So I finally managed to drag my butt out of bed, have Laura "hose" me off and reapply bandages at which point I "barked" at her for ripping out some hair........so she finally took off for a few hours of working out (on a punching bag no doubt) and now I start over!
Probably sounds familar to a few of you........just getting home from shoulder surgery............this time a repeat of the repair to my left side four years ago now on the right. I tired for 18 months to deal with it in every possible way......but when they cut off any further cortisone injections last April it was time to make plans.
In my case it was an arthritic conditon leaving a bone spur in the a/c joing which was causing a ton of impingement. Apparently when the doc got inside yesterday morning the dmamage was worse then expected.....in fact there was missing cartilage (plan dissolved). Apparently my hyper mobile shoulders make things worse......the amount of damage required 1/4" of the clacicle to be reomved and a fair amount of bone shaved down.
So......the countdown begins!! Back for next May is the goal, starting with getting on a spin bike tomorrow, PT 3x a week starting thursday, kick only workouts for a few months in mid october, then chsing evil-goodsmith around the pool starting 1/1 (he doesn't know I got a membership t his club yet)!
So I passed my first hurdle, left hand typing and mouse use....getty-up!
Ahhhhh the joy of it all!
2 week post surgery went well.......Doc says I'm 3-4 weeks ahead of where he expcted (pretty much full range of motion). Mostly because there was less damage to the rotator cuff then expected and no sutures.....they did remove 1/2 ich of the clavicle and quite a bit of other crap (go some great photos to send you Nadine!).
Now the hard part.....being patient! I'm doing rehab/PT and was given the green light to get back in the water for kick only workouts, here's todays:
- 4 x 25 free left side, 25 back, 25 free right side, 25 *** (hands at sides for everything.....can you say balance drills!).
- 500 free kick using Finis snorkel.....build each 100 and maintain 6 beat
- 8 x 25 "power kick" (all out underwater with fins, no breath, rotate thru twice: fly, free, fly, back)
- Vertical kicking; 4 x 45 seconds on 30 seconds off, alternate fly/free
Only 8 more weeks till my first strokes again...giddy-up!
Ahhhhh the joy of it all!
2 week post surgery went well.......Doc says I'm 3-4 weeks ahead of where he expcted (pretty much full range of motion). Mostly because there was less damage to the rotator cuff then expected and no sutures.....they did remove 1/2 ich of the clavicle and quite a bit of other crap (go some great photos to send you Nadine!).
Now the hard part.....being patient! I'm doing rehab/PT and was given the green light to get back in the water for kick only workouts, here's todays:
- 4 x 25 free left side, 25 back, 25 free right side, 25 *** (hands at sides for everything.....can you say balance drills!).
- 500 free kick using Finis snorkel.....build each 100 and maintain 6 beat
- 8 x 25 "power kick" (all out underwater with fins, no breath, rotate thru twice: fly, free, fly, back)
- Vertical kicking; 4 x 45 seconds on 30 seconds off, alternate fly/free
Only 8 more weeks till my first strokes again...giddy-up!
