8.09.2011

6 month anniversary!

time flew like a fart in the wind!  i can't believe at this time 6 months ago i was all loopy in the recovery room, speaking spanish to my nurse, getting ready to get wheeled down to the car.  Now i'm here able to do a bunch of things i wasn't able/was scared to do since Oct. 16, 2010, the day of the actual injury.  I apologize if my blog entries get more boring from now on because now it's just about me getting back to the things I used to do.  I'd have to say that I'm still high on the idea that I can run freely now!  Let's just celebrate the things i've been able to return to, such as...
RIDE A BIKE

RUN SEXILY


BOX!!!


WORK FULL TIME...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmsjtMkhuhI
(those are not my nails...mine are usually the same length)

                                                        things i'm not allowed to do yet...
it's considered a "cutting" sport

No rollerblading means no ice skating either.  But that's okay because ice skating isn't really accessible (the fun outdoor kind) until november-ish. 







if i broke the rules and prematurely ice skated, thaaat could happen (look up)... the fall, that is.  plus i'd never be caught in that hideous outfit.  i'd at least have my skating outfit designed by vera wang.  

NO TENNIS
i don't know this player well, just posted this to give an example of the kinds of knee movement involved.  This image still makes me nervous.  I miss Steffi Graf as a player and Monica Seles' grunts.  wah-eeeh!  I don't miss when Monica Seles got stabbed at the French open :o(
waaaaah-ruh-row

So that's just a taste of activity that I've gotten into and am waiting to get back to.  I don't really see any races in the near future, but the goal is to get back into doing them!  urbanathlon? mud races? 8Ks 10Ks, 1/2 marathons?  as lil mama would say, "BRING IT."  So far my hybrid leg has done good, very proud of it considering i didn't even get to go on a date with the cadaver ligament.  total arranged marriage situation.  but i love my arranged marriage!  Scar wise, there really have been no changes with it, just waiting for them to lighten up like my previous scars did from the '99 knee surgery.  I have to keep reminding myself to put sunscreen on the lil guys when exposing the legs to the sun.  Thanks for keeping up with the blog and I hope my experience has been influential- whether it got you through a boring day at work, or educated you, or made you toss your cookies (especially with the first couple of posts from February)... then I've done my job.  Til next entry!