My knee is injured again. It has been for a couple of months and the doctor is taking a very conservative approach and having me try different anti-inflammatories. They are not working. I fear that another surgery is on the horizon, and that makes me sad/angry/disappointed. There are so many things that I still cannot do that I could do before the surgery. It has changed my life in many ways.
One of the biggest ways is that I've had to accept the fact that I cannot do CrossFit any more and I do not know if I ever will be able to. There are some things I could do, but many, many things would have to be modified...some to the point that they wouldn't even resemble the original workout in any way/shape/form. It is still painful to see that others can do it, but I can't. This is NOT what I had envisioned when I had this stupid surgery. I was convinced that it would be the complete opposite - this would open lots of doors and I could run again and life would be grand. Yeah...not so much.
So I'm doing the best that I can, but I have lost so much strength that it's just ridiculous. I'm having to learn a whole new strength training world that I thought I was done with. It's not my favorite, but it is necessary. I have been able to go to the gym as much as I would like due to football games, but those are now over, so no excuses. I should be able to hit the gym every night after work, and then some. And hit it HARD.
Let's do this!
