So I decided to get back into shape.. - Page 2

G1GY · #1 04-30-2009, 04:05 AM

I go for a run every morning. (Because I sleep in and have to run out the door to the car. lol)

I've allways weighed between 140-150 pounds and have been very lean my entire life. This year when I turned 43, I got an instant belly. I mean, just at that moment in time I went from 150 to 160. Not all that much, but it seemed instantanious.
I better do something before this gets out of hand.

I hope you feel better soon.

BMW Rider · #2 04-30-2009, 02:41 PM

Shoulder injuries suck (as do most any other type of injury). I've just managed to get mine working well enough to finally return to work after 6 1/2 months. I never had surgery on the shoulder, but did for my fractured ankle. The shoulder had many things damaged but none bad enough to warrant cutting into it (at least not for now). All this as a result of hitting a deer with my motorcycle. My arm was the first thing to contact the road and did not stand up so well to the forces of a 500lb motorcycle and me jamming it into the gravel at 60 Km/h. Lots of Physio to get it back to about 85-90%. Still some pain and discomfort, but I expect that is just my life now. Looking forward to the future of probably needing surgery on it someday.

I've heard good things about Dr. Boorman, he did my initial assesment for both my injuries in the ER at the PLC. For my shoulder, I ended up under the care of Dr. Lo who is also excellent. I believe they are the top two shoulder specialists in the city if not the province.

Good luck with the recovery, it can be trying not being able to do the things we take for granted. But at least you can still walk, try using crutches with a wounded wing

Rbacchiega · #3 04-30-2009, 03:17 PM

hahaha no thanks Ed.

Well, for those who I met yesterday at Johns, yes, the arm is out of a sling. Dr Boorman contacted me and we talked and it was decided that there's nothing really left for me to have injured/torn...that's already been done. So after the shoulder was put back in place the only point of the sling really was to help keep weight off of it. I hate being the one armed bandit...so it's out of a sling. But noooooo cycle thinger for quite a while. Good thing is, it moved me up on the operation list

Rbacchiega · #4 04-28-2009, 05:24 PM

My body in general is alot older than I am I think. I put it through hell when I was competative and now I'm paying for it. The last year I played ball our team was in three different leagues, we were playing 3-6 games a week (Double headers on Wednesday followed by games on Thursday) and then there were practices. I was a catcher and ended up playing over 160 games that season. I first injured my shoulder when I was 14...lost 4 full rides to the states etc etc. So I got into soccer. You don't need a shoulder to play soccer! All it took was a bad take down and I tore my MCL and ACL...
bye bye competative soccer.

But there's no reason why I can't get back into shape. My dumb ass got me into this mess and I plan on getting myself out of it!