Long time =)

SO its been a hot minute since I've been on.  Here is the latest, greatest and then some.  Since I was last on I've been seeing the physical therapist every week.

Well lets start at the beginning, the Monday after my injury I went in to see my physical therapist.  They confirmed what my doctor said about the level of my injury.  She also confirmed my statement that my doctor is an idiot, cause what man with a medical degree does not think a person who can not walk or place any sort of weight on her foot does not deserve crutches.

Gosh my doctor is an idiot!

So after all the poking and manipulating I was able to finally get to sit and do EMS and have my foot wrapped in an ice.  My PT told me to call my doctor and get on crutches.  While I sat there, I made the ever special phone call to my doctor and told him he was an idiot and I needed to be on crutches.  45 minutes later I was getting a set of crutches.  Not what I wanted, but c'est la vie.

I'm 3 weeks out from my initial injury now I have been seeing my physical therapist every week, my swelling has gone down, I can move my ankle and walk without crutches.  HALLELUJAH!  I'm slowly progressing and I'm not trying to push myself to fast.

I was cleared to swim about 2 weeks ago, to help get the flexion use back into my foot.  But alas, I never made it to the pool.  Then last week my PT suggested I start using on the stationary bike.  SO I went ahead and changed out my pedals on my bike so I can start pedaling around base.  I can't wait to start using my clips again, but right now my ankle isn't strong enough to handle the clipping out.  But the best part of this whole thing is...I can start working out no to light impact!

IN OTHER NEWS:

I finally heard one of my new mentors and someone I hope to be like one day Marni Subal.  She is a 4 time Ironman and my kick-butt nutritionist.  She is wonderful and can only hope to be like her and go to Kona at least once.

Now, I have to read a 33-page nutrition plan and start logging my food.  This is going to be the hard part for me, but for with some practice I'm sure I'll figure it out.

I also have found a tri coach, Coaches Diane and Jeff Kline.  I won't know my training schedule will look like because we have our first meeting tomorrow morning via Skype.  So more about that will come later.

I am registering for the Mooseman 70.3 Ironman and the Rhode Island 70.3 Ironman.  It is crazy to think that I'll be competing in a Half Ironman.  I think the thing that scares me the most is that I can't/have difficulty running.  I'll be fine in the swim the cycling but UGH! I don't like to run.  This is the biggest part of my triathlon I'm going to have work on.  Just the thought of running gives me shin splints, blah.

OH! My girl Christine has me watching the ENTIRE first season of Glee.  Really, I can't believe how addicting it is.  Crappy acting, IMO, but I love the music.  And the lead male the teacher looks like Justing Timberlake.

Saturday night I spent some wonderful time with my girl Samantha, we hung out at her place drank some vino while the kids played.  I missed hanging out with her and it was such a wonderful night.  I love our girls night, they are so much fun.

The movers are coming in a couple weeks to pack us up and move us out to Rhode Island.  I'm getting to the bittersweet stage of our time here on Guam.  I am so going to miss Guam, but I'm looking forward to our new adventure that is coming.

Alright, I must come to a close now.  I promise to write more often.

Sensory Overload or NOT!

So here I sit on my butt for the third day....OH MY GOSH I'M BORED! I'm tired of looking at my computer, my tv, reading, studying, I'm even sick of sleeping, well now I'm developing a slight case of insomnia.  I'm hoping to hear some good news from my physical therapist.  Ok I'm done with pity party for one.

