The Sickies/Injured/Recovering Thread (Page 2)

Hang in there everyone. This too shall pass. I keep saying that to myself over and over.

Ahhh, finally a place where I fit in:

Tendonitis in my ankle, out of running from June-August.

Back to running just 2 x a week for 3 weeks in September.

Sept. 24th - fell over on my bike in some stupid gravel. Bruised up my side and hip and since I am no longer a spring chicken this has taken a lot longer than anticipated to heal.

October 26th, hip/side are finally better. Went for a run, stepped in a hole and rolled my ankle. ARRRRGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am starting to think I have some real spatial awareness issues. I don't have any confidence in my own ability to sense when I am going to run into a cabinet, take a missed step etc. Strange. I almost wiped out on a bike ride on Saturday too. I was not clipped in so my bike went down but I was able to hop off.

Anyway, all fairly mild issues that will heal. I am still able to swim and bike. I also aqua jog, take the dog for walks, and even shhhhh....... do a little strength training.  

So what's on everyone's mind or plate today?

I had a real good friend who's going through more serious shyte than I am remind me that (at least in our worldview) I will look back on this and realize my life, and I, will actually have turned out better for it.

That was actually true of my illnesses last year, so I'm hopeful.

Still needed to rest most of the day. Might do a little yoga/stretching later.

I'm sorry honey, that is a brutal list!  My injury list is just as long...started with knee surgery, had a stress fracture, and will be ending with ankle surgery on Dec 23.  But I'm healthy as of right now...and enjoying the running as much as possible.

I'm on my third round of antibiotics for a pesky ear infection though, so does that count?  Even though I'm getting in some training, I'll admit all of a sudden I'm just so drained I can't move.  No problem, resting is an important part of training!

Truth. Need to hear it. Often.

Everybody's welcome--sickies, halfsickies, well-wishers for the sickies, etc.

As I'm on two pretty powerful antibiotics myself right now--Flagyl and Cipro--(not to mention all the whacko crap I've put myself through while being sick) I forget that I may really need to rest for that alone.

Thanks for the reminder.

Today I am angry.

Just plain angry.

It is not rational and I cannot control it. I am a nightmare to be around and I know it........to make matters worse I have my mother staying here AND I REALLY LOVE HER BUT SHE NEEDS TO GO HOME AND LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!!

Sorry for the caps. Yes I am yelling.

Like I said, irrational.

That's what this thread is for. I actually think there's something (beyond endorphin withdrawal, frustration, etc.) about physical injury in particular that makes us pizzed off. I was unbelievably pizzed after my crash at the Bali Tri, and I mean, for weeks.

It's a horrible place to be in, and with very little recourse. Yell all you want.

Much appreciated!

" That's what this thread is for. I actually think there's something (beyond endorphin withdrawal, frustration, etc.) about physical injury in particular that makes us pizzed off. I was unbelievably pizzed after my crash at the Bali Tri, and I mean, for weeks.

It's a horrible place to be in, and with very little recourse. Yell all you want. "

I want to yell.

I want to rage.

Which is why I need to be alone in my misery.

WHY WON"T MY MOTHER GO HOME!!!!!!!

Oh God, I feel you.  I love my mother to pieces, but.  Some people like a lot of pampering and attention when they are sick or injured.  I am...not one of those people.  My boyfriend once likened me to a sick wildcat: "You slip some food and medicine under the door, hope they don't take your face off, and wait for them to come out when they're feeling better."

Especially funny since he's a vet.

This is me!

Exactly!

I am a sick wildcat.

x3

I just want to be left the eff alone. People who do not obey this wish irritate the hell out of me even though they are just trying to help and often are giving help that I actually really need.

Ok I am trying to post a pic of a furious wildcat and it is not working and of course that is just making me more angry so maybe I should just post a pic of myself since right now I am scarier than any d*mn animal.

Scary, yet still strangely sexy and alluring.

This is more like how I feel, though. Not so angry, but very, very dark.

Okay, I'm not really angry at the moment but am breaking down.  I've got tears in both knees that I do not want repaired.  My left knee has been scoped 3x and my ortho has already told me to stop running or he's going to recommend replacement.  My right knee is virgin and I'd like to keep it that way.  My right shoulder has a rotator cuff tear that I choose to ignore.

I can't call the running that I'm doing more than a slog and swimming is more like splashing and fighting through the water but I'm still attempting to do some of both.  It's depressing to have lost the fitness levels that I had last year but there's not a whole lot that I can do to continue at that level.  I suppose I could take a few more steps back and have surgeries and fully recover but I don't really want to go down that path.

Okay, that will be the end of my pity party, for now.

ETA: to correct spelling

Good to see you, George. As I recall you're one of my fellow original Crushers.

Sorry to hear that. It is really, really frustrating, and very difficult to make decisions about what to do.

Hi George.....I think that you are my kindred spirit...

I too have knee issues and a torn rotator cuff. The shoulder honestly does not give me too much trouble.

The knee? 

Well......thats another story.

I found my solace in riding.

Would it be possible for cycling to become your happy place as well??

It's been sort of a slog the last two years--I had two more knee arthroscopies and a distal femoral osteotomy followed by an accidental medial femoral shaft fracture. 2+ months on bed rest, four months on crutches, two months with a cane. YAY! I have a fairly decent level of patience, but by the end of that one, I was really, really, really tired. But stuff is getting better now, and I think (hope) I can get at least a few more years out of what's left of the knee :-)

I went through my "why me/angry/depressed/very irritable/sad for what I lost/19 stages of grief and anger" phase a long time ago when it comes to running (in fact, it's part of the reason I ended up in multisport), so I guess I'm fairly sanguine anymore when it comes to injuries and setbacks. They are what they are. Life goes on, and there will always be something new to fill the gaps.

Ya want it??

Come and get it.......

Blech.

Hope it helps though...

I already noticed that compared to last years surgery, I have MUCH less edema. In fact it is minimal. And my ROM is already pretty darn good. Is this the result of the CPM? Or maybe its just because he did less poking around in there this time around...I dunno.

Geez Rocker....I am having a lovely little picnic compared to what you went through.

What can you do these days in terms of activity?

Riding....running??

This thread has had the probably unintended effect of making me feel better.  I have tendonitis in my foot and I'm out for a couple of weeks, when I was on track to PR a 5K in December.  So that bummed me out for a bit, but I see it can be a lot worse - I can still swim and bike, and I'll be back running in not too long of a time frame.

So thank you for the healthy dose of perspective.

I did start running again this spring/summer--short stuff, no longer runs though. 3x a week at most, usually around 3-4 miles. Non-run days are either pool running or ET. Lots of riding (for me, anyway). I usually rode most mornings and then a long ride on the weekend and a couple of rides on the weeknights. All steady state, lowish intensity base miles.

Oddly enough, I did a few races just to see how things would go this summer, and raced better than I have in years--even when I was doing much more intense stuff. :D

I'd like to get at least 5 years out of this osteotomy (not counting the two spent getting back into activity following it), so we'll see if I decide to run anything longer than a 10k or so next year. I'd like to do one more half someday, but if I don't...I'll live.

My lateral joint space feels the best it has in 20 years...tricky thing is the realignment is making a lot of other issues spring up :D Every day is a new adventure :p

Don't worry...you will be back on your feet before you know it! (It really does seem long while you're doing it--but then, you look back on it, and it seems a blink.)