The right knee has calmed down, it appears it was just a bruise to the meniscus liked we hoped. That's good! I can NOT handle another real injury right now, my head would explode. I did shut down the Alter-Ging until yesterday, so a week off. I "ran" 7 yesterday and today at 55% weight bearing (up from 50%) and the knee feels fine but I'm still having back issues with pain running down the back of my left leg. Hopefully this can get addressed at PT tomorrow. The feeling of "too many cooks in the kitchen" is still bugging me. I will get this streamlined soon, I hope. Right now, I have 2 surgeons, 3 PT's and the doc at the Alter-G place
(who's not treating me right now, but sees me more than any of the other ones since I'm there 3 or 4 times a week and asks the most questions of anyone about how I'm doing on a daily basis). I'd like to have one main PT and then move some of my care to the doc in Boulder.
I'm really itching to have my life back. There are so many things calling me. I miss getting up crazy early and heading out for 24 miles and getting back and showered before most folks are even up. I miss running so hard I think I'm going to throw up. I miss racing. I miss hanging out with running friends. I miss my routine!
I'm frustrated with the apparent timeline, I really feel like I could start some type of run/walk outdoors program sooner rather than later. I'm at 14 weeks out right now, I don't think I can mentally handle another 10 without anything outdoors. I'm getting some mixed feedback out when I can start ramping things up (too many cooks!), my want is to listen to what I want to hear but I'm still staying silly conservative. I do think that there needs to be a point where the envelope begins to get pushed the tiniest bit, though.
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Being conservative is so frustrating but usually is a good idea... Ugh. I hope the recovery goes faster than you expect.
I agree with Theia - being conservative for a bit longer than you think you "should" is better than pushing it and getting set back weeks or months. Patience. Let your body heal and do tiny little bits one day and see how your body reacts.
I was told to do anything I wanted exercise-wise as long as it didn't hurt. So I did. Problem was that it didn't hurt during the exercise but killed me that evening or the next day making me have to recover for several days before I could do the minimum exercise again. Learned NOT to push it, even with no pain at the moment. The last surgery (4th) had the quickest and best recovery because I didn't push my limits, instead was ultra-conservative and very gradually added things.
Hope things continue to improve for you!
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