Knee injury updates

I am sitting in the doctor's office waiting room as I type this.

I am here for a second opinion.

The waiting room is packed....I have at least an hour of waiting....he better be good.

So I have not posted about my last doctor's visit.

I went to see him on May 2nd.

I was expecting a PT reference and instead he told me I needed surgery.

I was shocked because 3 radiologists had looked at my MRI and they all said no tear.

I waited in the exam room 1 hour and 15 min and then he walks in all happy and he says "I see a tear" hmmmm WHAT???

I must have had my best pissed off look on my face because he said "oh you don't look happy". Genius guess doc.

He said he knew that the report said no tear but that sometimes they miss some of the tears.  He said he would call the radiologist and discuss what he sees.  If radiologist agrees we do surgery if not then its PT.  I was pissed.   I had a million questions and by the time I was done the radiologist called.  I was there when the doc took the call.  When he hung up he said "yep he agrees with me! He said this could be a tear" He looked way too happy for my taste.

I wanted to cry.  So he said they would send the request to the insurance for surgery.

I left pretty depressed.

3 days later I walked the OC Half Marathon.

Now we are 12 days later.

I am worst.

I can barely walk today.

It sucks

I called doc #1 to see if surgery was approved and they said not yet.

We called the insurance and they told us we did not need approval for this surgery.

So I am now wondering what the hell they are doing at that first office.

I am not in a good place right now, this is hard.  No running.

I am worried about our up coming trip to Washington DC.

We are leaving in 11 days.

This is a trip with a lot of walking around.....

My head is spinning thinking about it....

I am going to blog about this journey because right now I would love to find someone's story with the same injury and read about what they did and how was their comeback to running.  I want to share what I am doing and not doing.

Don't worry I will not whine on every post.

I will swim and work on core and do whatever it takes....yes even rest.

All right will be back with what doc #2 will say.......

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All right...I am back...

What a roller coaster day.

Very sorry this post is so long.

I will make this short...

I love doc #2.  He is nice and he took his time and he has a great reputation.  I thought I would wait a really long time and it was not so bad.

He listened to me and he did his exam and he said that my pain does not come from that small tear.

He is not concerned with the tear...it is horizontal and he said that he could pull 50 people off the streets and 30 would have a tear like that and not have any symptoms.

He said my problem is anteriomedial impingement.  He explained what that was with a plastic knee and it makes sense.  My joint is being pinched with every step.  He showed me on the MRI a bruise I have on my tibia, that explains some of the pain also.

He recommended PT as plan A.

He said I have to stop running for now.  For REAL.

He said bike is OK, swimming, pool running without ever extending the leg though.

He said he has a good feeling about this being the plan for me.

He gets that I want to run right now.  

I asked about the tear and surgery and he said right now he thinks it is best to give PT a shot and see if we can avoid surgery.  I like that. Less aggressive approach.

I see him again in 4 weeks.

He made a call to the PT place and asked e top guy to see me TODAY.

Top guy, Jeff the owner,  is hard to get as PT, this is the same place I went last year for my groin and I never saw him.

Jeff said yes come now.

So I did.

Lunch is so overrated anyway.

Met with Jeff and Natalie, another great PT who is a runner.  She will be my PT and he will have inputs.

They made me walk and they looked at my knees. Both said the same...knees tend to roll towards the inside when I walk and surely when I run.  I could see it in the mirror.

They said I needed orthotics to correct this and that this would take pressure off my joint and align my knee.  Makes sense to me.  It will also take pressure off the tear I have.

Did my PT session and I am going back Friday.

 

So I am feeling optimistic.

I need to find some patience and also not run.

I hope that plan A and those orthotics will work.

I get the orthotics in one week.

We almost had a broken nose in the family over the weekend...
Will was the pitcher for his baseball game and the ball hit him on the nose ...
It was bloody and it scared the crap out of me and him of course... but nothing was broken thank God...

OC Half Marathon Race Recap

The OC Half Marathon was the 3rd and final race of my second Beach Cities Challenge.

I had to walk it because of my knee.

If you read my previous post you know that I did not do that alone.

Sandy and I headed to Newport on Saturday afternoon to go to the Expo.

