Well I have managed to complete the biggest test of my endurance and strength to date over the last 2 months, 2months being the length of this "Endurance Event".
My Surgery that i had on the 18th of Feb was pretty major and knocked me a bit but was very successful and i think that in time it will make me even a bit quicker in races as i am feeling so much better with the work of the surgeon complete, however it has been one mission over the last two months, both mentally (having to watch and follow results and hear of the races i was supposed to be racing in has been pretty tough) and the physical side of the operation recovery.
The "Endurance Event" went a bit like this......
After pre surgery admission clinic meeting with my anathesist and Surgeon i was admitted to hospital where things all began.
Stage 1: Surgery - 4hours 30min, The Surgery took 4hours and 30min for the surgeon to complete where a whopping 50cm of my large bowel was removed and the remaining ends rejoined, via Laproscopically assisted surgery - leaving 5 incisions over my abdomen and multiple layers of stitching of my abdominal muscles back together.
Stage 2: Hospital Recovery 5days,5 days in hospital was tough, after waking from the surgery i was on a diet of jelly and juice for alomst 4 days before eating semi normal food again and the pain of the operation was prett intense, only managing to get out of bed and sit up for about 5 minutes at a time, and this was a mission, i became a common site walking around the ward at Mercy Hospital every few hours - really painful, but the electric tilting bed and nursing staff helped me wiht this along with some pretty good pain medication, after 5 days they sent me home.
Stage 3: Home Rest 4 weeks After getting home i spent the best part of 4 weeks lying down and doing not much moire than short walks to the end of the driv eand around the block - really sore and slow going with lots of bruising and swelling, anyway made the brave step back to work after the 4 weeks at home and that was a mission in iotself getting back into the classroom. Itching to do some exercise but limited to walking was tough...
All go again now.. Final consult with surgeon last week and he has given me the ok to start getting back into things which is great, Having 2 months of feeling sore and unable to do much more than just exist has been tough, but short term pain for long term gain!! I am now feeling pretty dam good and the sore tummys i used to get are really just a thing of the past we hope, so back into some light running and spinnign on the bike, might be another month or two before abs are ready for the Kayak though.
So after missing out on the main summer races i had planned and entered for i will just have to re plan this last season all again for next season.
I hope to make the Peak to Peak in July my first big hit back into things and then work on getting things all back to speed for spring and summer races that i began to race this year and the ones i missed!!
My Surgery that i had on the 18th of Feb was pretty major and knocked me a bit but was very successful and i think that in time it will make me even a bit quicker in races as i am feeling so much better with the work of the surgeon complete, however it has been one mission over the last two months, both mentally (having to watch and follow results and hear of the races i was supposed to be racing in has been pretty tough) and the physical side of the operation recovery.
The "Endurance Event" went a bit like this......
After pre surgery admission clinic meeting with my anathesist and Surgeon i was admitted to hospital where things all began.
Stage 1: Surgery - 4hours 30min, The Surgery took 4hours and 30min for the surgeon to complete where a whopping 50cm of my large bowel was removed and the remaining ends rejoined, via Laproscopically assisted surgery - leaving 5 incisions over my abdomen and multiple layers of stitching of my abdominal muscles back together.
Stage 2: Hospital Recovery 5days,5 days in hospital was tough, after waking from the surgery i was on a diet of jelly and juice for alomst 4 days before eating semi normal food again and the pain of the operation was prett intense, only managing to get out of bed and sit up for about 5 minutes at a time, and this was a mission, i became a common site walking around the ward at Mercy Hospital every few hours - really painful, but the electric tilting bed and nursing staff helped me wiht this along with some pretty good pain medication, after 5 days they sent me home.
Stage 3: Home Rest 4 weeks After getting home i spent the best part of 4 weeks lying down and doing not much moire than short walks to the end of the driv eand around the block - really sore and slow going with lots of bruising and swelling, anyway made the brave step back to work after the 4 weeks at home and that was a mission in iotself getting back into the classroom. Itching to do some exercise but limited to walking was tough...
All go again now.. Final consult with surgeon last week and he has given me the ok to start getting back into things which is great, Having 2 months of feeling sore and unable to do much more than just exist has been tough, but short term pain for long term gain!! I am now feeling pretty dam good and the sore tummys i used to get are really just a thing of the past we hope, so back into some light running and spinnign on the bike, might be another month or two before abs are ready for the Kayak though.
So after missing out on the main summer races i had planned and entered for i will just have to re plan this last season all again for next season.
I hope to make the Peak to Peak in July my first big hit back into things and then work on getting things all back to speed for spring and summer races that i began to race this year and the ones i missed!!
