hellooooo
thanks for dropping by ruby! i had a lovely couple of days in qld at coolum with felicity - got to starfish on the beach, starfish by the pool, starfish on the bed, starfish on the couch... you get the idea! i've still got the faintest hint of a tan that i managed to pick up (i'm very pale, and i'm probably only a shade or two darker, but it's awesome LOL)
i've been a busy girlie, but haven't had a chance to really post til now.
i'm currently at the gym 3 x days a week, doing a min of 30 minutes cardio followed by a min 1 hour training session, which is full on and wonderful. i also do a 4th day of training with elise, which is more centred on stretching & flexibility as opposed to the fat burning & weight training. i'm trying to walk a little where possible.
however.
i saw my sports surgeon last week following up on my xrays & ultrasounds.
i have a cysty-like tumory thing in my plantar fascia (i have plantar fasciitis too)... it's causing a tonne of pain, and first up we're treating it with a cortisone injection, otherwise if that doesn't work, i'll need surgery on it.
doc also wants to perform an arthroscope & release the ligament on my patella, as that tightness is causing all the crunching & grinding and so on. there's gunk to be cleaned out, and it has a massive heal time, so i'm holding off on that for the short term, and focussing on losing weight to make the heal time & encourage a more successful treatment.
my hips, well i have hip dysplasia, cysts and fluid in the hip socket as well as loads of cartilage damage. doc wants to stick me in traction & do a hip arthroscope also. this too will be held off as long as possible. the dislocating of the hips is a major pain (literally) and causes me legs to feel they are giving way at times, and just pure chronic agony the rest of the time. eventually i'll probably need a hip replacement, but hopefully not for a long long time.
my sister was born with hip dysplasia, and had surgery when she was a baby. my dad didn't have it discovered until he was 50 and needed to have both hips replaced. hopefully now we know what's causing my pain, we can manage it and sort it out before even more damage is done.
in the meantime, i'm just focussing on being the fittest i can be, and to keep moving, because that is all i can do. in terms of my food intake, i'm being extremely aware without going into my previous modes of all or nothing. balance balance balance.
at least now i know i'm not going crazy, not making excuses, not "faking my pain" as one friend suggested...
loads of hugs
kaz x