Skip to main content

Starting Over

This blog is suppose to be about my journey to become a triathlete.  But recently I feel like I'm completely starting over with that journey.  Last Monday, April 25th, I had laparoscopic surgery to remove my gallbladder.  For the past couple months I had been experiencing extreme abdominal pain and through a couple of doctor appointments and an ultrasound it was determined that I had gallstones and based on the level and frequency of pain, which was not controllable by diet, that I needed to have my gallbladder removed.  I was pleased at the quick turn around by my general physician and his great recommendation for a good surgeon.  I went into the surgery extremely optimistic, unusual for me, and 5 days later I realize that my triathlon journey this year is even more of an up hill battle than what I had expected.  The surgery went well, as planned, and I had a great support system with my husband at home a few days to take care of me and family and friends checking in via daily phone calls and emails.  The Dr told me I should be able to return to light exercise within a week and triathletes versions of light exercise is far different. 

Today I walked 1.8 miles around the neighborhood at close to my normal pace, I'm a fast walker, and I was excited about that.  But also disappointed that this is going to be a tough journey, but one that I feel that I can accomplish.  I don't think I'm ready for any jogging/running until the soreness with the incisions clears up a bit more, I'm hoping by mid/end of next week that I'll be able to do some light jogging.  My goal tomorrow is to put some time in on the stationary bike and do at least 2 miles of walking if not more.  I plan on getting to the pool next week as well to test out swim options.

Tonight I need to work on redoing my schedule to account for reality!  So as I mentioned in my previous post, this is about tri'ing but I wanted to add a bit more spice into the puzzle:>)

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A week of crazy but still good miles

Week of 8/27/2012 - 9/2/20212 Exercise Walking - 0 General Walking - 27.95 miles Stationary Bike - 0 Weight loss - ?? I was a bit shocked that when I was finally able to look at my miles that I actually had 27.95 miles.  That is not a great week but considering that since Tuesday, August 28th we have been staying in a hotel and were driving from Maryland to Texas from August 29th - September 1st, I'm pretty happy with that. As I wrote in the last update, I knew it would be tough to get some exercise in last week and it was.  I decided that this was an adventure and a great opportunity to spend time with the hubby and I was going to enjoy our trip and worry about diet and exercise when we got to Texas and got settled in. The only bad thing that happened on our trip is that my fitbit , may be on its last leg.  I dropped the fitbit early last week and cracked the case and when I say cracked I can see the inside of the device.  Then towards the...
Post a Comment
Read more

Goals

I knew I was goal oriented but didn't know that meant I always had to be living by some sort of plan. Anyone reading sees that I have been off my game and have turned into a big slacker.  This has happened before.  I have lost weight in the past and come close to achieving my goal and then started slacking and end up right back where I started, or worse and then it's an uphill climb.  I'm not disciplined, yet, to live a healthy life without having some sort of goal and plan for achieving that goal. So I have established 2 goals for the remainder of the year: 1.  Get to my goal weight - I achieved my original goal weight but then set a new goal and sadly I have gone over my original goal weight.  So I have 20 lbs to lose! 2.  Figure out my 2014 triathlon schedule - I was so proud of myself for finally completing an Olympic distance triathlon and I have always said that I wanted to go for the further distances.  I have set a goal of December 1 to ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Great progress this week

Week of 1/14/2012 - 1/20/2012 Swimming - 2 Biking - 0 Running - 3 Strength Training - 1 Weekly Weight loss - 4 lbs Total weight loss - 31.5 I still have a left over cough from the cold but I was able to get to the gym all 6 days that I had scheduled.  Based on my summary I need to work on a few things, especially biking and strength training.  I did my longest run today, 55 minutes.  I was able to run the entire time at 5 mph or higher.  I want to work on increasing my speed on the shorter runs as my end goal is to run 6 mp for long distances / times. I added another event to my calendar.  Lifetime Fitness is doing an indoor triathlon.  The event will be how far you go within the below times. • 10-minute swim in the lap pool (laps are tracked by volunteers) • 30-minute cycle in the cycle studio (distance measured by computer) • 20-minute run on a treadmill (distance measured by treadmill) Clearly a short event but something fun to do...
Post a Comment
Read more