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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.
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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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! :)