Jenny's Weight Journal

Well still no word about my Bone Scan. They said Thursday at the latest so I can give them one more day. My mom says she will also call the doctors office tomorrow just to be sure. I think she's tired of me asking over the phone while I'm at school. So I will continue to wait and wait and wait...


Oh if any of you are interested I have been blogging a lot more...well only over the past few days...the last time I blogged before that was back in July. So if any of you are interested you can check it out. I have posted some pictures of places I have been on the side (NYC, London, Paris, Rome) I think it adds character to my page.




Well that's all for now...gotta get to bed..i have class at 8am tomorrow =P

Night alls!
 
Hey all!

Well yet again I have no new news about my knee. I go to the doctor on the 4th to hear the results of my bone scan and to schedule a date for my surgery. So I will let you all know tuesday night.

I am offically done with classes for the quarter. I have exams Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of next week and then I will be done till January 7th. I have been so stressed over school lately. With my major I must maintain a 75% in all of my PTA classes, which is a C, in order to move on to the 2nd quarter of the PTA program. I am getting an 84% in the one PTA class but I am currently at a 74.65% in the other and she isn't allowed to round up according to the state PTA board. So pretty much it is going to come down to the 200 point written exam and the 100 point lab exam I have next week to really get me through to the next quarter. Talk about pressure. I'm trying to learn over 100 different muscles with their origin, insertion, action, and nerve. Not to mention all the ligaments of the hip, knee, foot, shoulder, elbow, and wrist. All the joint classifications, boney landmarks. 26 foot bones, 27 hand bones, the different types of vertebrae and the number of each type. The different curves of the spine.

sigh.........man i have a lot of studying to do this weekend....

Since I have not been working I have picked up an old hobby of mine. Painting. I have decided to paint a picture for my mom and sister for Christmas since I don't have a lot of money to spend and I like to paint. Here is a picture of the painting for my mom that I completed today.

Sorry about the quality I had to take it with my phone because my camera is dead and my sister has my charger and 60 miles from here and won't be able to get it untill monday.



This pictuere came from this picture that I found at art.com not really a great replica...but hey I made it my own =)



well that all for now...time for bed. Night alls!
 
It's officall...surgery on friday

Well I went to the doctor yesterday. My bone scan came back fine. My doctor was very pleased with that. He said that if something was wrong on my bone scan at my age we would have a very bad problem. He for some reason wanted to see how my patella sits on my femur and tibia so I had an X-ray done right then and there. But those came out fine. Now he wants to get in there and see it for his own eyes.

My mom wanted to have the surgery done before the 1st of the year for insurance purposes. Well when we said that thinking that it would be 2 weeks before I would have surgery he asks, "So how does friday sound?". So now I am going in on friday afternoon to have my surgery done. They are going to remove the plica tissue (but with the chance of it growing back if I reinjure it) He will also remove anything abnormal and repair anything torn. If all goes as planed I will only be on crutches for a few days which isn't all that bad. But if not then who knows. I am nervous now..I didn't think that I would be going under the knife so soon. I am batteling a headache and because I am going to have surgery on friday I am not allowed to take asprin or advil. So my headache remains....but hey the sooner I get this taken care of the better....

Keep me in your thoughts and prayers. I hope all turns out for my and my knee....
 
You are going to do just fine.

I understand your fears. When they found my tumor, they scheduled my surgery for the next week & it really freaked me out. I thought I didn't have time to prepare myself, but looking back it was much better not having so much time to think about it. Nothing I say will take away that fear, but just know you aren't alone.

Being on crutches just DAYS instead of weeks or months sounds great! Course the fact that you are getting this over & done with & can get back to being "normal" is even better. Just hang in there & YES you are in my thoughts.

BIG HUGS
 
crutches are really good for tripping up the cute boys -- and for poking them i the keister :)

I'll g ive you all sorts of tips for fun uses for crutches :D

Good luck with teh surgery nd i wish you a very speedy recovery...
 
MoonGoddess said:
You are going to do just fine.

I understand your fears. When they found my tumor, they scheduled my surgery for the next week & it really freaked me out. I thought I didn't have time to prepare myself, but looking back it was much better not having so much time to think about it. Nothing I say will take away that fear, but just know you aren't alone.

Being on crutches just DAYS instead of weeks or months sounds great! Course the fact that you are getting this over & done with & can get back to being "normal" is even better. Just hang in there & YES you are in my thoughts.

