More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed (Page 70)

I did. I used my husband  and son while my DIL and I ran.

so sorry you are going through all this. I hope that things get figured out quickly and you get back on the road to health. Tri training will be there for you when you are ready!

very cool!

I agree with Hands! Cool stuff.

Wishing the best for you, Markus - hoping they find a diagnosis and a solution soon.  Take care.

Very beautiful, thanks for sharing!

I cannot stop laughing. At my weekend 5K, I got second in my age group!! There were 11 of us. Evidently I was one of three that did not walk the whole thing. And I was beyond slow. Turtles would have beaten me. The benefit of getting old!!!

Congratulations! 

haha, those are both funny and frustrating! 

Yeah, I read the article about it in RW and I felt the same way.

Congratulations on your PODIUM!

WE are thinking of you, Markus. I am glad to hear that the you are 95% sure after ruling out a bunch of bad stuff but this is yucky enough. I'm glad that you are able to work and enjoy your family.  We're here when you are ready for us or if you just want to talk.

DOOO EEETTT!!!

P.S. I signed up with the 5k Dog Walk as my backup plan if a run is not on my schedule for 5/20.

Yes! I remember being SO JEALOUS of everyone working out.

Is your doctor understanding about you wanting to be active?  Do you have a bike trainer?  If so, you might ask if he is OK with you using that.

How many weeks are you in the sling?

I made sure the doctor and associates  knew I was very active and sitting still wasn't really a good option for long, so we figured out what would be best and how to go about it. Ellipticals came up pretty quick, but not use the the arm handles (which aren't great anyway). Rather, rest hands on the stationary handles. They really loved it when finding a recumbent was an option and did that for the first couple weeks. Everything was super easy here, mostly like a walking pace effort.

I'm trying to remember how bad your break was? Mine was shattered, which isn't just a break all the way through, but a bunch of pieces (16 for me) that had to regrow back together, so I had to be especially careful and it took longer than others have. I have no idea how a plate & screws did the job there. Likely why it was several months before I felt ok on an upright bike whereas others have come back sooner.

I did have multiple rounds of therapy exercises to do throughout the day, so that also had the added effect of helping tame that need to do something. That combined with getting ready for anything taking so long, plus needing to rest for a spell after everything, really helped with not being too bored. And as much as possible, tried to keep my mind more on where I was instead of how much I had lost or was losing. I would have gone nuts otherwise, just building upon what I had at the time. A lot of patiently going about my business, trusting that it things will come back.

How is your eating going? It was just mind blowing how much less I had to eat and still gained a notable amount of weight (holiday season didn't help there either). 3 "meals" a day was it and they were shrunk down to what was a snack before.