Denouement

I love mother's day! 

I am making Paul make a turkey, you should have seen his face as he took the giblets and turkey neck out of its cavity.  He is so afraid of semonila and it just grossed him out.  He made a cake and frosting from scratch.  He's so domestic!!!

I got a big symphony bar and between the 5 of us (mostly me, but I shared) its gone!

My back massager I got as a gift is missing some pieces, so I need to take it back :(  Next year I am getting my own MRI machine :P  It'll be way useful for early detection of stress fractures.

I am still thinking to go to the pool Monday for walking in the pool and swimming with just my arms, but will keep it short.

I have no pain, but some slight soreness if I rotate on a bed, trip with my crutches (sorry this still happens) and otherwise can just feel a slight difference between the two sides, but perhaps thats just the muscle atrophy. (muscle atrophy being my favorite phrase right now).  My right side (unused side) is also slightly discolored (pink, sometimes purple) but I can get it the same color after flexing and relaxing the calve for a few minutes.

To the Legacy Center!  I swam 10 minutes with my snorkle mask and breath-tube in so I could freestyle the whole time.  Had to take brief breaks to drain nose section which wasn't staying water tight.  HR 108 at the end, not bad.  No pain or SI discomfort, I did not kick them.

then 10 minutes walking in the pool.  It felt foreign to walk with both feet.  Felt slight discomfort in the pool at one step, and just kind of weird on the rest.

I felt like I could have done more swimming with no negative effects.  The 10 minutes of walking felt like plenty.  Not really a work out but felt like some dormant muscles were waking up. 

I left my snorkle gear and my running belt by the side of the pool on accident--dang it!  I hope they are there tomorrow.

I felt into the door with my right hip as I exited the dressing rooms, and that caused a pain in my SI of 2-3 which did not linger. 

PT:  e-stim on back, back ultrasound and massage, then Steve came in and did some light gluteal massage, back massage and some hamstring massage and rotational exercises.  He wants me to do some rotational exercises that aren't weight bearing.  I'll go in again Friday.

I am feeling good so far today.  My back is sore from being at work and on crutches, but no apparent negative effects from the workout.  I haven't taken a muscle relaxant yet, but I think I will right now.

I called last night and they had my snorkle mask, but the worker must have set it aside because they couldn't find it this morning and the worker this morning said she saw it last night too.  She said it was probably in the main office, which was locked.  So I'll call again tonight.

 They had wire basket full of running belts just like mine, so I convinced them to give me one my size, since they found my snorkle equipment but probably put the belt away, thinking it was the pools.  I was honest but persuasive :)

I had to swim the old fashioned way, turning my head to the side to breathe, just wearing my normal goggles, but I did the freestyle for the most length ever today:  400m.  It was almost straight through, though I would hang by the side and take a couple of breaths at each turn.  I did them nice and slow so as to not drown, I completed that in about 12 minutes.  Then I did 100m backstroke to get to 15 minutes of swimming.  My HR was 90 after the freestyle.  I then walked in the pool for 10 min.

I woke up this morning at 3:38 after having a dream that Marion had walked into our home the middle of the night into our bedroom and woke me up and started talking to me, but Paul was trying to sleep and I was trying to get her to be quiet so that he wouldn't be disturbed.  Talk about invading our bedroom :)

I couldn't get back to sleep after that.  I had pain which I thought was in my SI at first and was very distressed, but then figured out it was lower back pain.  I can deal with that.  I was very tired driving to the pool.  I hope I can take a nap today.  I sure roll around at night, I am noticing.  When I had pain when I moved, I was motivated to get on my left side and stay put.  I slept every which way last night, even on my right side (with no SI pain- first time in weeks).

PM: Went to dr regarding supplements/bone density test.  She said I need to be on calcium, magnesium, potasium, vitamin D and Glucosamine/chondroitin.  She said that our body absorbs 90% of calcium from milk, and 30% from supplements, so I need to continue to focus on getting my nutrients from my diet.  She ordered a DexaScan, and I thought it was awesome I was able to go right over and get one.  After I got it I wasn't so sure. 

The table was metal with a pad on top of it, and laying on it caused my good old SI pain to flare up.  It hurt while on that table (I had to move around into a handful of different positions).  Afterward I got off the table I felt like normal (that was 2pm), until 6:45 when my SI pain crept back, in the 2-5 range (two while doing nothing, 5 being the sharp pains when I move the wrong way).  I had pain when moving in bed last night.  I can't be positive it was just the table.  My pain tends to come also when there is an accumulation of excess use, so perhaps the walking in the pool the last two days also contributed.  I will do nothing until the pain is gone, then I'll walk in the pool again and see if it is the cause of the flare up.

Coughed before going to bed and I felt a pop in my SI area.  I was turned toward Paul and I was shocked and panicked.  But pain felt no different before or after.  I can feel every sneeze and cough in that area.  Weird.

Pain in the morning about a 1-2, not as good as during the last week, but not as bad as last night.

Pain increased in evening, very much the same as Tuesday night :(

Well the good news is I am getting lots of sleep. 

Pain 1-2 in the morning, lower during the day than yesterday, and some pain during nap, but shooting pain less intense and frequent than last night. 

So there is improvement today, not enough to satisfy, but enough to keep hysteria at bay :)

Pain got a little worse in the evening today than yesterday, a dull soreness in the SI area at a solid 2 by the end of the day, another pop in the SI when I sneezed, slight soreness when I lay on back, some pain when rotating in bed. 

PT: e-stim and heat, ultrasound, massage on lower back, lightly on RT SI area, then Steve worked on my back, ham and my left hip (IT band) since it gets sore when I am on my feet too long.  Then my e-stim and ice.

Good news, I got a bone stimulator today and used it for the first time.

Day 12 crutches

Day 1 bone stimulator

Day 13 crutches

Day 2 stimulator

Felt just a tad better than yesterday.  No pain when walking, some feeling/pain when I change clothes, bend down, lay on my back, twist, etc.

SNL was so awesome today, I laughed so hard it made my SI hurt.  Oh well.  And Green Day is awesome!

I was excited for my friends running Ogden, but sad when it ended poorly for Allie.  I also had a hard time seeing people compete and to not be able to, though I reminded myself that I didn't have this race on my race schedule anyway.