We got our bibs and race shirt.  Race shirt is a boring grey...they had no bag with samples..just the shirt.

At the Expo I bought a cold therapy strap that I love.

It is fantastic.  

We went to get dinner at the South Coast Plaza....huge mall where I could get lost 77 times in one hour.  We went back to the hotel and just relaxed.  It was nice to not have to referee the kids fighting over the TV remote or pillows.   Sandy is a really nice person and we had a great talk!  Our shuttle was at 5:05 AM and the start was at 6:15 AM I think...

Alarm went off way too early the next day...we got ready and went to the lobby to catch the shuttle.

I don't know why I thought that it would take 10 min to get to the start but it took much longer than that.  My darn stomach was not too happy and I was starting to regret drinking some coffee before leaving the room.   

Finally we got to the start...the lines for the porta potty were long and moving slow...

I could hear the national anthem as we were walking to the corrals.  I thought "crap Sandy is going to miss the start for wave 1".  She did not look worried or in a hurry.  She said she would start where we were standing and just go from there.....Yeah right....

My plan was to walk this thing with some slow jogging moments here and there...

I knew I had to walk the first few miles and not try to run.  I wanted to finish the race, that was goal # 1.  I did have a time in my mind, I just cannot help it.   I wanted my time to start with a 2 not a 3.

 

 

First 3 miles...I kept telling Sandy to go and run her race...and she kept giving the silliest responses she could think of...she was behind me and I kept turning around and making hand gestures..."Come on! run!"  Well you all know what happened: she never did.  Thank you Sandy.

I did make sure to let the people we were passing know that this woman CAN run and FAST.  

So walking a half marathon...I thought  that is going to be looooong and boring....

Well no.

It was nothing like that.  We had a great time actually.  I was smiling the whole time.  We were telling each other that we both usually don't notice the view along the course when we run a race like that and now we did. 

 

I never take pictures when I run a race and this time I took many and I posted them as I was going.  I also texted Bill a few times and that was fun.

I did always keep an eye on my pace...I tried to walk as fast as I could.

I could tell that my right leg was working much harder then the left (left knee is the one injured) and I knew I would be sore the next day and I was and I STILL am today....

 

 

Each mile marker had a something written on them and the one at mile 6 was clearly made for ME...Take that Dr K.

 

 

My knee was holding up OK...it was actually my other knee that was causing me pain....that was a bummer.  Once in a while I would start running and Sandy would remind me to save this for the end and I would listen.  We could not have had more perfect weather for this race.  

 

 

 

I wish we could have both run.  I still cannot believe Sandy gave up her race for me...here she is almost at the top of the last hill.

 

 

Then we saw these 2...they made me laugh

 

 

And not long after we saw this big guy

 

 

I bet I would have not notice any of that if I had ran that race...

I would have never stopped to take a picture that's for sure.

Once we passed mile 10 I knew that I was actually going to finish this thing after all.  I have to say that I did have some doubts.  It went by much faster than I thought it would.

Next thing I know we were at mile 12!!!! 1 more to go....

At this point I was in pain but I did not care....

 

 

I knew I was going to make it and I knew my time would start with a 2...Even with stopping for pictures and with walking...I would cross under 3 hours.

 

This was the only time during the race that Sandy left me behind.  

 

 

She wanted to get a better time than me....NO NO I am kidding!  She did that so she could get a picture of me crossing the finish line.... I told you she was nice.

 

 

Hands over Hearts for Boston.

I thought of you little Martin...

 

 

I was so happy and grateful.

 

I had completed my second beach cities challenge.

I could not wait to get my big medal!

 

 

We headed to where the shuttle were to go back to the hotel.

The bus was there and we thought we would be out of there in 15 min or so.....

Yeah not so much.....

It took 2 hours to get to the hotel.  Crazy.

At first I thought it was just the driver who was waiting for more runners but it turns out the parking lot was a huge traffic jam.  It was really bad.

I did the race even if my Dr was not 100% in favor of this plan.

I have zero regret.

I am glad that I did it.

I did the best I could and I am happy with that.

I did not give up.

I completed this challenge.

I am sure it would not have gone as well without Sandy.

I think mentally it would have been a lot harder...

