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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,United States

Member Since:

May 08, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Unaided -
17:16 OktoberFAST 5K (10/11)
17:23 BAA 5K (4/12)
37:10 Memorial Day 10K (5/11)
1:17:03 Long Beach Half Marathon (10/11)
1:17:21 USA 1/2 Champs - Duluth (6/12)
2:49:01 Philadelphia Marathon (11/11)

Aided -
16:52 Fight For Air 5K (6/11)
17:08 Provo City 5K (5/12)
1:17:52 Top of Utah Half Marathon (8/11)
1:17:54 Utah Valley Half Marathon (6/11)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run consistently as I get back to 100% health. Stay patient!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun training and racing.

Sub-17 5K
Sub-1:17 Half Marathon
Quality for the Olympic Trials in the marathon

Personal:

I am originally from Knoxville, TN and moved to SLC with Jake in 2010. I started racing in 2011 and had some great success before a major injury hit me in July 2012. I had athletic pubalgia surgery in May 2013...then again in Sept 2014 and am still trying to get back to my old self. Although running is my true passion, I love doing pretty much anything active outdoors - backcountry skiing, backpacking, biking, etc.

I've been running for the Saucony Team since 2011. I enjoy representing the brand and really do believe they make the best shoes :)

I work as a Quality Engineer for BD Medical in Sandy.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Skinning Miles (1000ft ~ 2.5 Miles) Lifetime Miles:						912.35
Hiking Miles Lifetime Miles:						10.50

Tue, May 07, 2013

Total Distance

0.00

13 miles at 6:02 avg pace... felt relaxed and controlled, except for the massive tear in my external oblique.

Half of that sentence is true :-)

Saw Dr. Brown in California today. I have a pretty significant tear in the aponeurosis of my external oblique (at the pubic bone attachment) and potentially the internal oblique and adductor in that region as well. He will know for sure once he operates tomorrow. He is also concerned that there might be some damage to my iloinguinal nerve, and that might be contributing to the persistent pain. He showed Jake how to palpate the damaged area and there is a "hole" that you easily feel (when you know what you are looking for).

So... Surgery first thing tomorrow morning. It's a quick procedure, shouldn't take more than an hour. I decided to get local anesthesia and hope I don't have panic attack! Needles, blood, and surgery freak me out.

I hope tomorrow is the beginning of a new chapter. I'll update once I'm coherent again :-)

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Smooth on Tue, May 07, 2013 at 20:58:43 from 71.219.9.121

Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. Best wishes for a successful surgery and speedy recovery, AND a bright new chapter ahead that will include the first half of that sentence at the top of this post! :)

From Bob on Tue, May 07, 2013 at 20:59:07 from 67.176.195.62

Sorry I didn't get back to u sooner. I know first hand the pain u are, soon to be was, going through and the frustration. My recovery was PT based and included significant ab work. I tried a lot of different exercises. Finally discovered a change to an old ab exercise that directly addressed the issue, but it was a lot of trial and error, pain and sweat. Sounds like u have a lot going on and the PT route wouldn't help anyway. I wish you a safe surgery and speedy recovery.

From Jason D on Tue, May 07, 2013 at 21:03:09 from 24.1.80.94

Oh, this is such good news! It's amazing what a doctor can miss. My dad had an MRI with a glaring gap in his hip joint, but it was missed because the doctor was a knee person or they were looking at his back, can't remember. To be fair, he has problems in many areas :-) Happy for you, Andrea. Wishing your a speedy recovery. Cheers.

From Jake K on Tue, May 07, 2013 at 21:17:50 from 174.254.226.72

Yeah Bob, there are a lot of ways this injury can manifest. In her case, the muscle/tendon sheath has essentially ripped off the bone, and that's probably why PT has failed, because its not going to fix that! The doctor thinks she might have a small tear on the opposite side as well, but that can be addressed (like you said) with therapy, strengthening exercises, and getting the more serious injury repaired.

Jason - there are only like 2-3 guys in the country who specialize in this injury. It's crazy. And none of them are within driving distance!

From Teena Marie on Tue, May 07, 2013 at 21:19:14 from 67.2.119.204

Wow!!!! I am so happy that you finally have the answers you need and deserve. Crazy because I remember you telling me that they had ruled that out with imaging quite some time ago.

Best of care tomorrow.

