My surgery has been completed.
I now have less spine than I had previously...sounds bad eh?
I am already walking around the house, albeit gingerly and heavily medicated.
Once I have my body working properly I will set about about doing some training.
I will not be doing Muskoka as I had hoped months ago. I am now thinking that the Canadian Half Iron in Ottawa is a possibility and if not the Olympic for certain.
Life is hard. Training is hard. Living to train hard is not smart. Living better and being better is what it is all about.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
All Set For A Long Road
Well it is on!!!
I am slated for surgery on the 25th of Feb and will be basically out of commission for 3 weeks to 2 months.
Here's the deal the ortho surgeon will take part of one of my discs out and then take the surrounding spinal 'bones' in the channel where the cord sits and cut pieces out to open up the channel thus alleveiating the stenosis in that area and hopefully allowing me to have no pain in my legs.
So hopefully it all goes well and I can get on with training towards at the least an Olympic race by summers end. I would really like to do a sprint in Smiths Falls in late June but that may be too soon, but we shall see.
On another note, considering moving out to Smiths Falls...seems like a nice enough town.
I will keep a training log on here of what I can accomplish every week and hopefully get back into tris.
I am slated for surgery on the 25th of Feb and will be basically out of commission for 3 weeks to 2 months.
Here's the deal the ortho surgeon will take part of one of my discs out and then take the surrounding spinal 'bones' in the channel where the cord sits and cut pieces out to open up the channel thus alleveiating the stenosis in that area and hopefully allowing me to have no pain in my legs.
So hopefully it all goes well and I can get on with training towards at the least an Olympic race by summers end. I would really like to do a sprint in Smiths Falls in late June but that may be too soon, but we shall see.
On another note, considering moving out to Smiths Falls...seems like a nice enough town.
I will keep a training log on here of what I can accomplish every week and hopefully get back into tris.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Moving Along - Running and Biking to Surgery
So I was up to 45 min running at a moderate pace and then my knees started hurt. I must be getting very very old or something as everything seems to be falling off.
I have been hopping on the lifecycle until I am able to set up the trainer in the basement and buy some new jammer aerobars or maybe the DTs or something short for the road bike. Getting about 45 mins in with some spin ups thrown in there.
I go back to the surgeon on Thursday, as he told me he wants my wife present for the explanations about the surgery. Not sure why as I am already completely useless around the house so nothing will change.
Til next time.
I have been hopping on the lifecycle until I am able to set up the trainer in the basement and buy some new jammer aerobars or maybe the DTs or something short for the road bike. Getting about 45 mins in with some spin ups thrown in there.
I go back to the surgeon on Thursday, as he told me he wants my wife present for the explanations about the surgery. Not sure why as I am already completely useless around the house so nothing will change.
Til next time.
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