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[anolinde]

Alright, so, here's the deal with my back.

The doctor thinks I have two stress fractures in my lower spine, not just one. She wants to do some cat scans (I don't exactly know what those are, but they're only about ten minutes) on me to make sure--I definitely have a stress fracture, but she's not sure if the other one is.

In the meantime, however, I have to wear a back brace for eight weeks, twenty hours a day. I'm also not allowed to do any activity until I get the cat scan done, and I suspect that it will remain the same for the possible three to four months of recovery that the doctor thinks I'll need.

So, in short, I'll have no gymnastics, no karate, and not even gym class for exercise. They don't even want me to do conditioning, but there's no way I'm abiding that because a) It doesn't hurt my back, and b) I have to do something to keep in shape.

Which means that I'll also have to watch what I eat, which completely sucks, because I'm the kind of person who will gain weight by eating a salad. *eyeroll*

Therefore, on the physical front my life basically sucks. -_-

Meh.

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[cactus-wren.livejournal.com]

My understanding of a CAT scan is this: If they did one of your brain, what they would see would be dozens of pictures of thin slices of your brain. Like how the deli slices a big old ham or turkey? They get dozens of pictures to examine that are slices of whatever they are scanning. Kind of cool, yet creepy.
So the doc will get pics of slices of your spine, to be able to view the problem areas better and from the inside. You lay on a flat, board-like thing that then slides into a tube and in the tube are a number of x-ray type things that generate the pics.
I'm sorry to hear about the brace and the resulting inactivity, but I really hope that means you'll have complete recovery from this. My turn not to know what something is: what does the conditioning you're talking about consist of?
You can still do walking, too, right? I mean, I realize it would take alot of walking to make up for the amount of exercise you normally get, but some walking is better than nothing, don't you think?
I will hope and pray for some good news for you.
((hugs))

[anolinde.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the explanation. :)

Yes, I can do walking--heh, it's just about the only thing I can do at this point. The only problem with that is that it's supposed to be a wicked bad mosquito season, and those things feast on me like there's no tomorrow. (Case in point: On a school field trip, I wore a hooded sweater and long jeans, doused everything with bug spray, and got 123 bug bites on my arms alone.)

As for the conditioning... Basically, sit-ups, push-ups, handstand shoulder-touches, and leg-lifts. Nothing that involves twisting the back, though I can understand the problem with handstands (my back tends to arch during them). It's nothing hardcore, really, but she still doesn't want me to do anything.

Thank you for your good wishes! :)

[sawyer-stalker8.livejournal.com]

BACK BRACE!!!

[anolinde.livejournal.com]

Lol, quite.

[lanie--rose.livejournal.com]

Do you have ANY idea how much I want to hit you right now?

[anolinde.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know you're totes jealous about me having to wear a back brace for six to eight weeks and not being able to do the sport I love and have been doing for seven years. Right.

[lanie--rose.livejournal.com]

Not what I meant, and you know it!

[anolinde.livejournal.com]

Fine. Then I'll say what I meant to say: Get off my back (no pun intended) about exercising.

[lanie--rose.livejournal.com]

Um... no.

You're going to hurt yourself if you keep at this. That doctor said no conditioning so don't do any conditioning! It may seem like torture but it will help you in the long run. I know this is the last thing you want to hear, especially from your friends, but please listen to me. I don't want you to hurt yourself more.

[anolinde.livejournal.com]

I'm not hurting myself. The doctor didn't even ask what I do for conditioning. I know what I'm doing.