BIG HUGS
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Thanks!

maleficent said:
crutches are really good for tripping up the cute boys -- and for poking them i the keister :)

I'll g ive you all sorts of tips for fun uses for crutches :D

Good luck with teh surgery nd i wish you a very speedy recovery...
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Thanks! I will keep the crutches and the boy idea in my mind...



Well I am home now from my surgery. I was to be there by 2pm today. Let me tell you the wait this morning/afternoon was hard. I was so damn hungry and wasn't allowed to eat or drink anything...including gum!! We got there about 2ish and they did the urine pregnacy test required by law. I got all hooked up to my IV and had to undress and put on those lovely blue socks and a gown that didn't seem to fit right lol. They checked my vitials and then wheeled me into a waiting room with a TV. I was suppose to go in around 3:30 for the surgery, but I guess that they were running behind for the day. There as a lady infront of me still to have her surgery which would take 2 hours. So I had to wait 2 full hours in the hospital bed in a gown covered with blanket feeling completely...shall we say..exposed. So me and my mom waited in there and watched some TV. About 2 hours later i look at the clock and ask my mom if it has been 2 hours yet...just then my doctor walked in with a nurse and asked me if I was ready. 10 minutes later the nurse that puts me under came in and i was all ready to go. They wheeled me out and I was on my way to surgery finally.

About an hour later I woke up battling the sleepies. A nurse gave me some Vidcoden (spelling) for the pain and my doctor came and talked to me....although I really don't remember all that he said to me lol...All i could make out and remember is that he said things went well.

After fasting for so long I finally got fed!! I had a hot chocolate and 2 pudding cups. After changing and eating and going over some things with a nurse me and my mom left for home. On the way home I convinced my mom to stop at McDonalds. 2 double cheese burgers and a small fry later I was all set. Now I sit at home watching tv and surffing the web.

The surgery went well. The doctor was right about there being the Plica Tissue all inflamed. So he removed that. He also said that my menicus looks kind of worn but not to bad. I don't think he touched that. I will be using my crutches for as long as I see the need for them. I and flex my knee as much as i want and I can put as much weight as want on it.

I will be going to the doctor on Tuesday for the follow up appointment. I will know then if I need any Physical Therapy, but my doctor is pretty confident that I won't be needing it. He says that if all goes well with my recovery I can be up and about physically in 3-4 weeks. So after the holidays I will be able to start an exercise program again!!

I got pics of the surgery (scope pics) once I get it scanned I will post them on here.

I am so happy all went well!!

Much thanks to those of you who gave me support through all of this and those that have kept me in their prayers.
 
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I'm so glad everything went well & you sound in good spirits. Thanks for letting us know. I was thinking about you lady. Can't wait to hear about you starting that new program feeling great. Til then take it easy & pamper yourself.

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MoonGoddess said:
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I'm so glad everything went well & you sound in good spirits. Thanks for letting us know. I was thinking about you lady. Can't wait to hear about you starting that new program feeling great. Til then take it easy & pamper yourself.

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Thanks moon! I am so glad too. Thanks for keeping me in your thoughs! I think I won't need to pamper myself...my mom and dad have taken care of that lol...


Well is it almost 4:30am. I can't sleep. I woke up about a half hour ago in some pain. Waking up every hour to change position isn't fun either. I can't seem to get comfy. I took another pain killer hoping that will help ease the pain and let me go back to bed. I can take a pill every 4 hours if needed. So I was past due for another one. So now I am restless. I don't feel the pain that I use to feel..the pain that i have been having since july. Now i ache and am sore from the surgery it self. My doctor warned me that tomorrow (saturday) which is today already will be worse then the day of surgery. I guess the numbing medication he gave me will be gone and I will have a lot more pain. Maybe that's why I am awake at 4:30 in the morning....


Well I am off to bed to once again find a comfy spot and fall asleep. Night alls...or good morning lol!
 
Hello Hello! After my last post earlier this morning I was finally able to go to bed and fall asleep. I slept off and on till about 9:30. It's very interesting being waited on hand and foot by my parents and my younger brother. Everyone is like extra nice to me. Now i get to sit around the house for 2 days and do absolutely nothing lol. I am still quite sore. But if i sit in the right position I have no pain. So now I must wait till I am fully healed.

I will keep you all up to date on my recovery.

Bye Alls!
 
