8 December 2006
Well over a month since my last diary entry. I have been so busy and could hardly find time to update the blog lately. It's mainly due to my very busy schedule - apart from working at the office 10 hours a week, I also fit in at least 12 sessions of gym and classes a week and 3 to 4 hours of physio. I have very little 'slack' time if you count all that plus my weekly household chores.
I think I'm still making improvement. I saw the rehab specialist, John Olver, last week and even he noticed that I walk a lot faster since he last saw me about 10 - 12 weeks ago. I know sometimes I get a bit depressed because I feel that rehab is such a slow process and I'm not getting better. I was going through my exercise book the other day and I'm glad I have kept detailed record of my gym sessions and classes because I can look back and see what I was doing. I noticed one big difference in the strength of my legs. Back in January this year, I started with 10 kilos on the 45 degree leg press and now I'm up to 55 kilos. That's 5 times more just less than a year ago.
Last week, Alex, the BodyPump instructor, started playing some of the old release. There is a new release every 3 months but instructors tend to play some of the old ones after a while otherwise people get a bit bored doing the same thing for 3 months. He was playing BodyPump 57 last week and that was the one I started with back in Feburay/March this year. I found this especially interesting because it brought back so much memory. I remember I had a lot of trouble with him at the start because he thought the class wa not suitable for me because it's too hard for me and I might injure myself. I remember I had to ask Gavin to bail me out. 10 months later, I'm still in the class but so much stronger than before. I have quadurpled the weight in the squats track and tripled the weight in the chest and back tracks. Still, I don't find it as hard as when I first started.
One thing I have to mention is that there is somthing that we do in the BodyBalance class that is so funny. I guess funny is really not the word but this is a move in the Tai Chi part of the class that requires bringing the back of your hands together. The reason I mention thisa is because a long way back when Neil and Rosemary were haelping me with my upper limb exercises, they made up all sort of exercises for me. One of the exercises Neil invented was to bring the back of hands together. I couldn't do it back then due to problem with my left shoulder. I remember asking Neil 'why on earth do you need to do that for?' "when do you ever need to put the backs of your hands together?" Obviously, Neil knew that I would need it for the BodyBalance class!
I had an appointment with the occupational physician on Monday morning. I was really nervous about the appointment because I don't know what she'd recommend this time. I thought she would want to increase my hours and this time, I really can't say I'm so tired or I may not have a job to go back to. To my surprise, she thought I was doing well but because I have been doing training and not real work over the last 3 months, it's not indicative how well I'll cope with realistice workload so she recommended that my hours stay the same but that my manager should give me more complex work to see how I cope. I think my prayer has been answered because I have bought myself more time. She set another appointment for me in early February and until then, my hours will stay the same. This is such a relief for me because it means I'll have more time for rehab and exercises.
I think I'm still making improvement. I saw the rehab specialist, John Olver, last week and even he noticed that I walk a lot faster since he last saw me about 10 - 12 weeks ago. I know sometimes I get a bit depressed because I feel that rehab is such a slow process and I'm not getting better. I was going through my exercise book the other day and I'm glad I have kept detailed record of my gym sessions and classes because I can look back and see what I was doing. I noticed one big difference in the strength of my legs. Back in January this year, I started with 10 kilos on the 45 degree leg press and now I'm up to 55 kilos. That's 5 times more just less than a year ago.
Last week, Alex, the BodyPump instructor, started playing some of the old release. There is a new release every 3 months but instructors tend to play some of the old ones after a while otherwise people get a bit bored doing the same thing for 3 months. He was playing BodyPump 57 last week and that was the one I started with back in Feburay/March this year. I found this especially interesting because it brought back so much memory. I remember I had a lot of trouble with him at the start because he thought the class wa not suitable for me because it's too hard for me and I might injure myself. I remember I had to ask Gavin to bail me out. 10 months later, I'm still in the class but so much stronger than before. I have quadurpled the weight in the squats track and tripled the weight in the chest and back tracks. Still, I don't find it as hard as when I first started.
One thing I have to mention is that there is somthing that we do in the BodyBalance class that is so funny. I guess funny is really not the word but this is a move in the Tai Chi part of the class that requires bringing the back of your hands together. The reason I mention thisa is because a long way back when Neil and Rosemary were haelping me with my upper limb exercises, they made up all sort of exercises for me. One of the exercises Neil invented was to bring the back of hands together. I couldn't do it back then due to problem with my left shoulder. I remember asking Neil 'why on earth do you need to do that for?' "when do you ever need to put the backs of your hands together?" Obviously, Neil knew that I would need it for the BodyBalance class!
I had an appointment with the occupational physician on Monday morning. I was really nervous about the appointment because I don't know what she'd recommend this time. I thought she would want to increase my hours and this time, I really can't say I'm so tired or I may not have a job to go back to. To my surprise, she thought I was doing well but because I have been doing training and not real work over the last 3 months, it's not indicative how well I'll cope with realistice workload so she recommended that my hours stay the same but that my manager should give me more complex work to see how I cope. I think my prayer has been answered because I have bought myself more time. She set another appointment for me in early February and until then, my hours will stay the same. This is such a relief for me because it means I'll have more time for rehab and exercises.
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