I like running :-)
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I like running :-)
I have been running (slowly!) since the mid-nineties. Then, in 2005, I fell off my bicycle (*with* a helmet on, fortunately). I got a traumatic brain injury, and spent weeks in a coma, months in hospital, and 18 months off work. I now run *even* slower than I used to (but hey, I now have the 'excuse' of being 'blind' and disabled, so I think I'm *allowed* to be slow, aren't I?).
In December 2012, I had a 'trocantheric bursectomy' operation, because of a nasty pain in my bum/hip that had cropped up in 2011, and didn't respond to all the treatment. The physio told me to start running again (gently) in August 2013.
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Remember, I don't work on Mondays. This morning, Mr Flump dropped Flumpette No.1 off at a 'Labtastic' session for kids her age, at the National Physical Laboratory. He had to take Flumpette No.2 as well, because I was going out, to the hospital, to see...
I like Mondays - I don't work on Mondays. I cut my working days eleven years ago, when having two young girls in nursery meant that I had to pay to go to work. Now they are both at school, I don't *need* to have Mondays off anymore, but dammit, I like ...
(Oops, I just realised that I started writing this yesterday, but never posted it. Oops!)
Sorry I haven't been here much lately, but I was a Good Girl again, today - I did another session on the exercise bike. Just half-an-hour, but quite a bit more ene...
I just got back from the hospital, where I had an MRI scan of my hips and lower back. It was because I have *so* much pain in my legs - the calf on my left leg, both knees, both hips, both quads... One of the doctors said maybe it is a trapped nerve, so...
... so what the hell causes all this pain in my calf?
I had an ultrasound scanning session, at the hospital, today. He did the same as he did a while ago (which apparently showed nothing). Then he got me going up and down onto tiptoes, for a while, unti...
I have been unable to do much exercise, for ages, because of the awful pain in my legs - my left calf, both my hips, my quads...).
I am going for *another* scan of my painful left calf, on Thursday. They did it a while ago, but found nothing. I suggest...
Well, my New Year's Resolution included losing some weight, so first thing this morning, I put on my Shred exercise DVD. It is just a 20-minute thing, and it is clearly aimed at women who have a wee bit more weight than me to lose, but still.
Phew! It w...
Sorry, I have done a few happy posts, but now I want to do another moany one. Wah wah wah wah!
I just stood for 5 minutes, to do some washing-up and, as usual, the awful pins-and-needles kicked in, in both calves. When I walk to the shop, the pain (a...
I have been horribly busy with work (loads of teaching, and loads of marking), and I have done no exercise, for ages, because my legs have been hurting so much.
But, as of today, I am off work on hollday, until January.
Plus, this afternoon, I went to...
I rang the vein doctor (again). I have horrible pain, pins-and-needles, and numbness in my legs.
"When I saw him, two weeks ago, he *said* he would send me for a scan..."
"Yes, he has asked for that..."
"But I haven't heard anything. I am in a lot of pa...
I went to see Mrs Physio, this morning. OW!
She is really nice. Her name is Sara. She was just feeling around my knees, and calf. She didn't seem to think it was this 'claudication' thing, or the compartment syndrome that my father-in-law suggested, but...
I went for my blood test, on Friday, and I followed their instructions and made an appointment next Tuesday, to talk to my GP about the results. Then Mr Flump said 'Can you be at home on Tuesday morning? Because the mortgage people want to send someone ...
I just went to see the doctor, about my painful leg. It is a 20-minute walk away, and oooh, my leg really hurt, walking down there!
It was a new guy, who I've never met before. He seemed really nice. He had a look - he had me lying on the bench-thing, w...
I just found a webpage about this, and it does seem to explain my pain: sometimes in my hips, but an awful lot in my shins (mainly the left shin), and also some behind my knees.
I haven't been able to run properly for years, now: trouble with my hip ('t...
Last week, Mr Physio said I should ice my painful knees, and my painful shin/calf/bit-on-the-side of my shin&calf,-just-below-the knee, twice a day. I filled up a couple of ice-cube bags, and put them in the freezer. Mr Flump shook his head, sadly. ...
I had a busy morning at work today (very busy at work this morning, then very busy at home this afternoon - the new term is about to start, and there is loads that needs to be sorted out!). I didn't have time to go to the gym, at lunchtime, and I couldn...
I went to the muscular-skeletal doctor (who my GP had sent me to) about my knees, on Monday. When I got there, I said "Look, as well as these really painful knees, I have recently started having awful pain in my calf... ". He said it was all to do with ...
I don't appear to have posted, all week, but I did do some exercise this week, honest! I went to Pilates on Tuesday, and I had a really good session at the gym on Wednesday. Not much exercise, but better that nothing.
Yesterday, I went into the gym, and...
Our Snufflemuncher (the young teenager) is a member of a swimming club. It is great: a few years ago, we signed the Snufflemuncher and the Scrunchmuffin up for swimming lessons. The point was a simple safety thing - we simply wanted them to learn to swi...
Ooh, my bum hurts! I didn't go back to the gym today, because my bum was far too sore. I desperately hope it was the session that I did at the gym yesterday that is causing all this pain. My hip problem, on the right, began one day with a *very* sore b...
I had a really busy morning at work, trying to get all the paperwork organised, for the new academic year. Discussions with colleagues, fighting with the paperwork...
Then, I realised it was 12:30. "Ooh, I gotta go!" The guy I share my office with was a...
Remember, I am 'blind' (due to falling off my bike, all those years ago). I would say 'partially sighted', but hey, the eye doctor said I'm blind. I always put it in quote marks, because I am not really, but I am officially. As a result, I get free bus ...
This morning, Mr Flump decided to take the Flumpettes us to the National Art Gallery, in London. They are now at the stage that they can wander around happily on their own, while he sits happily in the cafe, with a cup of coffee and his laptop, getting ...
OK, it's not long for normal people, but is long for me: I'm a complete wuss!
My normal bike rides (well, exercise bike rides, of course - remember, I am 'blind', plus after the accident in 2005, I wouldn't dare get on a proper bike, even if my eyesigh...
