Thursday, December 11;
This is an unexpected result os surgery. Apparently, shoulder problems and shoulder surgery are quite common. The arm brace attracts a lot of attention. Everywhere I go (and I haven't gone very far) I hear stories about other people and their shoulder problems or their family members or friends' problems. It's like a whole shoulder problem solidarity. It's kind of nice to hear all of their stories. It's like now I'm paying my dues for making so many people listen to me and all of my chatter over the past year. Bring on the stories. I have an open ear.
WOD
Squat practice (I can do squats! I'm so excited. I have to widen my stance because the brace throws off my balance. I'll have to do them very slowly, but I'm thrilled tey are not too painful.)
Some ab work (I can do a little bit of ab balancing a leg raises. Pretty pumpud about it!)
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
The Atrophy Begins
Tuesday, December 9;
The recovery process has been going really well. I've been trying to do things more and more on my own. I've really been trying to take as little of my meds as possible. Those things made me pretty loopy and had some other nasty side effects, I'm down to taking them once every twelve hours. The pain is manageable (at least it's nothing compared to doing a sub-five minute Fran, right?).
I'm starting to miss my friends and general interaction with people other than my mom. I've even sunk to a new low... I'm sending out Christmas cards!
I start pyhsical therapy tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it. I'm shocked at how quickly I've lost muscle in my arm. It's crazy. I've never had surgry before, so I wasn't sure what to expect. My arm has pretty much been immobilized for nearly a week now. When I took off my brace I noticed how small my forarm was compared to the other. I have a little ball that I have started squeezin to keep those muscles working.
The recovery process has been going really well. I've been trying to do things more and more on my own. I've really been trying to take as little of my meds as possible. Those things made me pretty loopy and had some other nasty side effects, I'm down to taking them once every twelve hours. The pain is manageable (at least it's nothing compared to doing a sub-five minute Fran, right?).
I'm starting to miss my friends and general interaction with people other than my mom. I've even sunk to a new low... I'm sending out Christmas cards!
I start pyhsical therapy tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it. I'm shocked at how quickly I've lost muscle in my arm. It's crazy. I've never had surgry before, so I wasn't sure what to expect. My arm has pretty much been immobilized for nearly a week now. When I took off my brace I noticed how small my forarm was compared to the other. I have a little ball that I have started squeezin to keep those muscles working.
not my chest (I hope that's obvious)
All in all, the past week has had some rough moments, but it's been a nice break from my usually hectic days. I think I'll be able to get back into the blue room with a positive attitude some time in January. I can't wait too see everyone for the happy hour on Friday... get ready guys, I'm wearing sequence and I'll even blow dry my hair!
Monday, December 8, 2008
No Wonder I'm Drugged and Drowsy
Monday, December 8;
No wonder I've been feeling really out of it. This morning I was reading the label on my pain medication. I'm on Oxycodone. I realized that the label said I should be taking my pill once every six hours and not every 4 hours!!!! My mom has been unintentionally drugging me. Oh my! So we are cutting back on how often I take my pain meds. I'm also hoping to switch over to over the counter pain meds by the end of the week, because I'm really not functional on this stuff.
Other than that recovery is going well. I have taken my arm out of the sling and I have straightened my elbow. I still can't bend over or lay down. I have to squat down topick stuff up, and I'm still sleeping sitting up on the couch.
I hope all is well at CFOT and for all of my non-CFOT readers. Kick some serious butt for me!
No wonder I've been feeling really out of it. This morning I was reading the label on my pain medication. I'm on Oxycodone. I realized that the label said I should be taking my pill once every six hours and not every 4 hours!!!! My mom has been unintentionally drugging me. Oh my! So we are cutting back on how often I take my pain meds. I'm also hoping to switch over to over the counter pain meds by the end of the week, because I'm really not functional on this stuff.
Other than that recovery is going well. I have taken my arm out of the sling and I have straightened my elbow. I still can't bend over or lay down. I have to squat down topick stuff up, and I'm still sleeping sitting up on the couch.
I hope all is well at CFOT and for all of my non-CFOT readers. Kick some serious butt for me!
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Drugged and Drowsy
Saturday, December 6;
These posts are going to be pretty short because it takes me forever to type anything. I'm in some pretty serious discomfort. My arm is sitting in the abduction pillow. I have to admit it's a little smaller than I thought it would be.
The regular day-to-day life is pretty lame. I go back and forth between two positions. My mom and I have named them so it's easier for me to communicate. The first position (this is how I have been sleeping) is called "neutral." I sit on the couch with two pillows behind me and my feet propped up. The second position is called "front." I'm in front of the tv sitting in a chair.
I have developed a bond with a fleece blanket covered with snowmen. I've also taken to wearing tube tops, because they're easy to get on and off. It's bizarre, because if you ignore my brace, my hair, my socks, my glasses, my sweatpants... and basically everything else about me, you might just think I'm ready for a night out on the town.
