I love blogging. But I love “doing nothing” even more ……. at times.
This is what happened in March. I was in a staring-into-space-and-doing-nothing mood when my girls were at school. Why? I was depressed. I injured my left knee so NO BOOTCAMP and NO RUNNING for me. Without my get-me-up every morning I felt lost, lousy and helpless. I tried to drown my sorrows by taking afternoon naps. I felt worse. I ended up getting migraine and felt worse. I should have known cos me and naps have never been the best of friends!
Actually I have no one else to blame but myself. When my left knee started to hurt, only just a little, I totally ignored it and continued with bootcamp and my weekend runs with my Mister. The pain got worse. Know what I did? I took pain killers, and continued abusing it. I went for medical treatment only when I could not straighten my leg and it hurt so much that I could not drive. Total idiot, right? I had to endure many therapy sessions with my physio plus 30mins a day “jogging in the pool” to aid recovery.
“Rest, rest, rest, rest …..” It became the daily slogan from my physio, my Mister, my friends and everyone else. I was so tired of staying at home and doing no real exercise at all. I was bored to tears!
My physio reluctantly gave me the go ahead to do some running, after our session today. I am allowed to run slowly for 30 minutes. Can’t wait to hit the park first thing tomorrow morning.
I miss runnning. I miss drenching in “sweat”. I miss my iPod. I miss the “happy hormones” at the end of it. And the amazing surge in energy during the day is to-die-for …… I know, I know, I am being dramatic. But the fact is, I am just so excited to have my knee back, and being able to start running again.
I hope tomorrow will come sooner…….
