desperate2run

Ok- just kidding –my husband would have a heart attack — plus I would be a pretty old new mom. I have hit the nine month mark. I think my knee is finally in better shape than it was before the surgery. I know this because I keep a work out log and have for the last couple of years. I can see by the workouts I did and the comments that my knee was swelling on the eliptical before surgery even with no resistance. Anyone trying to recover from this should keep a log so that you can show yourself the progress you have made. I can’t tell you the number of times I have looked back a few months to see what I was doing and it has made me feel better. Recovery sometimes feels like it moves at a glacial place – so it helps to keep me encouraged. I use the eliptical about 4 x per week – resistence 5 – usually 3 miles. I lift weights with my bad leg about 4 times a week – up to 8 minutes at 60 lbs with the bad leg. I try to bike on the weekend – hilly neighborhood – takes me about 1hour and 10 mins. to do 10 miles. So – I feel like I am getting better. Could I run at this point – no. My biggest problem is my gimpy quad muscle — but as you can tell I am working it. I do not have a lot of pain, just stiffness and I really do not have a limp at all  (unless I sit around too long and then I limp for a few minutes until it stretches out). I am back into very short heels (1 inch clunky heels) — but hey – it’s better than the grandma shoes I had to wear. My MRI is set for March 7 -at which point the doctor will give me a thumbs up or down on impact sports, i.e. running. I am back to my old self mentally – but I still have dreams at night that involve me running and wake up a bit bummed. I have not gained any weight thru this process, and in fact, have lost weight over the last year as a result, I think, of the upper body weight lifting.  All in all it could be worse.  It was a rough year.  I will be happy to start 2013 and hopefully sometime during that year run my first race since October, 2011 (a half marathon I ran on my birthday having no idea that a month later I would have to stop running altogether) That’s it. Merry Christmas!