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Monday : 4/13/98 - Friday : 4/17/98 " Working Like A Dog "
Well , I didn't get to sleep until 4:00am so
I did not get too much sleep before my first day .
I have now started to work and doing pretty
good . Later in the week I had gotten better
sleeping habits , I guess I was just nervous
. At work , I have done light work at times and
basically used leverage for most heavy stuff
. I have gone on multiple trips in the van , for
about 3 hrs Max. at 1 time , and it didn't
seem to bother me until the second hr . Otherwise ,
it has been a good week for me . It is very
hard to keep yourself from doing work that you
shouldn't do . I find myself biting my lip
to keep me from doing these things . I still cannot
bend over too well and my swelling is still
the same as last week . The one thing I have noticed
is that my legs are hurting , probably from
all the inactivity , and my back seems like it needs to
be cracked , I'm sure that a few weeks of
working will help this .
I have started Softball , but I'm not going
nuts or anything , no diving or running , no swinging
around hard with the bat . It felt good to
lightly jog and to swing the bat , I felt that swinging the bat
was amazingly the better of the two . I took
a few ground balls at second and it was a little
uncomfortable but not too bad . We are supposed
to start on the 30th of this month so , I do not
really know what to do . I feel ok to play
, but I do not want to reinjure my back .
So the contemplation begins on whether or
not to play , I'm sure I will make the right decision .
well until Sunday
I'll see ya
Saturday
: 4/18/98 - Sunday
: 4/19/98 : "A
Relaxing Weekend"
Another weekend done and gone , I forgot what
it was like to have a weekend go so quick !!!
My swelling is going down very slow but for
the most part , it is going down !! I have been
able to do alot more bending down , and it
has not been bothering me . I am still taking
Ultram 2 times a day and I feel great . I
have not lifted anything from the ground , so I do
not have to bend . That position is the most
painful at this point . I have driven for very long
periods of time and I have felt much better
. My posture seems to be much better at this point .
I used to walk with my back arched , but now
I walk with my back straight .
It will take me much more time to figure out
if this operation has been 100% affective .
The reason I say this is because , I still
need to take the pills . Until I am completely off the
pills I am not 100 % . The energy factor waking
up in the morning is not too great at this point .
I still feel a little pain and I take a few
minutes to get up because of it !!
I am still much better than I was and I have
fully understood that it wasn't going to be an
overnight recovery . I am very optimistic
that it will heal in time and I need to take it easy until
then .
I will have my second Softball practice tomorrow
, so I hope to run , more like jogging ,
a little more than I did last week . I hope
to be in good shape for the season but I am still
not sure whether or not to play in this month
.
It feels good to get the exercise and to move
my back around during my swings .
This has also added another dimension to my
game , I don't swing as hard so I can place
the ball much better than I did before . That
will bring my average up from my current lifetime
average of .500 , that would be great
!!!
Well until the middle of the week ,
See Ya
Most Uncomfortable Positions
:
Bending down
sitting for long periods of time
Lifting more than 30 pounds
running hard
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