No Happy Ankle Here :(

Head spinning....

Ever had a couple of weeks where the head spins, and you feel like you are stuck in a revolving door.  My revolving door has consisted of Dr, Physio, Xray, repeat, and yep lets repeat that again, and ok CT scan time now.  No, specialist now and an MRI.  Man can I get off this revolving door now.

That's a long story short.  Yesterday, was the final head spinning moment where I got told by the Orthopedic surgeon; "you don't have a happy ankle".  Really; wondering what gave that away the swelling that is still there after 6 1/2 weeks, the fact you nearly sent me sky high when you hit the mark pressing into my ankle or maybe that I'm still stuck in a fabbo boot, or well, enough of the sarcasm now, yep.

Anyways the 70.3 Ironman goal is over for this year. :( End result and final conclusion; fractured my fibula near ankle (that is nearly repaired woot woo).  But and herein lies the kicker, MRI revealed; I have badly bruised bones around said ankle, and extensive soft tissue damage.  Again with the words you did "a good job and my you have a high pain threshold," remarked as putting in the long pointy thing containing local anesthetic and cortisone directly into X marks the spot on the ankle.  Yeah, baby. 

Another 2 months rehab getting from boot to ankle brace, then see what happens.  No improvement back to surgeon.  Bike and running not for probably 6 months.  Bruised bones and soft tissue damage take a very, very long time to heal, apparently. Alright.

So this is well and truly my mental fitness months of training in preparation for me to do 70.3 Ironman one day because it's going to happen.  I hope the first one will be Cairns but as this has taught me who knows what is around the corner.  And really it's about having a go.  So it is just meant to be later that I have my go.  Looks like the mental fitness is coming first.  Plus guns from swimming.

Head slowly coming to stop...

Bonus:  No surgery....I can still swim with pool buoy, I can still travel (very happy days), have camera in hand makes a happy camper, and I think I'm about to get creative with one leg exercise so stick around that could be well worth a laugh. 

Train safe, avoid tennis balls and 

have awesome day.

Yours, my head is going stop spinning

Shell xox :)

70.3 Cairns Course Change

(18th March)

Last year the swim leg was in Trinity Inlet.  Off the wharf of the marina in the heart of the city, where boats head out to the reef, sea planes lay anchor oh and the occasionally a snappy hand bag is seen.  But hey, they are further up the inlet, apparently. 

The whispers that were filtering through the tri world, ironman land, and local cairns channels where confirmed.  The course has changed.  Dant Dan Dahhhhhhh.

Change; some people embrace it, some people it scares the shite out of.  Depending on what it is.  The later is generally me.  However; at the moment, I’ll be happy just too bloody compete.

Oh the drag of swimming in waters off Palm Cove.  Yeah, sure there are still snappy hand bags, it’s the tropics.  But the probability of one snapping at your heals, is lower.  Gotta love odds.  It is going to be a bit rougher and more head winds on the bike.  Everyone will be in the same boat, so maybe it is a solider on moment.

At this stage like I said, I’ll be happy to just compete and I like the new course changes.  But I’m no expert so will see what happens there.

Embrace the change

Shell xoxo :)

Kinky Boot

(17 March update)

Yeah, it’s not what you think, but at least I got you reading. :)

The roller coaster continues and the last visit to the doctor whilst official report from x-ray number three had yet to reach the office.  It was yahoo, because the boot was coming off and getting to the physio.  Bone mending and ligament; ok.  Get swimming and physio and start building up.  How awesome.

Then in a space of 24 hours the world of training crash and burns again with call from Dr with official written report; bone is going really well, mending.  Ligament, you are not paying the game. So the long and short of that; can swim with pool buoy only, but if hurts stop.  Can start physio, but if it hurts stop, oh and back in the boot for another 1 to 2 weeks.  For next two weeks if hurts stop and rest.  How awesome is that.

my fabbo boot..might need sparkles soon :)

It appears my fabbo moon boot doesn’t want to depart this curvy girl and wants to hang around for another couple of weeks.  Well, bless my cotton socks isn’t that amazing. 

No there isn’t any sarcasm in my voice whatsoever. :)

Again it’s a tiny setback but man it makes me all the more determined to get back into what I use to whinge about most; training.  Isn’t it funny when things get taken away, you appreciate them more and something not to be taken for granted.  

Time is ticking away and cannot deny that little gem, but hoping that the ‘fourth’ x-ray will be nothing but good news.  In meantime, I want it to get better and no permanent damage from doing something stupid.  Already did that hee hee, so swimming with pool buoy it is woot woo.  For a person that loves breathstroke and swims most of the time breathstroke, it is the universes way of saying get that freestyle working girlfriend.  So, freestyle it is.

Puss in boot still…

Shell xo :)