WOOT Liz! Well done! So proud of you!!!!

Leesa - SMART AR$E! BUT, the reason I'm so smart with it is because it's my job! Between nursing and my personal injuries, I've had to learn a lot! Besides, I'd make a lousy Dr - I prefer to treat the person AND the condition...not just the condition!

I had PT today girls. A tad frustrating because we really only worked upper body. We did do some squats and he tried to get me to do a leg lift thing with that which just didn't work. I was too unstable so we dropped that and stuck to the squats and arm raise combo. Can I just say, by half way through my session, my arms were cooked!!! We did so much stuff with my arms, I was struggling! We ended up doing this exercise where I use the bar that is attached to a frame and you use it to do squats. Anyway, I stood and had to bring it from shoulders to above my head. No problem. Then I had to switch to bringing it behind my head (so working triceps)... and I couldn't do it! It was so bloody hard! I have little upper body strength to start with... add in the weight of this and I was just hopeless! I was doing bicep curls at one point and couldn't even LIFT the bloody dumbell! Literally! We were in hysterics! It is a first for me and we both found it very amusing. He kept telling me that his aim was for me to not be able to use my arms tomorrow. Yeah, cheers dude!

Physio this afternoon was weird. I think she is peeved because I've not been going to pilates. I have to go back come July. Which is fine. She thinks my right knee is cartlidge and the left is knee cap. Have to strengthen my VMO, hammy's, quads, glute. Yeah, great, now to convince D! I've messaged him and will see next session.

I've booked an extra session for in a couple of weeks. I've got a couple of days off and so we're going to trial a legs and abs session. If I crumble, I've got a couple of days to recover. If I manage, it brings new things we can include in our sessions. That's my plan any way. And it will give me a couple of weeks for my meds to fully kick in. Not long enough for the glucosmine to kick in which is what my physio wants me to start with, but long enough for the panadine osteo to be fully working and my anti-inflamms to take hold again. I'm excited about that session. I'm desperate to do some lower body work. And physio wants me to do more bike and xtrainer which is good. Hopefully I can manage with that. I need to get on my bike and go riding as well I think.

I have a day hike this weekend. I've done the track before and it's not overly challenging. But there is 150 stairs at the end (I'm doing Point Nepean on the penninsula) which are quiet steep. You don't have to use them because there are other tracks... but I want to. One of the girls I'm going with also trains with D and we want to challenge ourselves. I spoke with D about it today to see if he thinks it will be ok for me to so the stairs. He said to just be careful, make sure it isn't slippery, that I'm warm, and to listen to my body... what am I going to do? Get half way up and go "Geez this hurts" and go back down? I DON'T THINK SO! But I'm looking forward to the walk. I'll decide about the stairs when I'm there. I'll carry my brace and take my meds. It's a long weekend so if I hurt on Sunday, I've got another 3 days to recover!

I'm going back to a food diary to give D. I need some help I think...

Hope you're all moving!

MG