Medical updates
Apr. 19th, 2006 06:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grim23I have been evaluated by my oral surgeon, and cleared for everything except for sparring (no impacts to the face for three months), although he suggested postponing my fast until May.
My PT appointment didn't go as well. The first words out of his mouth were "Uh oh." Probable diagnosis: ACL tear, as well as a MCL strain. The report was sent to my Doctor, who has already left me a voicemail, and will probably be scheduled for an MRI to rule in that diagnosis, then surgery, then 12 weeks of recovery. I am cleared for massage, and returning to the dojo, as long as I wear my brace and go slow, because retraining my body's balance and strengthening my knee's other stabilizers are key to my recovery. I am "capable of an independent exercise program".
Hence, I'm postponing my fast until I know for sure. No point in fasting to clear out pharmaceuticals if I'm going to get more soon. Instead, strength training and balancing. Kata. Weights. Eating a healthy diet to heal quickly, build up my immune system. Massage. Tantra. Walking. Water. Sleep. Meditation. Every day, but not too much...just enough.
BTW, no coffee for eight days. *grin*
My PT appointment didn't go as well. The first words out of his mouth were "Uh oh." Probable diagnosis: ACL tear, as well as a MCL strain. The report was sent to my Doctor, who has already left me a voicemail, and will probably be scheduled for an MRI to rule in that diagnosis, then surgery, then 12 weeks of recovery. I am cleared for massage, and returning to the dojo, as long as I wear my brace and go slow, because retraining my body's balance and strengthening my knee's other stabilizers are key to my recovery. I am "capable of an independent exercise program".
Hence, I'm postponing my fast until I know for sure. No point in fasting to clear out pharmaceuticals if I'm going to get more soon. Instead, strength training and balancing. Kata. Weights. Eating a healthy diet to heal quickly, build up my immune system. Massage. Tantra. Walking. Water. Sleep. Meditation. Every day, but not too much...just enough.
BTW, no coffee for eight days. *grin*
