I am approaching recovery day 1000 next month! I have something planned as a trip and it's going to test my hiking abilities for sure. I also have been considering if I should continue counting the days after 1000. Part of me says this has been going on too long now. Just stop. Part of me says this isn't over, keep documenting!
To sum up all my statuses to date:
Everything affects other things. Sometimes I feel I'm in a hole and can't get out. I know it can't be forever. This is just my current reality. Just gotta do what I can! But, yeah it's getting old. I continue to be grateful for all the things I do have now. Practicing daily gratitude is essential! My TFCC rehab took a hit with the ribs incidents. The costochondritis expert said I could bring back in forearm planks after week 4 of pain free, but be cautious and pay attention to triggers. Today I am declaring some sternum pains. I need to experiment more with what actually is contributing to it. I have mini goals for this recovery and cannot progress until I've hit them. So far been trying to obtain those mini goals since early June. I recall the hand therapist saying I'll breeze through this part! Ha! This rehab takes about 1 hour a day. Plantar fasciits is back. After Labor Day, I decided it was time to resume running, I made the decision to cut out hiking for a while (sad!). I think together it was just too much load. Low and behold, running alone seemed to be fine! My theory was correct. Then of course I went on a 7 day hiking vacation just last week (new consecutive day record), hiked over 60 miles, including one backpacking overnighter (hubs carried most of the weight). I felt some twangs of PF, that pain upon the first step of the morning resurfaced. After resuming my running once I got back home - BOOM it's bugging me daily now. Rolling a golf ball with my foot under my desk as I type. Hopefully I can resettle it. Thankfully I can still lift with PF. Rib fractures. Thankfully we know they are healing in alignment thanks to the x-ray taken during my costochondritis urgent care visit last month. It took away my worries that the lingering pain meant they were not in alignment (then the mind starts to wander what next). I can still feel them while lying on that side. Could take 6 months to a year supposedly to be pain free. ACL knee. That tight harvest site is really my daily complaint and the oh, the unforgettable feeling of having an operated knee, but my functionality continues to improve so we're going to focus on that. I will adapt my way back to everything! I finally met my 8 week mini running goal that my PT laid out for me back in May - ribs, PF, costo and all! It only took me 20 weeks! HA! Once I met that goal, the plan was to Skype with my PT again and get the next phases (I recall box jump intros, more running goals, etc - hooray!!!!). However, due to all these hiccups and deloading time, PT said I need to first get a solid 4 weeks of lifting under my legs before we Skype again. I have yet to have 4 solid weeks since late July. My weights are all not where they were prior to the ribs, but I'm working really hard to build it all back up. My entire rehab routine is 3 days a week, takes just under 3 hours door to door between the warm ups, running, lifting (very minimal driving). Phew! One day the running will be on separate days, but for now it's stacked like this intentionally. I mapped out my calendar. I will not a consecutive 4 weeks between now (late Oct) to mid-January 2020! I have a lot of travel. Just need to roll with it and not freak out. Maybe I'll deem myself ready for the next Skype, or maybe it will not be until January 2020. This whole part of not really knowing when is the hardest part - you just have to roll with it, do what you can, it will come when it will comes (repeats to self). PT told me once to not be so hyperfocused on rehab. I've earned the right to have a normal life. Umm, how does that work with ~9 hours/week of knee rehab and ~7 hours/week of wrist rehab and still not where I want to be physically? Something that takes 16 hours a week isn't really a casual thing. Takes a LOT of planning to get in my rehab. At least there are trips. My trips are my escapes (from chores, rehab, internet). I can do more on these escapes than every before now. Even though trips interrupt my rehab, the ENTIRE reason I do rehab is just do normal outdoor stuff! This recent was one of my faves of the year!
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AuthorA 45 year old active female who tore her ACL in January 2017 (at the age of 40). Reconstructive surgery in February 2017 with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft. Archives
November 2022
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