A Shot in the A** or Too Much Information
I stopped riding my bike in August of last year after having intense pain in one of my sit bones :( This was not entirely a bad thing, because while I was looking for something to occupy my time and take my mind off the fact that I couldn't ride, I somehow discovered the Christine Center.
Being off the bike for 5 months should've healed whatever ailed me, right? Well, no. 45 min. on a spin bike and the pain was back and badder than ever last week. So I have made it my sole mission in life right now to get back on the bike pain-free.
I went to see a sports medicine doctor. He thinks it's ischial bursitis (a.k.a. a pain in the a**!) So the prescribed remedy was a shot of cortisone. I've never had one of those before, but I can tell you that I've had blood draws that hurt more. So now I wait a few days and see if it gets better. I can even go for a trainer ride in a couple days! I hope this helps. If it does, it was sooo worth getting a shot in the butt! If it doesn't, well, MRI here I come.
Can't wait to ride!
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Sunday, March 01, 2009
BIRKIE REPORT
Thanks to everyone who called, wrote or otherwise wished me a good race!
Team Sturdy Women (me, my mom, my sister Wendy and Niece Leah) all wore our team sweatshirts to Telemark the day before the Birkie to pick up our bibs and to see Bjorn Daehlie, who was singing autographs. We got in line early and got our team sweatshirts signed by the greatest skier of all time (Michael compared him to Eddie Merckx) and then picked up our bibs and timing chips. All the while we were there, people kept saying things to us like "there's Team Sturdy Women" and we thought it was just because we all had our matching sweatshirts. Finally one woman said "are you the family from that article in the paper?" and we asked her what she was talking about. Apparently the local paper (Sawyer County Record) had featured us on the front of a section of this week's paper.
Leah had written up a little article about us and sent it to the Birkie office, but we had no idea they gave it to the paper!
So we were minor celebrities this weekend. On the trail, many people commented on our Team Sturdy Women signs on the back of our bibs.
I was feeling pretty good for the first hour or so of the race. I did crash on "yard sale hill" but didn't hurt myself or anyone else. About a half hour later, I saw someone lying on the side of the trail, and it was my mom! I asked if she was okay and she said "no." She was lying very still and she said she was pretty sure she broke her arm!
A few people stopped to help, and we sent some to the next food station to get the ski patrol. One guy had some vicodin, which she gratefully took. And then we sat there for about a half hour until the ski patrol arrived.
Once she was safely in their hands, I took off again, and finished the race. I was a little preoccupied, to say the least! As usual, the last 15 km. was very hard and painful, but I pushed through. I didn't get the usual adrenaline rush at the end, so the 2 km. of skiing into a headwind on the lake was extra tough, and the mashed potato snow up to main street was hellish, but I finished and I got my mom's chip to the finishing line, too. They announced my name and her name at the end and it almost made me cry.
I found my dad and Leah and Wendy right away and we went to the hospital and picked up my mom. She is truly a sturdy woman!
Thanks to everyone who called, wrote or otherwise wished me a good race!
Team Sturdy Women (me, my mom, my sister Wendy and Niece Leah) all wore our team sweatshirts to Telemark the day before the Birkie to pick up our bibs and to see Bjorn Daehlie, who was singing autographs. We got in line early and got our team sweatshirts signed by the greatest skier of all time (Michael compared him to Eddie Merckx) and then picked up our bibs and timing chips. All the while we were there, people kept saying things to us like "there's Team Sturdy Women" and we thought it was just because we all had our matching sweatshirts. Finally one woman said "are you the family from that article in the paper?" and we asked her what she was talking about. Apparently the local paper (Sawyer County Record) had featured us on the front of a section of this week's paper.
Leah had written up a little article about us and sent it to the Birkie office, but we had no idea they gave it to the paper!
So we were minor celebrities this weekend. On the trail, many people commented on our Team Sturdy Women signs on the back of our bibs.
I was feeling pretty good for the first hour or so of the race. I did crash on "yard sale hill" but didn't hurt myself or anyone else. About a half hour later, I saw someone lying on the side of the trail, and it was my mom! I asked if she was okay and she said "no." She was lying very still and she said she was pretty sure she broke her arm!
A few people stopped to help, and we sent some to the next food station to get the ski patrol. One guy had some vicodin, which she gratefully took. And then we sat there for about a half hour until the ski patrol arrived.
Once she was safely in their hands, I took off again, and finished the race. I was a little preoccupied, to say the least! As usual, the last 15 km. was very hard and painful, but I pushed through. I didn't get the usual adrenaline rush at the end, so the 2 km. of skiing into a headwind on the lake was extra tough, and the mashed potato snow up to main street was hellish, but I finished and I got my mom's chip to the finishing line, too. They announced my name and her name at the end and it almost made me cry.
I found my dad and Leah and Wendy right away and we went to the hospital and picked up my mom. She is truly a sturdy woman!
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