Training Log Archive: Bomb

Event: Jukola 2007
 

Knee is feeling pretty good - much better than I expected (and better than it did before the operation). I last took some painkillers about 6pm last night (its now 11) and I'm getting around fine. I can even balance on the dodgy leg! Yay!

C • super 4

Knee surgery! I had my arthroscopy this morning and they removed a cyst about the size of a marble from the meniscus.
Feeling ok now - just a bit woozy. The knee feels ok, and I can walk around (slowly) fine (although this may have a fair bit to do with the painkillers).

I think I might go and have a nap now.

C • knee 2

river ride with Dan and Lisa. Very cold, and I was feeling a bit flat after yesterday. looks like being my last decent training session for a while though, so thought I'd better haul my butt out of bed!

Gym at Race Elements, training with Imo.

Went to visit the knee surgeon yesterday afternoon. I have some funky lumps in the meniscus - either cysts or lumps of cartilage. (They look the same on the mri and the doc won't be able to tell until he gets a closer look). Either way they have to come out, so I'm getting surgery tomorrow morning. It should be an arthroscopy, but they might have to open my knee up a bit if they're solid lumps and not cysts.

Doc says the recovery should be fairly quick - on the stationary trainer in a couple of days, back cycling within 2 weeks, some running in 3 weeks and full running in 4.

C • Good news 9

trolls ride. pretty cold this morning! about 6 degrees... I'm glad I don't live anywhere colder. Knee was quite ok today (numb?), not trying to run on it is definitely helping!
off to visit the doc this afternoon.

into the surgeon's office and home and then into climbing.

spent the weekend climbing at glenreagh (just inland from coffs). saturdays climbs were boring, but found some great stuff on sunday and and monday and took my first fall on lead on an 18 - had heaps of rope out cos I was just about to clip the second bolt. fell a bit over 3m and ended up in a tree. heart rate got to about 400, but I managed to not get hurt.