MoonGoddess said:
Just checking in & hoping you are well on your way to recovery.
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I'm doing good. Last night was the first time in 24 hours that I took a pain killer. I woke up like at 4am in pain. But other than that I have been good. It's a little stiff but that is to be expected. I am down to one crutch..but if I go outside or do a lot of walking I will probably be using both of them just because it is really icy out and using 2 of them offers me more support than just one. I took my bandage off yesterday to redress it and so that I can take a shower and there are only 2 small cuts...they don't look that bad. I might not even have a scar after all of this lol!
 
good afternoon all!

I went to the doctor this past tuesday. The doctor says that everything seems to be healing nicely. Any pain and swelling that I am having is normal he says. With me going back to school on the 7th of january he wants me to get my range of motion back in my knee before classes resume. So I am going to have more phyiscal therapy on my knee...3 times a week for 4 weeks. I was a little disapointed about this. My doctor at first told me that I would not be needing PT but since I am a student and not just a normal adult he wants me healed fully asap. I will go to have my first PT appoint on Monday. Since I am going back tech. for the same knee just for a different reason...and since it's been the end of August since I had it done I will need a new e-val (evaluation done).

My doctor also game me some instruction on the physical exercises that I can and can't do.

I can't do any contact sports, no running, no joggging, for 3 months.

I can do walking if I be carefull not to do any huge impacts to my knee.
He recommened biking if i had one...which my parents are considering buy me one.

He also said that swimming would be good for it I would just have to wait until my cuts heal because right now I cannot submerge it under water for long periods of time.

So hope fully I can start a light exercise program for myself. i don't want to jump in to quickly and reinjure my self.

Well that's all i got for now...ttyl
 
Frustrated

I have a surgery to better myself and my body. I have a surgery to fix my knee so that I can finally exercise and not feel held back by something. I have surgery so that I can finally get on with my life....

Now...I have so many restrictions I don't know which end is up any more. I under stand the reasons for the restrictions. The less active I am on it over the first 3 months the better chance I won't reinjure it. The bad thing with the stupid plica is that it can grow back if the knee is reinjured again. So here is my list of things I can't do.

1) a huge amount of walking
2) no running/jogging
3) no contact sports
4) no falling down (had to throw it in there)
5) no kneeling
6) no shoveling snow (thanks to my parents now)
7) no stairs unless done one at a time or if it is just 2-4 stairs
8) no jumping
9) no kicking
10) no reinjuring my knee

The only exercise I get right now is at Physical Therapy and that isn't much to begin with right now. I really do understand the reasoning behind all of the restrictions but it is so frustrating.

With my knee being stiff and sore still I can do sittups on my gymball because it puts to much pressure on my knee, I can't go swimming because of my surgery incisions, I can't do a huge amount of walking because it makes my knee sore...I am at a loss here. I know in a month or so things will be different...but I am on break from school and there's nothing I can do for my weight loss. I fell stuck. I want to get out and move and exercise but I can't and I hate it. I hate having excuses for myself...even when the excuse is logical. I am happy to have had this surgery.

I really am...I just don't know what to do with the time while my knee heals. I am affraid that if I don't to something I will end up gaining even more weight and it will be just that much more I will have to face....
 
Hi Jenn, sorry for your pain and frustrations.

I'd like to share, if I may, a tidbit of Rosalie Bradford's life with you.

Rosalie was the world record holder for weight loss at one time. Her journey started out at an unbelievable 1200 lbs and obviously she too was immobile for a said period albeit nowhere near your short time frame.

Two things Rosalie found she could do was clap while being bed-ridden thus increasing her heart rate and burned lots of extra calories and controlled her daily intake of food.

The result - a 900 lb weight loss.

Her story is a little bit more detailed than this, however I think you can see where I'm going with this.

So you have a 'can't do' list. Try making a 'can do' list ?? for yourself ??
 
T2 Trucker said:
So you have a 'can't do' list. Try making a 'can do' list ?? for yourself ??
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Yes I can see where you are going with this..i am going to have to put a lot of thought into the can do list I just am not sure what I can really do right now...it's hard to do much of anything right now...i don't have full Range Of Motion yet in my knee...can't extend it or flex it all the way...man if only the answer was right there....sounds like it's time for a bit of google searching for me...see if I can dig something up....

Thanks T2..I will definately look for the "can do's" I think I will just need to keep my eyes and ears :bigear: open for it.
 
