Frustration

          I finally had an MRI done on my knee last Friday and received the results earlier this week.  It is probably the first time I felt frustrated/a little down about the situation.  Even though I’ve been able to stand on and do some movement with my knee, the swelling hasn’t gone away, and it’s been over 12 weeks now.  The imaging is still congruent with what the specialist had said: no tears and likely a dislocation.  What the image shows along with that diagnosis is a fracture of my femur, an evulsion in the patella, and some intraarticular fragment floating in the knee.  All of this does explain the persistent swelling.  Next step is to await my appointment with the specialist again, which will be near the end of June.  I know this injury was going to set me back for a while, but now knowing that it could potentially take me off the mats again worries me.  I feel like I’ve already lost so much time.

          My training is still progressing mind you. I’m still learning and discovering things, but it would be nice to have use of both of my legs proper.  With limited use of my right leg, I find it very difficult to lower my centre as it wants to stay naturally high as to keep weight off.

          Here are my numbers from the end of April:

Km’s- 471

AOK’s- 345

Push-ups/ Sit-ups- 10,222

DMH V- 136

Twin Axes- 130

Sparring- 179 minutes 

Blogs- 16

Books- 6