This blog is about the start of a new adventure, which comes at the end of an 18 year journey. From when I was 13 to now, at 31 (there's a symmetry to that, I suppose), I have battled a bad knee.
I just lost that battle.
I don't mean that in a negative way...... Who am I kidding? There's still negativity in that statement. I'm working on that, it's probably going to take some time and more tears, but back to the positive... After all these years of surgeries, prescriptions, doctor's offices, physical therapy, x-rays, and whatever else I've been dragged through, it is actually a bit of a relief to finally be told that there's nothing else to do until it degrades enough to be replaced. Although there IS a complication. When my knee finally went out I didn't know it because the knee pain is background noise at this point and, in the end, it took out my ankle and hip in order to get my attention. So now I have a bad leg.
Which brings on the new adventure!
In 2005, a year after my last surgery, I started half marathon training and eventually became active in general. A month ago I was told I can't run. A few weeks ago, I discovered I need my knee brace to walk for more than 15 minutes. Last week, I confirmed that I also need the brace to ride my bike longer than 8 miles. The list will probably continue to grow as I get active again, but back to the running... I'm a trail runner, I enjoy hiking, I like doing half marathons. My solution?
Wheelchair.
That's my new start, my new adventure. For now, I just want to get moving and do some 5Ks. By the fall, I hope to do my first half marathon in a racing chair.
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