Friday, February 27, 2009
Will the knee injuries ever stop?
After 2 weeks of nice temps I wake up to a dusting of snow. Hopefully tomorrow afternoon will be much warmer. First race of the year is at Fort Collins. I've been riding well since my knee surgery with little to no pain. That was until yesterday when I banged my right knee hard against a metal fixture at work. It's not swollen but it is tender to touch. I'll check it out today. So right now it's a game day decision.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Saturday, December 13, 2008
back from a lazy break
Yeah it's been awhile.
And at a time when a lot has been going on.
One word: LAZY
Knee arthroscopy went extremly well. No pain whatsoever and was back on the bike rehabbing it 2 days later. 4 days after surgery i rode outside with the dogs for a half hour.
At the follow up visit, 10 days later, the doctor told me the torn meniscus was pretty extensive and was surprised that I lasted so long with it that way. He was pretty impressed by my recovery so far. Determination
I couldn't have picked a better day week to be off after surgery. The snow pushed in and dumped a few inches. The next day 70 mph winds carried all the snow to Nebraska. It was pretty impressive watching it from my front windows.
winter looks to have finally made it to the area. It's been unseasonably warm. I can't remember being able to ride in 50 degree temps in Decembers past. Like today, before the canadian cold front came, I was hitting the trails at 7000' with the dogs in 45 degree sunny weather.
Unfortunately the snow looks like it will pass me without the predicted 2-4". The temps will be around a high of 10 tomorrow though.
I dislike cold without the snow. It just doesn't make any sense.
And at a time when a lot has been going on.
One word: LAZY
Knee arthroscopy went extremly well. No pain whatsoever and was back on the bike rehabbing it 2 days later. 4 days after surgery i rode outside with the dogs for a half hour.
At the follow up visit, 10 days later, the doctor told me the torn meniscus was pretty extensive and was surprised that I lasted so long with it that way. He was pretty impressed by my recovery so far. Determination
I couldn't have picked a better day week to be off after surgery. The snow pushed in and dumped a few inches. The next day 70 mph winds carried all the snow to Nebraska. It was pretty impressive watching it from my front windows.
winter looks to have finally made it to the area. It's been unseasonably warm. I can't remember being able to ride in 50 degree temps in Decembers past. Like today, before the canadian cold front came, I was hitting the trails at 7000' with the dogs in 45 degree sunny weather.
Unfortunately the snow looks like it will pass me without the predicted 2-4". The temps will be around a high of 10 tomorrow though.
I dislike cold without the snow. It just doesn't make any sense.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
kinnigits!
I don't buy to many DVDs anymore after I realized that i normally only watch them once or twice. But Monty Python and the Holy Grail is one of my favorites that I have watched countless times. So imagine my distraught when I found the disc cracked in half. Not sure what happened to it but I shall now have to seek out a new one. Lucky for me youtube has all the highlights.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Just over a week till knee surgery. The weather here has been fairly nice (excluding monday's high of 32) I got in a couple hours of riding. The wind was a reasonable 15-20MPH. With highs in the 50s this week I'll get a few lunch time rides in. Got to keep up the leg strength for the post-op rehab.
The vet recently gave all my animals their shots and health checkups. She said my dogs are some of the fittest she has seen. 2-8 miles running per day will do that to them. My eldest Cat Peja may need some teeth cleaning unless I can get him to brush his teeth.
Work is slow. Working in a bike shop in the winter time is not something that is fun. A whole day could go by and you might see 3 customers (in addition to the regular daily visitors that just want to hang out).
Thanksgiving is next week, maybe I can take off Friday and head out for a round of flyfishing if the weather cooperates.
That's all for now.
The vet recently gave all my animals their shots and health checkups. She said my dogs are some of the fittest she has seen. 2-8 miles running per day will do that to them. My eldest Cat Peja may need some teeth cleaning unless I can get him to brush his teeth.
Work is slow. Working in a bike shop in the winter time is not something that is fun. A whole day could go by and you might see 3 customers (in addition to the regular daily visitors that just want to hang out).
Thanksgiving is next week, maybe I can take off Friday and head out for a round of flyfishing if the weather cooperates.
That's all for now.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Pain in the Knee
Well, you know it's time to put something here when your sister gets on you about how you haven't posted in a while.
So here it goes.
After my last cyclocross race I took a day of rest and played with the dogs instead of riding my bike. This "play" time stressed my nagging knee pain to the breaking point sending me into pain level 10 with a following trip to the e-room as I could barely walk. 3 weeks later, an MRI and subsequent trip to an Orthopedic doctor I finally have my results.
Drum roll please......
A torn meniscus! and as a secondary result of the MRI, the doc also found some arthritis in the knee.
Arthroscopic surgery to be scheduled.
On another note, Dogs are enjoying their last days going for walks and runs under warm conditions. Winter is coming fast. We dodged a bullet last week when the storm hit to the north. Lows lately have been in the low 30s and we have already had our first 50+ mph winds of the Fall season. Stay tuned for more exciting stuff.
So here it goes.
After my last cyclocross race I took a day of rest and played with the dogs instead of riding my bike. This "play" time stressed my nagging knee pain to the breaking point sending me into pain level 10 with a following trip to the e-room as I could barely walk. 3 weeks later, an MRI and subsequent trip to an Orthopedic doctor I finally have my results.
Drum roll please......
A torn meniscus! and as a secondary result of the MRI, the doc also found some arthritis in the knee.
Arthroscopic surgery to be scheduled.
On another note, Dogs are enjoying their last days going for walks and runs under warm conditions. Winter is coming fast. We dodged a bullet last week when the storm hit to the north. Lows lately have been in the low 30s and we have already had our first 50+ mph winds of the Fall season. Stay tuned for more exciting stuff.
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