Recovery Part I - Dont try to do too much and stay positive!

Chariot races begin!

The road to recovery, that was probably the longest two weeks ever, no running, no climbing, no kayaking, no driving so that means no life pretty much! I trundled off to the river on Wednesday last week for the YCC Games night which was great, lots of folk getting involved with the night and everyone laughing intermittently at me for being a muppet and doing in my shoulder and at people getting soaked and/or falling in doing chariot races! 

However, its been a painful week, still in the sling but i went to see the doc last friday and had some new x-rays done so i can compare them now which is cool....

Xray straight after relocation

Xray two weeks later

... im not sure if its the angle of the image but there is a definite rise in the joint there, when i had the first one done just after relocation, i think if i had sneezed my arm would have fallen off, but now its much better and im hoping not to do it again ... well, obviously...!

Happy Days :)

Ive been away this weekend to visit the folks at home and see my mum off on her holiday and visit friends, so thats been great to take my mind off it.


I truly hope that nobody else i know has to go through all of this themselves, but ive found that taking your mind off it means that the time passes a lot faster. I was very depressed once i came back to York from Glasgow, being up there and in a different environment seemed to make it ok somehow, but mostly it was Dave and Ed themselves - they made the pain of the first few days bearable, kept me fed and watered and got me battered at the pub when it all got a bit too much :) i owe them a lot the pair of them, especially Dave. Was an epic week. Even if it took sponge baths and Ed cutting my lunch up for me whilst i could only drive a spoon... embarassing! I was very sad to leave and given the choice, im certain i would still be there but i had to come back to reality...heheee. After a hilarious journey down with Dave and co on their way to Austria, i landed back in York and honestly - at first i hated it. Being at home on my own, going to the supermarket on foot in my sling and carrying what i could, but mostly the realisation that pretty well my entire life revolves around sports. So life as i know it has been ripped out from underneath me, and of course, my social life in York is dependant on going climbing and kayaking etc too and i felt really alone for a while but it was alright once i got into the week, am going along to the river and the wall even just to belay or watch but its helping for sure :)


So for now, im now ploughing my time into my PhD, making sure that i get fixed properly before a surf trip in October, and freestyle weekend in November, and trying to get in some coaching from the bank in the meantime which will hopefully be an education in itself - and get my logbook signed off in the process :) There is always stuff to do. Im trialing running for the first time - first run was last Friday and lasted 2.5 miles, not too knackering after all of that time off but i did feel like my shoulder hurt so i stopped but its worth building slowly i think. Keeping myself fit and healthy for the boating season to come.... which i will only be boating when im fit enough to, but ive got everything crossed and hoping for the best :), and most importantly staying positive and recovering well by not jumping back in too soon! Its amazing how much food and sleep my body needs to do repair work!!

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