Road to Recovery

I was reading my last blog and laughing. That was last December. I sort of recovered from that injury (or so I thought) and was so excited about my progress that one month later I was back at boot camp with Kerry. 2 days into that boot camp I did something to my back that would change the course of my life. My injury progressed very quickly. The nurse at my neurologist office said she had never seen someone go downhill so quickly. I went from being able to work out 10 hours a day to not being able to walk to bathroom without holding on to the wall or falling in less than 3 months. I wasn't really sure what was happening to me. My GP told me not to worry about it, he had back problems and his foot was numb but he refused to have surgery. I did not want to have surgery so I was on the same page.

Then the falling started. Really? I was falling more than I wanted to admit. Any side to side movement and I was down. It was almost too much to bear. I went from my GP to an orthopedic surgeon that I did not know. I will never forget him telling me to hold me leg out and resist and watch my left leg drop to the floor. No way that just happened. Then he did the same thing to my foot. I asked him to try again but he just shook his head. He had the data he needed. He asked me next to walk on my tip toes and I just laughed. I was going to fall. But I grabbed on to the wall and managed. Next he asked me to walk on my heels which seemed like it would be easier. My left foot would not stay off the ground. What? He explained nothing. I had the MRI and he told me I needed surgery. No thank you.

My cousin made me an appointment with a micro-neurosurgeon that she had worked for who showed me the x-ray of my ruptured disc. Ouch. I saw what I needed to see and that I was not going to get better until I had the surgery. By the time I went in to surgery the pain has subsided (more or less) and the paralysis had set in. Little did I know it but I was also loosing the strength in my left arm and my right side. I laughed when I read my last post because I talked about being in a wheelchair....little did I know.

Here I am almost six months later and am jogging. One mile and walking 2. I hope to be jogging 3 by November 1. That will mark one year that I started this chapter of my life at the BL Resort. My right toe goes numb from time to time (opposite side) and I am still paying hospital bills but damn it I can walk.

Praying for Sam P. right now who cannot walk from a fall he took. I came to this page to find his photo and read my last blog, then one thing led to another and here I have a new blog. Maybe for a reason.

Kristie

No Boot Camp - Day 3 (or 1 depending on how you look at it)

Sooooo, I wake up today with a pinched nerve and a sore IT band. What is going to happen to me TODAY at Boot Camp?? I am going to end up in a wheelchair. I decided not to go to Boot Camp this evening and give my crippling body a day to rest.

Even if I am crippled tomorrow I will probably go and just walk the track. I will check with Kerry to see what he thinks. I hate missing a day since I paid for it, but the holidays are coming and I need to NOT be in traction.

I really do run around a lot at work -
Calorie burn today - 2391


Kris

Boot Camp - Day 2

Woke up today with my IT band so tight. I know I can work it out tonight but until then I am limping, and yes people are noticing.
Today boot camp was held at Klein Stadium. I knew what this meant, sprints and bleachers and I was not wrong. After a brief warm up, we jogged a lap around the field and then lined up on the end zone for sprints. Then we moved to chariot, one person is holding another person back while they run across the field. hmmm I seem to have tweaked something in my back - shooting pains....
During bleacher run Kerry, the trainer, was dogging my running shoes. I asked what was wrong with them and he said "they're Nike's". OMG I love my Nike's. He said they would give me shin splints. They haven't yet.
I didn't make it to work today, had errands to take care of so my calorie burn was lower today than yesterday.

Calorie burn - 2583


Kris

Boot Camp - Day 1

I took the week off to rest and started Boot Camp at a place I found on-line that is near my office. It is from 7-8ish every night for 2 weeks. Bionik - I also joined for 3 months to see if I like working out near work. If not, I will move on to something else.

Tonight I was pacing myself and doing well until we had to lift logs. They ran out of the smaller ones and 5 girls ended up on the much larger heavier one. It was heavy and also quite large so that our hands did not fit on them. More than once I said I couldn't do anymore. But I powered through (and now my hip hurts). Time to take some Advil.

We are supposed to take photos of everything we eat and post it on the Facebook page. We'll see how that goes.

I ran around a lot at work today so am not surprised by the high number
Calorie burn today - 3158


Total weight loss to date - 30 pounds!!!!! I was so shocked by this number that I weighed myself 3 times.

Kris

Day 29 - traveling

Dad surprised me at the airport. He was sick too. The ride home was not great. We each had our own spit cups. LOVELY!

We were so miserable we decided to drive straight through - we drove right through the night - 22.5 hours.

Dad collapsed when we got to the house and didn't get up for 2 days. I spent the next day with mom, going to lunch (although I did not eat) and did some Christmas and grocery shopping.

On my way home now. I am going to take some time off to get well and settled back in at home and work.

I did lose some more weight - Cam was right. Total weight loss = 26.7 pounds!!!!

Kris

Day 28 - Weigh out

We said goodnight to friends last night and today is just about weighing out, packing and traveling.

My final weight loss - 23.7 pounds - Cam told me that since I was sick I will lose more when I get home. Inches lost - 9

Now to the airport to drop Jeff off and pick up my dad for the ride home. I am going to surprise him that I am sick.

No calorie count today

Kris

Day 27 - Recovery and Graduation

I spent most of today in bed. I tried to swallow a pill and it lodged in my swollen glands. I drank half a liter of water trying to dislodge it but screw it, it can stay.

I managed to make it to graduation, my last one and Sarah was kind enough to zap me some tomato soup because I could not eat the dinner. I had to cancel my last spa appointment but did not care because I felt so crappy.

There was a LOVELY photo of me in the video from Thanksgiving dinner when I was not feeling well. I looked horrible. I will find it and post it here. It is pretty sad.

Again no calorie count today.

Kris