Today I am thankful for my knee. My right knee and I have had a love hate relationship for the last 4 years. I have had 3 major surgeries on it since October of 2008, with the last one being very serious. My orthopedic surgeon sawed my tibia and moved the bone out and over and repositioned it with 2 metal screws. This surgery left me non weight baring for over 2 months, another month regaining weight, another month learning to re walk, and 6 more months in physical therapy. I am now 1.5 years out of surgery and I am doing things again that I never thought I would. Don't get me wrong, I definitely have my good and bad days and I can not wear heels as long as I used to, but I still can.
My doctor told me I shouldn't run again...well, I don't really want to listen to him. I know that I can never do marathons, but I would love to do a 5k. I have started doing the couch to 5k program in hopes of running one for St. Patrick's day. I am only on week 2, but my knee is allowing me to do this and hopefully I will continue being able to build up running time. I am giving myself enought time to repeat weeks if need be. In the end, if my knee hurts to much I will let up, but telling me I can't do something sparks me into making me more determined to succeed.
this is quite the paradox on timing, for me. It seems like so much longer than 4 years that you've been dealing with this and yet it doesn't seem like it's been 1.5 years since The Surgery. Either way, I am thankful you're back to kicking butt :) Although, if a doctor told me not to run, I'd be like, "thank you! I won't :)"
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