Flabby Wobbly Skater, but a SKATER again!

Good lord that was scary. First time back on the ice since the accident.

The first good sign is that I still knew where the heck the rink was.

The second good sign is that I could get my skates on, even though my right ankle is still a little swollen and now has 7 inches of titanium on it.

The third good sign is that I was able to step out onto the ice and refrain from falling on my ass...

One step at a time :)

I did manage to get around the rink for 20 minutes. Slow, easy stroking and absolutely NOTHING fancy at all. Forward was fine at his point. Toward the end, I risked a little of the basic edge work. Fine and stable on the left, uncontrolled train wreck on the right. I gave up trying to make the half circles and settled for just going forward.

One step at a time :)

Ok - so I DID try forward crossovers. Again, fine to the left, major wobbly on the right - but I was able to do them, so that's the fourth good sign!

I had to explain my absence to several of the adults who were there... and also why I was skating like a 90 year old with two recent hip replacements and wouldn't stray more than 3 feet from the wall :)

I start back into lessons with Will on Friday. I've got a ton of work to do to get my right hip stable. The ankle is fine - it's the hip weakness that's messing me up at this point. That, and I managed to gain 10 pounds during this process. Just couldn't get enough cardio in - so instead of losing 20 pounds (which was my sick-time goal) I managed to put on 10. Shit. Now I have to lose 30, including my second chin and my third buttcheek. No one likes a flabby skater.

One step at a time :)

DAMN

Setting the date for my first time back on the ice!

I'm setting Monday, September 28 for my first time back on the ice since the accident back in June! That will make just over three months.

Physical therapy is going well. Actually, right now it's not really about the ankle so much... it's about the whole LEG having gone to hell while I was in those blasted casts... my right hip is weak, my right quads are completely clueless, and the calf seems to have checked out and flown home already. Now it's all about progressive weights and a lot of careful ballet barre work to get the strength and stability back in those joints.

I will probably will only do laps, and very VERY careful laps at that, but I'm determined to be ready, strong, flexible..... and patient.....

Do they make training wheels for ice skates? I wonder.......