Here's a story you may all get a kick out of.. so I'm sitting in the hospital with my doctor and the anesthesiologist. My doctor asked if I had any questions. I said I knew he was doing orthoscopic surgery, but I wanted to know if there was any chance that he may have to cut into my shoulder. He assured me that he would certainly not have to cut me open. To which I responded, "Damn, because I was really hoping to have a tough looking scare."
Both doctors laughed and said I would bare some marks from this surgery. This is a good thing. How much would it suck if I went through all of this and I didn't even have a tough looking scar to show for it.
WOD
Get out of brace
Take a shower
Change bandage
Get back into brace
Total: 20:54
These posts are going to be pretty short because it takes me forever to type anything. I'm in some pretty serious discomfort. My arm is sitting in the abduction pillow. I have to admit it's a little smaller than I thought it would be.
The regular day-to-day life is pretty lame. I go back and forth between two positions. My mom and I have named them so it's easier for me to communicate. The first position (this is how I have been sleeping) is called "neutral." I sit on the couch with two pillows behind me and my feet propped up. The second position is called "front." I'm in front of the tv sitting in a chair.
I have developed a bond with a fleece blanket covered with snowmen. I've also taken to wearing tube tops, because they're easy to get on and off. It's bizarre, because if you ignore my brace, my hair, my socks, my glasses, my sweatpants... and basically everything else about me, you might just think I'm ready for a night out on the town.
Here's a story you may all get a kick out of.. so I'm sitting in the hospital with my doctor and the anesthesiologist. My doctor asked if I had any questions. I said I knew he was doing orthoscopic surgery, but I wanted to know if there was any chance that he may have to cut into my shoulder. He assured me that he would certainly not have to cut me open. To which I responded, "Damn, because I was really hoping to have a tough looking scare."
Both doctors laughed and said I would bare some marks from this surgery. This is a good thing. How much would it suck if I went through all of this and I didn't even have a tough looking scar to show for it.
WOD
Get out of brace
Take a shower
Change bandage
Get back into brace
Total: 20:54
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Shoulder Surgery
Wednesday, December 3
Done with surgery everything went just fine. Unfortunately, I will not have any major scars. I will be on drugs for the next few days.. good drugs. Thank you for all of your well wishes and thank you all for thinking of me.
Done with surgery everything went just fine. Unfortunately, I will not have any major scars. I will be on drugs for the next few days.. good drugs. Thank you for all of your well wishes and thank you all for thinking of me.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Please join me in wishing our favorite Crossfit coach a
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Congrats Jerry, may this year be the best so far.
Monday, December 1, 2008
My Last Workout
Sunday, November 30;
I guess it's fitting that the final day of November would be my final official CFOT workout for a bit. I expect I'll be in tomorrow to celebrate a VERY special birthday for one Crossfitter, but no working out for me.
Andrea put together a great little workout (it actually wasn't little at all, it could be better defined as "huge") while Jerry was off celebrating the holidays in New York. It was in celebration for another Crossfitter's birthday.. my newest Facebook friend.. Lt. Col. Dan and a very special anniversary. It was a good send off for me even though I had to sub out a few movements.
Take a look..
WOD:
AMRAP
1 muscleup (subbed out ring dips, then chair dips.. these hurt)
7 box jump burpees
7 pullups
5 Thrusters (subbed out front squats - 85lbs)
This was a group workout.. but it's kind of unclear what the final score was, but I was in pain which makes me happy.
I went for heavier front squats instead of a lighter Thruster. The Front squat at 85lbs felt really good. I really woked on keeping that upright position and I pushed me knees out really hard on the way up. It worked to limit the knee buckling. I was delighted to see some improvement here.
My legs will be getting a lot of workouts in the next few months, so I'm looking forward to getting them stronger.
I guess it's fitting that the final day of November would be my final official CFOT workout for a bit. I expect I'll be in tomorrow to celebrate a VERY special birthday for one Crossfitter, but no working out for me.
Andrea put together a great little workout (it actually wasn't little at all, it could be better defined as "huge") while Jerry was off celebrating the holidays in New York. It was in celebration for another Crossfitter's birthday.. my newest Facebook friend.. Lt. Col. Dan and a very special anniversary. It was a good send off for me even though I had to sub out a few movements.
Take a look..
WOD:
AMRAP
1 muscleup (subbed out ring dips, then chair dips.. these hurt)
7 box jump burpees
7 pullups
5 Thrusters (subbed out front squats - 85lbs)
This was a group workout.. but it's kind of unclear what the final score was, but I was in pain which makes me happy.
I went for heavier front squats instead of a lighter Thruster. The Front squat at 85lbs felt really good. I really woked on keeping that upright position and I pushed me knees out really hard on the way up. It worked to limit the knee buckling. I was delighted to see some improvement here.
My legs will be getting a lot of workouts in the next few months, so I'm looking forward to getting them stronger.
