Mission Viejo-LC Nationals

I think that I will if I have the funds for the airfare. It would be great to finally visit California. Plus, I know that I would swim fast at the meet.

I'll be there. I have to admit I was a little frazzled in Ft. Lauderdale (a little? OK, a lot!). It has been a very busy year -- but things are good and I'm hoping to get back in the water soon! It was great to see many friends and meet many other new friends in Ft. Lauderdale. I hope to see you all in Mission Viejo! Swimmer Bill

It won't be my best meet ever, but I plan on being there & would love to enjoy many get togethers:D

Question for Fishgrrl -- you say you may be having surgery. First I have seen you make mention of this. Whats the injury and what have you been told about returning to swimming? I'm scheduled for a full rotator cuff tear repair on June 1 and can't find out much about people coming back to competition after such surgery. Were you given an option of no surgery -- as you say you "may" be having surgery?

Originally posted by tjrpatt I think that I will if I have the funds for the airfare. It would be great to finally visit California. same here! cross-country airfare is rather pricey... especially from our dinky little state college airport. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by SwiminONandON 3 - Sporting events in general (game 7 of World Series in which the Cubs were playing) This shouldn't rule out too many days, somewhere around zero would be my guess.

Kim - long story short - About 8 years ago I fell while running and destroyed the muscles/ligaments that hold the rotator cuff together with the shoulder; therefore my shoulder doesn't really stay in the socket. Somehow, with lots of weightlifting, I've managed to be able to swim quite a bit (stopped running almost 6 years ago) but it's gotten to the point that my entire arm goes numb during the night or when I swim more than a mile nonstop. According to the sports med doc I am a good candidate for surgery because 1) my age - 40 on Sunday...as we get older, our shoulders tighten but my injured one has not, 2) time when injury occured - should be better by now but it's not and 3) I've been strengthening for quite some time so post surgery healing should go really well. I have an MRI scheduled for June 20 and another appt. to discuss it with the dr. on June 27. You will probably do a lot of physical therapy after surgery to strengthen and according to my dr. (you should ask yours too and do some research) there is no reason why we couldn't swim again. Good luck - let us know how it goes!! Make sure you get some good pain medication...! ;)

Kari, thanks for the information and encouragement. I also heard from another who was very encouraging. I am in fairly good shape and hope that will help. Even though I haven't really swam since mid-April, the state meet, I've been running and whatever weights and core exercise I can still manage dispite my shoulder pain. I can't believe you've been able to swim for 6 years with such an injured shoulder. Good for you and my best to you. Just a week to go now till the surgery. I'll quit whinning now and will let you know the outcome. Thanks again for your encouragement. Enjoy Mission Viejo! Hopefully I'll be there next year.