I would have tried to run more if I had been alone and I probably would have paid for it.

I have not done much this week...my legs are pretty sore and my knee is not happy.

I am really sore in the hips since Sunday...I guess I woke up some muscles I don't usually use!

So I got a walking half marathon PR like Super Kate said.

I will be back next year to chase the other kind of PR.

I am going to get a DNS for the next race on my calendar.  It is a crazy downhill half marathon and I cannot do that now.  That would be really stupid and painful.  I have accepted it even though it sucks.

Injury: Dr said I have a tear.  I am getting a second opinion next week but for now I am looking at surgery in June.

 

 

I am a lucky person....

Today it was the OC half marathon.
My original plan included me running it and my family being there with me.
We had decided to spend the night in Newport on Saturday.
But things changed.
I got I injured.
Enter plan B.
Walking and no family coming.

We decided that I would go alone but still keep the hotel room and not have Bill and the kids wait for me while I walk.

My friend Sandy was running the race also and I asked her if she would like to share the hotel room with me and she said yes.

During the days leading up to the race she offered MANY times to walk the race with me and of course I said no every time. She is a really good runner, much faster than me and she is getting ready for a big race in 3 weeks. I did not want her to waste a race for me. I told her I would carry my phone and I would be fine.

Fast forward to this morning....
We got to the starting line...and did not have a lot of time to get to the corrals...by the time we got there corral one had just left and that was her corral. I kept saying "Go Go!!" but she was not making a move to the front and said she would just start from where we were standing...in the last corral. I said "you better start running when we get to the mat". She was saying yes yes but I was not buying it. As we were getting closer to cross the starting line, I kept telling her to not stay with me and to run this race.....

Well she did not listen to a word I said.
This awesome lady stayed with me the whole 13.4 miles.
She gave up HER whole race for me.
First 5 miles I kept saying "Go! Run!" She would invent all kinds of answers "I warming up" yeah right.... "I need to pee" "I am hungry" "I am going to go....soon"
Soon....that came at mile 13.1 when she ran to get pass me to be the finish line and take a picture of me finishing this thing.

I will have a race recap but for today I just need to say
THANK YOU SANDY!
I am so very thankful for your friendship and your huge heart.
I know what you gave up for me.
It means a lot to me.
I am a lucky person to have a friend like Sandy, not a lot of people would do this.
When I realized that she was not going to leave me until the end...I got emotional and same thing at the end...I will never forget this that is for sure.

***I will have a race recap next and also an injury update....saw the doctor last Thursday and it was bad news....***

Injury update, OC Half Marathon

Congratulations to everyone who ran Eugene or any other races yesterday. Several of my friends had great races. Special congrats to my fellow French Canadian friend Anne, who destroyed her previous half marathon PR yesterday. She followed a hard plan to reach a time goal and she did it!!! Anne je suis tellement heureuse pour toi!!!!!

Last Friday I got the report for my MRI. It confirmed no tear. It does say I have patella tendinosis. I am seeing the doctor on Thursday and I hope that he will give me some exercises to do at home. That would be the best case...if not I think I will be headed to PT again. I would go to get advices on what I can do at home. I am also thinking of trying acupuncture. They offer that at the same clinic where my sports doctor is. Have you ever tried that? For what and did it help?

Have you ever had patella tendinosis? Is it cured? What did you do? How long did it take to get better? I want to know everything!




Since learning that there was no tear....I have been doing either fast walking or super slow run/ fast walking intervals. All on the treadmill. The intervals were of 0.25 miles for 4 miles. Yesterday I only did 3 miles of walking only and 1 hour of pool running. My knee was sore and stiff and I did not even tried to run on the TM. I found this to be so frustrating.  Pool running is hard...I am lucky I can do it at home.

 
I need a tan......

I have done stretching and PT exercises every day and also foam rolling 2x a day.
I ice 3 times per day also.
I am not supposed to take any ibuprofen because of my GERD but I did take 1 pill twice. It was just 200 mg and so far no stomach problem.











I researched patella tendonisis and found several links with advices on exercises that can be done. The most recommended one is a program of eccentric decline squats.

