Training Log Archive: Charlie

with Rhonda and Sassy. Down to Cherry Brook farm, across the top of the field, and back up the trail. Felt good to get out. Distance and time an estimate. I can wear the FR next time if I think of it.

Easy trail run at McLean with Rhonda. Trying to watch my feet but still stumbled twice. A fall would not be good. Also, the Merrells have very little heel elevation or protection, so they will take some getting used to. A nice day to be out. Just a few FDFs and mosquitoes. Not enouhj to worry about a blue hat.

Down Doyle Rd, picking up the Tunxis trail to the lookout and back. A few stops to corral Sassy on the way down. She was more manageable on the way back. R foot kind of sore, mostly from stubbing my toe this morning, R shoulder and back also getting pretty tired from carrying my wrist around.

Dog loop with Sassy and Rhonda. Getting antsy and need to get out more. Generally a good night.

a visit from Jen, the crossfit coach, who is putting on a workout here on Sunday and came to work on logistics.

Strange night last night, waking up several times an hour, but then falling asleep again pretty quickly. Taking a lot of meds today, but reasonably alert and able to catch up on a lot of work, although the typing is a chore. So mostly in my office, with Rhonda scheduling meds and applying an ice pack 20 minutes on, 40 minutes off all day.

Took a few short walks with Rhonda and Sassy.

The crossfit gang is supposed to have a workout here on Sunday, and Jen had dropped off some equipment.

Continuing to read The Good Soldier Svejk during my breaks. Pretty hilarious.

A very nice call from PG around 5, right before he took off for France.

In to Litchfield Hills surgical center to get my wrist fixed by Dr. Wisch, who turns out to be a neighbor. He lives about a mile and a half down Wright Rd. Apparently I've met him before, although I don't remember the occasion. A pretty efficient setup. After a bit of minimalist paperwork, they have me installed in a bed, putting in an IV line to sedate me, and then administering a nerve block. During the operation I'm awake enough to hear them talking, but not alert enough to know what they are saying. According to Rhonda, they put in a plate, some screws and a pin, but I wasn't part of that conversation, or at least I don't remember. They send me on my way by 10, and Rhonda installed me on the couch, with a book on the iPad for between bouts of dozing.

I also have a bunch of Dilaudid for pain, but no need to take it until the nerve block wears off, scheduled for a gradual return beginning in 12 or so hours. The nerve block is a strange experience. Absolutely no control over the arm, and no feeling. Also no sense of where it is, so it would not be a good idea to let it out of my sight, as in near the stove, or where the cat might chew on it. I have it in a sling, but I still have to hang onto it, because it can slip out. Because I am hanging onto it, I have a sense of the forearm being really heavy, but not a sense of it actually being attached to my body.

Around 4:30 or so, the first stirring of movement in my thumb and forefinger and I took the first of the Dilaudid. Too little too late, as the block wore all the way off within a few minutes, and there were a couple of tense hours with the pain until I got enough of the meds in me. But then it was ok. Also taking 600mg of vitamin I starting now and twice day, and stool softeners, as constipation has been a side effect of the pain meds since I started with percocet at the ER last week.

Rhonda giving a short class for me and Dave

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a few sets of wall squats and a long squat, with Dave

mini yoga class from Rhonda, with my friend Dave. good stretching, and an eye opener for Dave, who has his own flexibility issues.

small session with Dave, including some wall squats, and then 100 air squats. humid day and got sticky pretty quickly.

Around Waskosim's Rock with Zack. Pouring rain, much more than I had anticipated. We were soaked in the first minute, and didn't get any drier. Otherwise fine.