Well, it has been a long time since I blogged. Not sure if it was for lack of things to say or lack of time.
For those of you that have read here before, let me bring you up to date.
1.Back to work.
2.Back to working out ...sort of.
3.Completed Physical Therapy.
4. Summer...UGHH
With regard to number one: I am delighted to be back at work,because I, like so many of you NEED MONEY. Of course the work place also has issues, crazy people,and even crazier clientele. But in my absence it seems the overwhelming problem of childhood obesity has not been solved. So my place as a radical warrior on the front is as needed as ever.
Let's address Number Two: Working out. I do workout every day. But it is very different than it was prior to my injury. True I was just greenlighted by my surgeon three days ago, but P.T. had done the same the week prior.I find myself mostly walking at the HS track near my house as I have in my recovery. Earlier in the year, I spent more time at the gym,and seemed to have a much faster pace. But I guess I am getting there.The official word was "we expect you should be completely back where you were by eight weeks". Really. ? Completely back or completely able to be back I wonder. Because that is four days away.Hmmm. I just may be behind.
Number Three : I did complete P.T. It was hard,challenging and rewarding. I found out I could do squats and not have my leg snap into pieces. I learned even more that its not so much about working the injured area, as it is working EVERYTHING around it. To of course help the previously mentioned area.I learned that after many years as a rehab nurse and ortho nurse, those patients were working hard to do what each could do at their own level. Whatever that might have been.
And I must say here also that I learned just because a surgery is completed by way of an arthroscope,you should not minimize its importance. No such thing as " Ha, it's just a scope".
Number Four: Summer. How damn long can this summer go on I ask you? This has been one long, HOT beast if you ask me. It is not my favorite time of year .I will leave it at that.
I am blessed to have some awesome friends that have stuck by me this summer. People to attend events with, people that meet me to walk, people that help me keep the ball rolling so to speak motivationally. I tend to suffer sort of a "slump" this time of year. I am desperate to not do that this year. I lost a couple months already I feel in my plan at least, so of course I just don't have time for that. I am really focusing on going in the right direction,regaining what I have lost (abilities not pounds of course), and continuing on the path. Some days that is easier than others, but I still keep going.
I can't decide if the word should be "persevere" again? So I am choosing "Strength". I won't give you the definition this time. I have found it can mean many different things. I have had to draw on my own strength to continue, to try, and to focus on what my goals are that I reach for.
So I am not going anywhere,but forward.
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