(Would have loved to have been a fly on the wall during your examination. You definitely found the right person.)

From Teena Marie on Tue, May 07, 2013 at 21:22:11 from 67.2.119.204

Jake~

I was under the impression that when they do repair athletic pubalgias that they put the mesh on both sides regardless since the scar tissue makes a second repair extremely difficult if ever needed. Is that not the case? Teach me teach me.

From Neasts on Tue, May 07, 2013 at 21:33:20 from 75.169.56.70

God bless with the surgery tomorrow, Andrea. You'll be fine I'll bet being awake for the ordeal, especially because you are a questions-and-answers person and you'll KNOW what's going on as it's happening. Of course they won't let you see anything that could make you ill and all you'll feel is slight pressure, no pain. I'm so glad you are finally getting fixed.

From Kendall on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 00:19:50 from 70.208.29.172

Hoping for the best for you. Let's get you back in action.

From Bam on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 00:26:43 from 89.126.28.24

Great news Andrea. I'm sure all will go well and you'll be back at it soon. Sounds like you went to the right chap.

From Penny on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 05:10:03 from 66.65.105.62

Yay for answers and solutions and I'll be hoping for a quick recovery for you. You're brave to take the plunge but I'm certain it will be well worth the temporary discomfort. Thinking of you!

From Jake K on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 06:44:20 from 174.254.226.72

Teena - we'll definitely share all of the details with you... The op report and we'll have him annotate why he did everything that he did. We asked him to take a lot of pictures as well. If (WHEN) this works, Andrea becomes a very interesting case study for sure :-)

From Teena Marie on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 07:13:06 from 67.2.119.204

Thanks Jake!!!!

Sending the most positive vibes Andrea's way.

From SlowJoe on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 07:30:14 from 155.219.241.10

Good luck!

From Lulu Walls on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 08:18:15 from 155.100.212.147

Please, please update while you are still incoherent! I put in a call for some of that magical whiskey gelato :)

From Lily on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 09:15:54 from 67.199.178.95

I was thinking while reading this, my husband tore something in his shoulder in 2010 and they kept sending him to physical therapy even tho it hadn't worked the 5 previous months. That's a sure sign that something that needs surgically addressed it wrong- when PT does nothing! Frustrating. I can't believe you finally know and that you had to leave Utah to find a Dr. to dig deeper and find it. Nuts! 3 cheers for repair, recover and rebound! I am giddy for you!!! Yippie!!!!!!!!

From bdase on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 09:25:49 from 67.214.231.170

All the best to you!

From Rob Murphy on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 09:31:26 from 163.248.33.220

This is cause for great celebration! I was so worried. Good luck tomorrow.

From Jake K on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 09:40:52 from 174.254.226.72

Successful repair, She is doing just fine. A lot of guys are gonna start getting chicked again :-) The surgeon took a lot of photos and he is going to go through everything with me in a little while. Andrea will definitely post a full update once she's feeling normal.

She appreciates all the support. I do too. Thanks so much.

From Superfly on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 12:35:08 from 74.211.21.81

Glad things went well. Hope you recover well. Part of me thinks I need a similar procedure... ugh.

From Bret on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 15:53:23 from 66.241.33.145

Great news - hope the recovery goes well and you are back out there soon.

From runningafterbabies on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 16:23:19 from 208.54.39.129

Glad to hear everything went well. Wishing you a speedy yet complete recovery. Stay ahead of that pain cycle.

From JulieC on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 16:56:43 from 63.224.119.75

answers. THE BEST PART. SURGERY to fix an answer, YAHOO. less than 15 minutes?? sweet. Okay...hope they give you versed though. I think you need to mentally NOT be aware of the surgery. Versed will make you NOT remember the procedure but you will still talk your head off. Hmmm... Jake could get a lot of promises from YOU ; D. So happy for you. I bet this is the ticket to recovery for you. Halleluyah : D.

From JulieC on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 17:01:01 from 63.224.119.75

ahhh just read through all the comments. See now it is all done now :D. no truth serum then?? hee hee.

From josse on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 17:08:53 from 70.208.28.62

So happy for answers:) things are on the upside.

From Andrea on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 18:13:32 from 174.234.64.109

Thanks everyone.

I put up a summary of the surgery on my blog today.

I hope I'm on the upswing from this point forward because right now I feel awful!

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