Yesterday was my last day on this Earth as a 24 year old woman. It was a rather typical day, took a shower, went to work, answered emails, walked around the office, made some phone calls...oh wait...did you catch that....yup I WALKED AROUND MY OFFICE! I am still on crutches but my doctor gave me …
Category: Injury
Check, Check, Check
Last Sunday I posted that I wanted to accomplish three goals by the end of the week and I am happy to say I can check all three off of my list. #1 To put more weight on my leg than I have in more than 5 weeks....CHECK Since my doctors appointment on Tuesday I …
Getting in Gear
Sometimes when I wake up all I want is a leftover piece of cold pizza. Well we all know that that isn't going to happen because, 1. I can't eat cheese and 2. I can't remember the last time I had a real piece of pizza for dinner for their to even be leftovers. So …
What I Didn’t Eat Wednesday
Today is supposed to be a post about what I ate yesterday (WIAW), just as I do every Wednesday. However, yesterday I was not eating particularly unique or interesting foods. In fact, they were my typical foods, cottage cheese, banana and nut butter, luna bar...because I was more focused on my follow up doctor's appointment …
Healing
When you have a broken hip you do a lot of lying around and snuggling, like this: And being taken out by dear friends, like her: And going out for family dinners to eat yummy food, like this: You also do a lot of thinking about the time before your accident, the actual traumatic …
No Pain No Gain
Since Monday's PT session I have done my glute, quad and hamstring exercises several times. And while some moves can be quite uncomfortable, already a handful are much more manageable and it's easier to move my legs in certain directions. All of this extra exercising made me quite hungry at work yesterday and without a …
WIAW: Forget CrossFit…Crutch-It
I know that CrossFit is the big craze right now, and I while I have not had a chance to test my strength with a WOD, I have been working my muscles with a similar intensity - using my CRUTCHES! Hopping around on one leg and using my arms for support to do anything and …
PT for ME
Ever since I came home from the hospital I have documented milestones such as, going to the bathroom by myself, taking a shower, hopping down the stairs, and now I have reached a new level - I went to physical therapy yesterday! I have mastered my crutches and championed the stairs, so I felt it …
Just doing what I do best – Running…
Yesterday was the San Francisco Marathon. This was my first half marathon last year and this year I signed up months ago to race in the second half. It was a hard run last year, but after I finished I was ready to sign up for another race, and so the addiction to running really …
I made it!
I went in to the office every day this week! After spending the morning on the couch, sleeping a bit more, relaxing and getting comfortable, I would head to work around noon and work till end of day (5:30pm). I was nervous to go back on Monday after 3 weeks of absence, but it felt …
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