I've pretty much accepted that going to the Gay Games next summer is probably off the table at this point - I can't imagine I'm going to be even remotely ready with all the time I've lost. Sigh - means a four year wait for the next round. I'm not happy about that, but there's not much I can really do, except keep training, and probably do some competitions on the adult circuit. It just means I will go to the Games in 4 years much better prepared to be proud of my performance.
Got to the gym on Saturday for the first time in over a month. It's Monday now and (of course) I'm sore as all hell - but it's a "good" sore and I'm happy to be feeling the pain. I took it easy for my first time back - only spent about 20 minutes and concentrated mostly on core work and a little upper body toning. "Taking it easy" isn't my strong suit, but I need to school myself for patience and take this one step at a time.
I've pretty much accepted that going to the Gay Games next summer is probably off the table at this point - I can't imagine I'm going to be even remotely ready with all the time I've lost. Sigh - means a four year wait for the next round. I'm not happy about that, but there's not much I can really do, except keep training, and probably do some competitions on the adult circuit. It just means I will go to the Games in 4 years much better prepared to be proud of my performance.
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