Ankle Update

Since my crash I've been to medical to see the doctor to find out the verdict.  I made an appointment for my daughter, on Friday, who has been feeling sick and was having difficultly breathing but they could not make one for me.  I told my husband that after her appointment I would go to the ER and get it looked at cause I was not able to walk on my foot at all.  After hobbling into medical to check in my daughter the corpsman were asking if I was alright.  I told them about what happen, they offered me a wheelchair but my stubborn bull-headed side refused it.  I continued to hobble around medical while I noticed that the corpsman were keeping a watchful eye on me.  I think they told the doctor about my injury because after he diagnosed my daughter and started her nebulizer treatment he looked at my foot and had me 'walked' through the system.  After getting me checked in he ordered a set of x-rays I was ordered into a wheelchair, and again I refused to go into it.  But between my husband and the corpsmen, my happy ass was getting in the wheelchair wither I wanted to or not.  One of the corpsmen wheeled me down to x-ray to get those done and then back to where my daughter was.  Then I received the wonderful news that my ankle was not broken...YIPPEE!! But the doctor did say it is a severe sprained ankle with some ligament damage.  Of course I knew the answer, but I still had to ask if I could race in the Super Sprint on Sunday, yeah my husband and my doctor both looked at me like I was crazy and told me NO!  Hey, at least I tried.


Now I have to go back to my physical therapist to get my range of mobility built back up and to re-strengthen my muscles and ligaments.   I'm now seeing this as another set back in my training.  BLAH!  I have a Grade 2 sprain which is: 

• Moderate tearing of the ligament fibers.
• Some instability of the joint.
• Moderate to severe pain and difficulty walking.
• Swelling and stiffness in the ankle joint.
• Minor bruising may be evident.

And looks wonderful and a lot like this (at least mine does):

My right foot is the one I sprained, yeah I guess its a give away

seeing as its twice the size of my left foot :)

I did a good job with one (outside of my right foot)

I have lost my ankle bone all together from the swelling

The inside of my right ankle

Now I'm looking at 4-8 week recovery time, assuming everything goes well with my physical therapist on Monday I'm hoping for the shorter of the recovery time.  I just need to get back on my bike, its looking quite pitiful sitting here in my house I didn't even have it 24 hours before crashing.  I'm sure I will have more accidents while learning how to clip in and out and while learning more about the mechanics of my cycling.  I will get the hang of it soon.

ROAD BLOCK!

In May I was training for a 2.5 mile open water swim, my body was in getting into wonderful shape, I had a killer training regiment down, I had a goal.  I accomplished my goal.  Now I am seeing that even though I am doing things, competing in races, taking classes, and doing what I need to I do not have the same drive in my heart that I did back in May.


I coming to the conclusion I need to have circle on the calender to achieve towards, something to aim for.  My new goal, and yes its circled on the calender, is to do the Ironman 70.3 in Providence July 10, 2011.

Now I know I'm going to have other triathlons to do in the process but I have to have a huge goal to attain to.  And this is my huge goal a Half Ironman.  I honestly believe that I will be able to get back into the right frame of mind and condition properly with this goal on my calender.

Oh yeah and this other wonderful things that is an actual bump in my plans..So Godric came home yesterday, I was so excited to have him I couldn't wait to take him out. Samantha dropped by to lend me her Mag Trainer. I sat in my living room and practiced for about 15 min, I decided to take my new toy out for a spin around the neighborhood. I took off just fine, I clipped in great no issues. I became comfortable with how the mechanics of my legs now operated even though it still feels weird. Then things turned to yuck!

Hello Lover! This is my new baby Godric!

I was coming to a stop in front of my house, I had my left foot unclipped just fine, came up one the grass fell to my right (still clipped), I started to fall and I tried to unclip on my way down I fell on right ankle cause it was stuck in my cleat, my ankle popped and I unclipped all the same time. The neighbor was outside and saw it happen, asked if I was ok..it took about 5 minutes for me to get up...my ankle is wicked swollen and tender, I've already done a 10 minute ice massage and I'm elevating it right now. If its still crazy bad tomorrow, I'm going to get it looked at, I need to make sure there is no ligament or tendon damage. I can't believe I put myself into such bad situation 1) I came up on my drive way 2) only had one cleat out 3) I was trying to avoid the truck 4)I went into wet grass on slicks ...it was just bad all around.