Knee'd to try harder

Up early this morning as I've got to be at the Nuffield for 10AM for my 6 week check up on my knee, so after rushing around like a fool and then realising I was an hour ahead of myself I actually had plenty of time to get there even though that involved hitting Oxford just past the rush hour which meant there was quite a bit of traffic.

I wasn't kept waiting long at all at the hospital where I saw a physio who explained what had happened to my knee quite thoroughly. I had a bucket handle tear to the lateral meniscus which had managed to completely detach itself, flip over and wedge itself in the space where the anterior crucial ligament and posterior crucial ligament are usually found at the centre of the knee. So it's no wonder I was in agony with it. Needless to say there wasn't a cats chance that the surgeon would have been able to reattach it as everything was mullered in there.

Aftercare? Well the usual really, try to lose weight (which I'm already trying to do), sensible well cushioned shoes from now on and just be a little careful with what I do with it. Pretty sensible stuff I suppose.

When I'm finished at the clinic I then make my way to the model shop to get Phil's glow plugs that he wanted but the shop is shut despite the telephone message stating that they were re-opening today after having a short break away. Oh well. So I make my way back home where I've a nice load of work waiting for me.

Once the work was done I then decide to take Rupert out for a walk as I can't remember the last time I did that and I took the neighbours dog with us so he could have a bit of company. I also strapped myself up to my heart rate monitor to see how many calories I could burn, and for the 45 minutes we were out I shed 175 calories so not too bad at all :)

When Phil gets home we then head out to the gym - something we've been threatening to do for a while, but with the all clear from the doctor to start going back again today seems as good a day as any to make a fresh start. We've decided that instead of flogging ourselves twice a week with 2 hour sessions we're going to try and go more often but only for 45 minutes at a time, and tonight that worked as we both felt we'd had a good work out but were not unfathomably knackered. I also spoke to the owner on our way out to explain our absence and she was very supportive, also she mentioned her weight loss support group she runs *again*, so maybe I'll sign up for this round of meetings.

Back home and its veggie sausages, mash and veg for tea. Hmmm. A veggie sausage whilst interesting is not a cut above one rammed with meat. Nonetheless, it was nice to have something rather than nothing!

Posted by Abi on the January 18, 2010 9:03 AM