It's not every day that happens.
I made it out of my twenties alive. There were a couple of times that I swore that they were going to kill me.. but I MADE IT.
It's a little weird to have to start to say thirty for my age. I have a decade to get used to it so I got that going for me.
I started my day off with my pre-scheduled two and a half week follow-up appointment with Dr. Krishnan. His birthday present to me was to have my staples removed: all 13 of them. It was not pleasant initially... but OH MAN afterward it felt like my whole shoulder opened up. It was GLORIOUS.
They threw some steri-strips on. They are allegedly supposed to stay on for ten days. With how much I CrossFit and shower after CrossFit and my scar's placement right on my armpit, we will see how successful that's going to be.
I give it 4 days tops...
Dr. K saw me and said that I was doing really well. I got officially cleared to do just about everything that doesn't involve the use of my left arm or gripping a barbell. Found out that I can skate in 4 weeks and stickhandle in 6! So, I got that going for me. I also got cleared to walk around without my sling in "safe areas" as long as my thumb is tucked into my beltline. He calls it the "Al Bundy" pose. Very flattering for a 30 year old woman...
Afterwards I stopped by Snap Kitchen to grab some food and saw my friend Laurie. She had previously remarked that my scar looked like a hot dog with staples, so the steri-strips were a significant improvement. I got some food and headed back to Irving to gather my stuff and go to Mass with my friend Sylvia.
Mass was awesome. Jesus showed up. He's pretty amazing.
I had a lovely lunch with Sylvia. Her food smelled so delicious. My food was also tasty. We had a lovely chat and then I set off for Dallas again.
I went to see Hope to work on my shoulder. I am very blessed to have opportunities to really enhance my ability to recover with Cryo and intense massage therapy. That and the staff are just hysterical there. They even made me a card which was really adorable. She was super excited to do spot Cryo on my scar now that it's staple-free. I already feel the swelling going down.
I rolled over to CrossFit Big D. It was bring a friend Thursday. With the prescribed weight and rep scheme, it almost felt like a birthday WOD.
I modified the WOD to one dumbbell (Rx is obviously two):
AirDyne: 40 Cal
30 Push Press (30 lb dumbbell)
30 Ab Mat Sit-ups
30 DB squat
15 DB snatch
15 walking lunge
30 thrusters
15:24. Those Thrusters really sucked. I don't know if it's worse with one arm or two...
It was muggy as all heck. I was sweating so much that it was dripping off of me. Shoulder felt really good.
I had class afterwards. I really dig my Pastoral Administration class. The professor is hilarious. We had great and fruitful discussion about transition.
After class, the three adorable undergrad girls basically had me go out with them for an impromptu birthday celebration. I am so blessed to be in the presence of such awesome young women who are so on fire for God and His ministry in the Church. We laughed so hard over chips and margaritas. It was a blast.
Now I'm back at home and thanking everyone for all the love that they showed me on Facebook while watching the 30 for 30 on Netflix about the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan saga.
Don't judge me, it's great human drama and very well directed...
I am blessed... and I am super stoked that I can sleep well and wake up tomorrow without staples.
It's a little weird to have to start to say thirty for my age. I have a decade to get used to it so I got that going for me.
I started my day off with my pre-scheduled two and a half week follow-up appointment with Dr. Krishnan. His birthday present to me was to have my staples removed: all 13 of them. It was not pleasant initially... but OH MAN afterward it felt like my whole shoulder opened up. It was GLORIOUS.
They threw some steri-strips on. They are allegedly supposed to stay on for ten days. With how much I CrossFit and shower after CrossFit and my scar's placement right on my armpit, we will see how successful that's going to be.
I give it 4 days tops...
Dr. K saw me and said that I was doing really well. I got officially cleared to do just about everything that doesn't involve the use of my left arm or gripping a barbell. Found out that I can skate in 4 weeks and stickhandle in 6! So, I got that going for me. I also got cleared to walk around without my sling in "safe areas" as long as my thumb is tucked into my beltline. He calls it the "Al Bundy" pose. Very flattering for a 30 year old woman...
Afterwards I stopped by Snap Kitchen to grab some food and saw my friend Laurie. She had previously remarked that my scar looked like a hot dog with staples, so the steri-strips were a significant improvement. I got some food and headed back to Irving to gather my stuff and go to Mass with my friend Sylvia.
Mass was awesome. Jesus showed up. He's pretty amazing.
I had a lovely lunch with Sylvia. Her food smelled so delicious. My food was also tasty. We had a lovely chat and then I set off for Dallas again.
I went to see Hope to work on my shoulder. I am very blessed to have opportunities to really enhance my ability to recover with Cryo and intense massage therapy. That and the staff are just hysterical there. They even made me a card which was really adorable. She was super excited to do spot Cryo on my scar now that it's staple-free. I already feel the swelling going down.
I rolled over to CrossFit Big D. It was bring a friend Thursday. With the prescribed weight and rep scheme, it almost felt like a birthday WOD.
I modified the WOD to one dumbbell (Rx is obviously two):
AirDyne: 40 Cal
30 Push Press (30 lb dumbbell)
30 Ab Mat Sit-ups
30 DB squat
15 DB snatch
15 walking lunge
30 thrusters
15:24. Those Thrusters really sucked. I don't know if it's worse with one arm or two...
It was muggy as all heck. I was sweating so much that it was dripping off of me. Shoulder felt really good.
I had class afterwards. I really dig my Pastoral Administration class. The professor is hilarious. We had great and fruitful discussion about transition.
After class, the three adorable undergrad girls basically had me go out with them for an impromptu birthday celebration. I am so blessed to be in the presence of such awesome young women who are so on fire for God and His ministry in the Church. We laughed so hard over chips and margaritas. It was a blast.
Now I'm back at home and thanking everyone for all the love that they showed me on Facebook while watching the 30 for 30 on Netflix about the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan saga.
Don't judge me, it's great human drama and very well directed...
I am blessed... and I am super stoked that I can sleep well and wake up tomorrow without staples.
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