Monday, September 10, 2012

Discouraged much?


And we’re back to continuing the long road to WDW 2014! I can’t say that the last few days have been great though. First, I finally got the results back from my MRI, no meniscus tear! (YAY!) But my doc said he could see that I have Chondramalacia patella. Long word that means the cartilage behind my knee cap is softened and  will pretty much always be inflamed and swollen and sore, or as my loving husband called it, Janky Knee Syndrome. I’ll admit the hubby comment made me laugh but the realization that I have Another limb problem was pretty disheartening. It’s not a run ending injury; it’s just going to be something I have to deal with for the rest of my life.  Per my doc, lots and lots of ice and the occasional NSAID are going to be my new best friends. Needless to say this on top of my already janky ankle was not making for a happy me. And then I finally started jogging on my semi daily walks and my tennis shoes rubbed the skin entirely off the back of my ankle, like to blood! UGH!!
I was feeling very discouraged and grouchy, well mostly just grouchy I think, when I can across this: 

And boy did I feel like a cry baby. This woman survived a stroke and had to learn to walk again! Oh, and then ran a half marathon, you know just because she wanted to. That kinda wiped my feeling sorry for myself off the map and got me on the right track again (After burning a batch of cookies I so desperately wanted to snack on. Karama’s a bitch right? :D )


So I’m headed in the right direction again. A Facebook friend suggested I go to a local sport retailer and actually get fitted for the correct shoe which seems like great advice so I’m going to do that this weekend. The bike is still in the garage waiting for new cables; hope to do that this weekend too. Also with the wonderful chill that was in the air this morning, I’m starting to think about winter. It is Michigan after all so we very well could have snow up to our behinds in October. What do you do to run in the winter? I’ll admit I’m a wimp so I’m thinking about buying a treadmill to run in my warm basement. Suggestions??
P.S. Tea drinking not going so good. Still haven’t given into to my desperate desire for Starbucks but we are inching closer to it everyday :) The tea I have is somewhat palatable with milk and honey but it’s still not very good. My sis-in-law and good friend had some good suggestions I’m going to try so we’ll see!!

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