This is worth the try I think. On Amazon you can buy the fancy bloc like the PT have for about $70. I decided to go to Home Depot instead and got what I needed for less than $25.

Sunday is the OC Half Marathon.
I am registered for this race.
Now normally I think I would probably maybe just skip it and get a DNS because of this injury.
The thing with this one is that it is the last of 3 races for the Beach Cities Challenge. This is my second challenge. I don't want to start over (and have to do Long Beach again....) and I want to complete it. All 3 races must be done in a row. This is why I am not backing out of it...even if my pal Nelly has advised me to skip it.....:)
I have decided to walk it.
I will not do anything stupid.
I am preparing myself mentally for a PW.
Not easy.

Have you ever walked a race because of injury?
How was that?
I am sad just thinking about it but it is what it is.
The one thing that is kind of positive is that it looks like it will be pretty hot on race day so I won't have to deal with dry heaving and that good stuff.

Pool running and MRI

Pool Running....
Have you tried it?

I bought a belt.
I decided to be brave and I got in my pool. Now I know I live in Southern California but the water is not warm yet. We have days where it is over 90 and then we are back to 69. So the water does not go over 70. Heating the pool is not cheap so I refuse to do it.

Ok so pool running is not easy. First I felt like a fool and it gets boring really fast.
I am lucky we have speakers outside so at least I had music.
I went in the deep end only and did a 60 min workout the first day.
My legs felt like Jello at the end.

I cannot say I love it but I am convinced it is a good workout.
I think I will continue doing it this summer as cross training.  I did another session in the pool 45 minutes with 5 miles walking on my TM to replace a long run day.

Then I got a cold. The water is cold and I stayed cold for a long time after getting out.
Now the temp is down to low 60s so I cannot go in the pool.

I stayed on the TM fast walking...and I did my PT exercises foam rolling and stretching every day.

Yesterday I had my MRI for my knee.
They gave me a disc for my doctor who I will see on May 2nd.
I asked for the actual report and they said I could have it in 2-3 days.

 

Of course when I came home I put the CD in my computer and looked at the images.
I asked Dr Google for some MRI images to compare mine.
It turns out that I did not become a radiologist by doing this....no it does require some years of college for that.

After putting a post on Facebook I got a message from a friend who's husband IS a radiologist and she said she would come get my CD and that he would look at it at home and txt me.
A few hours later I got a txt.... Nothing is wrong with the knee. No tear.
Oh happy news!

I also have a friend in Quebec who is a radiologist and she looked at the pictures of my MRI and she said the same thing.

2/2 !
I will get the reports tomorrow or Friday from the radiologist here and it should say the same. Knowing this I am curious to see what the Dr will y next week.

I definitely looks like I would not need surgery.
I am happy that I don't have to worry about making a tear worst.

I am planning on covering the 13.1 miles of the OC Half Marathon. I don't care how long it will take. I will run/walk it. The run part will be slow.

Today I did 3 miles of fast walking and I did 4 x 0.25 miles slow running just to see if I had pain. It felt a little stiff at first but it was not bad.

So that is where I am at for now. Still frustrated but hopeful....

Possible torn cartilage

Possible - torn - cartilage
3 words I did not want to hear today.
I was prepared for runner's knee.
That's it.
No torn anything.

I am holding on to the POSSIBLE.

I saw a sports Dr. today. I had a good feeling about him.
First question he asked was "when is your next race?"
I said "May 5th"
He said "Of course"

I told him about my problem and I told him I was pretty good at deny.
He said he was used to treat people like me.

He was also wearing a Boston 04.15.13 shirt.
I had me right from the start.
How can I not trust a guy like that...right?

So he did all kinds of tests. Knee bending. Squats. I think I aced them all.
Then he said we needed x ray.
OK. We did that right away.
He said they were all normal except one.
He showed me the images.
You can see below.

Apparently he sees that my knees are not the same.
I see them the same..of course. Perfectly fine.
He says that the cartilage looks thinner on the left knee and that could POSSIBLY mean a torn cartilage.
POSSIBLE.

Need an MRI to see cartilage.
Tuesday is MRI day.
I have to see the Dr after that and of course he is not available next week.
MAY 2 is my appt.
This just sucks.
I have a freaking half marathon on may 5th.