You know the do have exercise shows & DVDs for people who are in wheelchairs. I know you aren't in that situation, but I wonder if that would be stuff you could do sitting (thus alleviating any pressure on your knee & messing with the healing process).

Hang in there.

a month may seem like an eternity right now, but you will get through this before you know it. Take it easy. It will come.
 
Thanks for not taking it the wrong way, Jenn.

I mean no harm, in fact, opposite of. This is probably why I don't post much in other people's diaries, my delivery can be on the edge of asshole-ish, to some.

I can't sugar coat weight loss in any state of condition, it is a 'I need to do something different' event.

Be clever and don't despair, Jenn. We have several 'Pros' on here who may suggest favorable cardio in your condition.

Peace and Happy Percodans :)
 
MoonGoddess said:
a month may seem like an eternity right now, but you will get through this before you know it. Take it easy. It will come.
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ya it does seem like an eternity...i just wish i could fastforward through all of this and get going lol

T2 Trucker said:
Thanks for not taking it the wrong way, Jenn.

I mean no harm, in fact, opposite of. This is probably why I don't post much in other people's diaries, my delivery can be on the edge of asshole-ish, to some.

I can't sugar coat weight loss in any state of condition, it is a 'I need to do something different' event.
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Oh i know you don't mean any harm by it. Some times it takes the harsh truth to get through to some people. Yes I do agree that you can't sugar coat weight loss.

My sister does that and she's getting to where I am at with weight. The only thing that is different between us is that you can give me the harsh truth about my weight...for my sister she decides not to see it at all and sugar coats it and ignores everything. But I know it bothers her. She thinks she is a size 11 when she should be wearing a size 13 or 15. She wears smaller shirts that don't cover her stomach...and she kind lets everything all hang out...but then pulls the shirt down and the pants up. Me I up my jean size one so that I don't do that...plus it's much more comfy.

Sometimes I wish that my sister would happen upon this site and my diary. She was telling me the other day that there is no way that she could be that fit and that skinny. She's like I face that reality. I told her...yes you are bigger boned I will grant you that...but just because you where never skinny or slim growing up doesn't mean you can't be it now. She acts like being slightly over weight is her destiny and that there is nothing anyone can do about it.

So when it comes for her to try and wear something that doesn't fit any more I have to bear the wrath from her...and let her cry on my shoulder.

I understand that she isn't athletic. But she only will work out if it is easy or right there in front of her. She always tells me that we should go on a walk together...but when I am ready to walk she goes and makes some dumb ass excuse. Yes I may weigh more then her...and I might be at risk of more health risks...but that doesn't mean she is out of the woods herself.

My Grandma died at 60 due to a stroke. She had high blood pressure and hi cholesterol. It scares me and I wish it would scare her to that, that could be us one day if we don't do something now.

Ok now I am ranting lol

I have decided for myself that i should get out my pedometer and count how many setps I take in a day and try and increase it. I also tried my hand at doing some sit ups last night using my gymball. I had to readjust the size of the gymball and my sitting postion in order not to put too much pressure on my knee but I managed to do 100 of them so I am happy about that.

Ok I got to go shower..I have a PT appointment today and I have to drive to campus to yell at the transfer office for screwing me over 2 many times :D
 
Today was a good day I went to PT...no pain in my knee just stiffness. I did a lot of different exercises at PT today. I walked about 2.5 miles total today in acording to my pedometer. If I was in school it would be higher. I didn't wear it durning PT though...it was annoying lol.

I just got done with some home exercises for my knee..and i threw in a few squats...about 20 of them. That's about all I could handle. I did about 100 sittups...and 20 of dual leg lifts..which really made my abs burn.

I am slowly getting a work out plan going. I think tomorrow I might venture outside and walk up and down my street. Nothing too extreme. I wouldn't be able to handle a 1 mile walk like I use to do...no yet anyways. I probably could handle a 3rd of the mile right now.

I also saddly discovered something today. This was my low point of the day but I am not going to let it break me. With me not working for 4 weeks..being out of school for 2 weeks. And not being able to exercise really for the past few months my weight has gone up...higher then it has ever been. The scale read a even 200lbs :( Yes i was sad and upset with myself..but after all that I have been through over the past 6 months this is not going to stop me. My knee is fixed and I will get to my goal weight. I can do this and I will. Weighing in at 200 didn't suprise me. I thought I had gained weight. And I knew that I wasn't exercising because of my knee. Not much I could do about it then...but now...now I can actually take action and fight back. Wish me luck!!
 
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