No fear here either... Johan's Trifest 2006?
This weekend I swam... twice. I haven't been to the pool in two months after I realized that my left leg wasn't nearly strong enough to help propel me across the pool. It was more like a lead weight. This time was different. I could actually pull off a decent kick for a while. In the deep end I even let go of the wall for a short time so I could try treading water. I can do it, although I can tell that my left leg is probably only at 50% of the strength of the right. I think that I have gotten over my fear of drowning.
Things continue to progress on the work, health and home fronts. Sparta went to doggy daycare again this week. I work long days (12.5 hours!) on Thursdays and Aaron had a lot going on at work last week. So Sparta went and played with 53 other canines for 8+ hours. 53! I can't believe that they allow that many dogs in one space. The dogcare place is in what looks like a large warehouse. It is separated into 3 different areas for different size dogs. As I understand it, they tend to rotate the dogs into different areas throughout the day. I feel kind of bad for Sparta. She has so much energy, yet she is stuck in an apartment for most of the day. Aaron walks her in the morning and when he gets home, but she hasn't been run as much as she is used to. I guess she'll learn to stay away from my bike tires from now on!
My knee continues to slowly improve. We're continueing to be able to bend it to about 2.5 inches from my butt. It really irritates the scar tissue. I can't think of anything else that I have gone through that is this painful. The pain reminds me of the one time I pulled my hamstring in 3 spots trying to do the splits (I slipped!). It's an intense burning sensation. When were bending it, the pain will radiate down into my calf and up my thigh. As I undertand it, this will continue until I get my motion back and all the scar tissue is remodeled. The only way to do that is to keep bending the knee.
Things continue to progress on the work, health and home fronts. Sparta went to doggy daycare again this week. I work long days (12.5 hours!) on Thursdays and Aaron had a lot going on at work last week. So Sparta went and played with 53 other canines for 8+ hours. 53! I can't believe that they allow that many dogs in one space. The dogcare place is in what looks like a large warehouse. It is separated into 3 different areas for different size dogs. As I understand it, they tend to rotate the dogs into different areas throughout the day. I feel kind of bad for Sparta. She has so much energy, yet she is stuck in an apartment for most of the day. Aaron walks her in the morning and when he gets home, but she hasn't been run as much as she is used to. I guess she'll learn to stay away from my bike tires from now on!
My knee continues to slowly improve. We're continueing to be able to bend it to about 2.5 inches from my butt. It really irritates the scar tissue. I can't think of anything else that I have gone through that is this painful. The pain reminds me of the one time I pulled my hamstring in 3 spots trying to do the splits (I slipped!). It's an intense burning sensation. When were bending it, the pain will radiate down into my calf and up my thigh. As I undertand it, this will continue until I get my motion back and all the scar tissue is remodeled. The only way to do that is to keep bending the knee.
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