Waiting 2 weeks....is well you know....
He told me to run in the pool and bike.
What no running? He said no.
I said "but I got that knee strap and a brand knee treadmill"
He said "I know your kind of people. No running. Or it could get worst if it is torn"
All I heard in that crap was IF.
I asked about walking.
He gave me a look over his glasses "Mall walking"
What the hell is that?

I am not happy.
I almost wish I did not go.
I had pain free run since last week. I did all on TM and low mileage.

So I did what any 44 yrs old would do. I cried in the Dr office.

Came home and got on the second opinion "Dr Google".
I looked up symptoms for torn cartilage and I don't have many of them.
I can squat. I have no swelling.

POSSIBLE
Holding on to that.

Now I don't know what to do about my training and about the OC half.
I am doing it even if I have to walk.
It is the last race of my 2nd beach cities challenge.
No way I am DNS that.

If it is torn.....l cannot go there....you know the S word...

Do you see what he sees?
Can you read my MRI Tuesday? :)
Anyone had that injury? Torn cartilage?
How about knee tendonitis ?

Tell me the truth.....would you run if no pain?
The truth....

Boston in my heart

04.15.13

I am heartbroken.
I am mad.
I am shocked.
I am so so sad.

I started the day by watching the live feed of the Boston Marathon online. I stayed glued to my iPad until the live feed went off. It looked like the perfect day to run 26.2 miles. I was happy for all my friends who were there for this very special marathon.

I have said this many times, I admire all of you who are marathoners. I have yet to cover that distance. I admire all of you who are Boston Qualifier, I am always so happy to read a race recap of a brand new BQ runner.

I was tracking everyone I know who was there, most of them from my HTC-NUUN team; from Mason, NUUN Chief Hydration Officer and driver extraordinaire of my HTC van, who ran a "training" run of 2:54:41 to Jessica who ran a PR to Susan who BQ again in Boston. I was tracking 10 or 12 people total and looking at all the posts on twitter, FB and Instagram and was feeling happy and inspired by all these great runners.

A little after 11 I started my run on the TM. My phone started to beep a lot so I picked it up to see what was going on.... First thing I saw was a tweet from Mason saying "this is unbelievable, I am fine." I thought this was strange..why would he need to say he was fine... At first I thought he had been in an accident or something...but then I saw all the other tweets and realized what had happened. I wanted to throw up. I turned on the TV and saw the horrible images.
I could not believe what I was seeing. I sat there not able to just look away...until it was time to get the kids. When we got home I kept the TV off. I did not want the boys to see the footage of the explosions.

Later I found out that one of the victim was a little boy who was there supporting his dad. Martin.
That is the name of my brother and father.
Martin. 8 yrs old.
My heart broke.
That is the age of my Will. This hit close to home for me.
An 8 yrs old boy standing at the finish line waiting to see his parent cross the finish line.
My kids do this for ME about 15 times a year.
This innocent little guy is gone. He did nothing wrong. He just stood there waiting to see his dad.
I read that he did see his dad cross the line just a few moments before the first bomb went off.

I don't understand how human beings can be so evil. I don't understand how they can live with themselves knowing they took the life of an 8 yrs old child and 2 others and injured so many.

Why.
Why do this.
Attack runners and their families and friends.
Attack innocent people.

I feel so sad for everyone who was there. That they had to go through this horror. Hear the screams and see the devastation.
I feel sad for all the victims and the families.
I feel sad for all the runners who invested so much to get to that special race and had this ugliness take all the magic away.
I feel sad for all the runners who worked so hard..some for years to get there and who were stopped at mile 24 and never reached that blue and yellow finish line.
I feel so so so sad for Martin's parents.

Today I put on a race shirt and join the "Runners united to remember " movement.
4 miles for Martin and all the victims of this horrible tragedy.
RIP sweet little boy.

Knee pain update.....IT band joined the party

I have insomnia so I decided to write a post and hope I will find sleep before getting to the end...

So an update on the knee situation...

 

This is what I did last week:

I bought a knee strap.
I ran only on the treadmill to be on a softer surface hoping this would help.
Foam rolled.
Stretched.
Iced a few times not every day.
Got a treadmill....what?....yes I did....!

