No surgery, yet

Well, I haven't updated this in awhile. I don't have to have shoulder surgery, yet. I saw a doc and he gave me a shot of Celestone into my shoulder. It felt great for about 30 minutes and then hurt like hell for the rest of the day. I'm glad that I asked what possible side effects were because I would've been freaking out otherwise. It seemed to be great after about 24 hours, but still didn't feel quite 100%. I went swimming about 6 days later. I got 600m in before it started hurting and then I had to call it quits about 1000m in. I went back into the water 3 days later and got 1800m so that was an improvement. I saw one of my team of physical therapists, Phil, and he gave me some exercises to do for my shoulder. He also gave me a 2nd ortho surgeon to see to get a 2nd opinion. I see them next week and we'll go from them. This shoulder has been bothering me for over 4 years now and if I can get it fixed with surgery, put me under the knife tomorrow.

I finally got my replacement orthodics after losing the last pair. I can start running again and I'm happy about that. Also, my PF seems to have gotten a lot better in the last month. I used to be able to stand on my feet for only an hour before it would hurt so bad that it would be sore for 2 days. Now, I have to be on my feet one and a half days before it starts to hurt and it doesn't hurt that bad when it does. Also, I've done a lot to strengthen my posterior tibialis muscle and that has done a lot to make sure that my foot strikes the ground better. It shows and I'm happy about that. I'm going to start running again. I've been off of it for over 8 months so I'm excited about being back into it.

Shoulder surgery

I got the results back from my MRI. It confirmed that I have a small SLAP tear. I'm trying to get in to the orthopedic surgeon next week for an eval with surgery hopefully the week after. I want to get this done!

Also, I'm having a blast watching the Olympics but it really cuts into my training, though. All I did yesterday was sit on the couch and watch TV. I actually got up and rode about 2 hours today so that was good and I'm feeling great now.

Hmmm, shoulder update

As I said earlier, I saw Dr. Phil today about my shoulder issues. Long story short is that he suspects that I have a SLAP tear and a posterior inferior impingement. To go forward with this, I need to confirm this with an MRI on Wednesday. Then, I see him on Friday and go forward from there. In some ways, I don't want surgery but in other ways, it'll be nice to know what is wrong with my shoulder and get it fixed. The last 8 months have been very frustrating because I want to swim hard and consistently but I haven't been able to. Right now I'm not to do anything that irritates it which basically means no yoga, no core workouts, no swimming, and no pushups.

Thursday was a weights day and a skipped bike workout. I was tired from work since I was on my feet all day long. Nothing today and then I have some biking to do this weekend. Friday's weigh in was 188 so that's good. I was down 2 lbs but that was entirely from this past week. I'm getting back on track though. Well, until I go under the knife.