become healthy

i want to be healthy and happy with my own body.

I’ve been away from this site for so long! Too many distractions. I think it’s important to revisit and update so here goes.

I saw my doctor a few weeks ago. I hadn’t seen him in 3 months. We took new Xrays of my arm, foot and knee. Everything looks great!

The doctor was especially pleased (and actually quite shocked) by the improvement in my arm. He admitted that with the severity of the injury, he actually did not expect that I would regain full use but thought that encouragement is what I needed to hear. Rather he thought that my range of motion would be extremely limited, stiff, and that my arm would be a lot more crooked than it is. You can barely see the difference between the two.

I still have a ways to go, but he puts me about 6-8 months ahead of the recovery schedule. He could not wait to share this news with his colleagues who have been following my case.

And then there is my knee. Still a problem, but getting better daily. There is still a gap where the scar tissue did not fill in, so unless I want to go through another surgery to fill it, it’s best to leave it alone. We agreed that I will continue my strengthening exercises and will do a second surgery as a last resort. Hopefully not.

I am more mobile and a lot more quick on my feet! I’ve even begun to lose weight…today I’m down 11 lbs! It’s a start!

So I’m back on the road to better health! I’ll check in at the next rest stop!

it’s not just losing weight or getting in shape… it’s the whole package. being healthy is being fit and naturally making good choices for myself.

I have Cystic Fibrosis and have recently been having a hard time. I’ve been in and out of the hospital 3 times over the last two months. My lung function has plummeted, my heart rate has accelerated and for the first time in my life I need to use oxygen at times. In order to ‘Get Healthy’ I need to be very aggressive with working out to increase my lung function, taking my medications, supplements, vitamins, doing airway clearance, eating well, getting massages, getting acupuncture and doing airway clearance and respiratory therapy. It will be a difficult road but I’m up for a challenge because I want to keep my lungs as long as possible before a transplant. Maybe I’ll never even need a transplant.

i am thin and want to be a little bit fat
cuz i am playing soccer and i need to be fat so can
any body tell me how to become healthy??

i am thin and want to be a little bit fat
cuz i am playing soccer and i need to be fat so can
any body tell me how to become healthy??

I saw my doctor and took new x-rays of my foot and arm yesterday. Good news! My foot is almost completely healed and I can start to wear normal shoes. Flat and hard soles only. I will begin gait training soon.

My arm is still crooked, but much stronger! YAY!!! My doctor believes that I will regain full motion and strength, but it is likely that it will never be a mirror image of my other arm again. Oh well, I’ll take what I can get!

As far as my knee is concerned, this was the first visit where my doctor sounded confident in telling me that I will most likely NOT need a second surgery. There is still locking so I may need additional Supartz injections, but not anytime soon. Perhaps next year, and only if I begin to have more pain. With the continued healing of my foot and arm, I will be able to return to my knee strengthening regime soon, and hopefully I become strong enough to avoid these shots altogether.

It has been a long 2 and a half years, with so many setbacks. But I finally see that light at the end of the tunnel.

I came down with a horrible virus this week. I was so dehydrated that my doctor threatened to put me in the hospital if I didn’t stay for a 2 hour I.V. drip. I chose the I.V.!!!

The dehydration made my my broken foot, bad knee and especially my arm so painfully stiff, that I could barely walk or use the computer keyboard. I thought that the swelling I had experienced on a plane last month was bad…I was severely wrong!

But good news, I hope, is on the horizon! I will see my orthopaedic surgeon this week to see if my broken foot has healed completely. Oh how I long to wear a normal shoe!!! It will be a flat one, but at least it will be a normal one!!!

Keep your fingers crossed with me!!!

My doctor said that I am a few weeks ahead in my healing then where he expected me to be, although he cautioned me that it will take about a year to completely heal.

I’m working very hard to straighten (very painful I admit)and strengthen my arm. My foot continues to mend well. Once these two are in proper working order, I can begin to work more on my knee, as I need my right side to work my left knee properly.

Eating right and working out