Training Log Archive: anniemac

Event: DVOA Camp Horseshoe
 

Walked the Brown Course at Horseshoe Camp, N/C. Nice to take the competitive edge out of it and just take my time. I only wish there were some more interesting legs navigationally speaking, but it was just good to get out of the house and stop feeling sorry for myself. ;) One mishung control but there were some good orienteers at the site telling me it wasn't there, so I didn't waste any time, and then found the control at different boulder on my way to the next control, about 100m away. It was nice to get chauffered in a car with heated seats!

Back feels okay. Not great but okay. Naproxen is good.

Well, Doc says I have a herniated disc in L4-5, one above where I had the surgery in 2006, and MRI report says "moderate to advanced disc disease / degenerative disc disease." Also a bunch of other stuff I can't understand, like neural foraminal stenosis and bilateral subarticular recess. Also I have a Tarlov cyst in my sacrum, which must be nothing to worry about since he didn't even mention it. Also some cortical thinning on my kidney that I will need an ultrasound to see properly.

Physical therapy and naproxen have been prescribed. Lifting anything over 25lbs is out of the question, though 10lbs is the max while I recup. Lifting anything incorrectly is out of the question (lifting+twisting the worst.) I am absorbing the info and thinking about what I want to do about my job, which is a lot of lifting all the time in both the floral and gardening parts. I can "mitigate symptoms and slow more wear and tear changes" by core exercises and proper lifting/avoiding lifting, but this is what I have to work with for the rest of my life. Time to start playing the lottery?

Doc gave me the eyebrow lift when I said, "and most importantly, can I orienteer?" He thinks running on uneven surfaces is not a good idea for the time being. This means I have to walk while orienteering in the woods, and then I guess I can run when on a trail or road. But I am blessed to run on even surfaces, and encouraged to exercise as part of my therapy. Whew!!!

C • Wow, a lot to take in and a... 10

After 6 different phone calls and 45 minutes of my time, I have an MRI scheduled for tomorrow. Yes, on Halloween.

C • mri 2

Trip to Doc yesterday, thinks it's herniated disc, getting MRI later this week. Limited reflexive movement in my right leg. Can't work more than 4 hrs at a time / lift more than 10lbs. Pain continues. Saga continues. But I will NEVER GIVE UP.

C • back 2

Xray results back: inconclusive, moderate degeneration consistent with age (What? I'm getting old??? I will have none of that.) MRI ordered, must be approved by health provider. Now I have to wait for insurance people to call me with an authorization #; only then can I make appt for MRI.