This was me before Sunday:

I want to thank everyone who commented or emailed me with advices and or shared their experience with this kind of problem. About the shoes...my shoes are neutral and I rotate 2 pairs that are both under 100 miles. I usually ran on sidewalks..so that is not helping my problems. I have not increased my mileage in a crazy way...I stay between 25 and 28 miles.

I feel that the knee strap is helping. I ran 5 miles the first time with it Wednesday and I felt no pain so of course Thursday I pushed to 6 miles...it was ok again. Friday I rested and Saturday I only had time for 4 miles.
Sunday was my long run day. I wanted to do 8 miles minimum and hopefully 9. It had to be done before 8:45 am so that Bill could go to his soccer. I wanted to stay on the TM and not run outside. I decided to go to a different gym then the one I usually go to because 1: they open at 6 am and 2: they have TM with TV. I got up at 5:40 am and drove to the gym only to find out that it is now closed for renovations!!! I was livid. I had checked online to make sure they were open at 6 am on Sundays and there is no information saying that this location is closed until end of June....grrrrrrrr. I drove to my regular gym and it was not going to open until 8 am....crap...this day was not starting well.....and I was waiting precious time. Finally I went to the 3rd possible location...a real dive.....it is terrible there....but it was open and they have (crappy) treadmills...so it was my only option at this point. I started running and this run was not 100% pain free even with the strap. :(. I ended up doing just 7 because I ran out of time.

Sunday I did feel the sharp pinching pain a couple of times even with the strap.
I iced when I got back and I did my PT exercises later that day with the help of my special PT Maggie!

I am afraid to feel the pain when I run so I have to hold on to the machine ...just in case...
This is causing me to have really sore shoulders!

Monday...I rested. I rolled an stretched but that's it. I feel burning/pain/soreness on my IT band now.....

I am looking for exercises I can do at home to help me with all that. I do have a fitness ball at home I can use so if you have good ones to share please send them my way...or a link on youtube that you like.

We bought a treadmill on Sunday! I am sooooo happy!
We have to assemble it so it is not ready to be use just yet.
I cannot wait to be able to use it

I am not sure about tomorrow...I think I should rest....

And I went to sleep right after that.......

 This is me today:

Not happy

On the freaking bike at the gym.............. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

I did not try anything on the treadmill.  I was good.  But I did try the elliptical and that was a no go was actually worst than running.  I stayed on that darn bike for 1 hour and 15 minutes.  I came home and did my PT and some core workout.

 

I was supposed to run a 10K this month but now I think I will not sign up for it and just wait for the OC Half Marathon.   I am a little worried about this knee thing...I know I have to be patient...it is not easy...I know you all know this....and it could be a lot worst...

 

If you have good exercises or stretch for me please do share!

We finally have insurance back so I will look for a sports Dr...not sure we have that in my town though.

 

Did you all watch that awesome game last night? I think it was one of the best final I have seen for March Madness.  My pool was a disaster this year but I think this tournament was great...lots of upsets and really good games...Wichita on Saturday that was another great one...they came so close.... 

 

 

Runner knee.......?

So I discovered that I am pretty good at that thing called denial.
I mean like an A+ good.
A couple weeks ago I felt like a pinch on my left knee during my long run.
I know I felt it. It was sharp.
It kind of went away after a few walking steps and I finished my run and all the ones I did since.
I thought...well maybe it was in my head... Yeah right....I knew I felt it...but let's pretend I did not because I am very "mature" like that.

I wanted to do my 8 miler Saturday but the schedule was full with soccer and baseball games starting at 8:30 am and birthday party for the kids so that came before my running. I always say I am a mom first and it is true :) I did not run Saturday and I thought I would be well rested for my long run.

Easter Sunday, I got up early to get my 8 miles done and have the rest of the day with the family. I was fine...until mile 4.
That is when I felt that pinch again.
I could not ignore it...I had to skip a little instead of running....and stop and walk....I did not want to call Bill because he was at the park with the boys practicing hitting the ball. I was able to run slow back home. I felt the pain a couple of time. I was worried to feel it with each step.

The pain is at the front of the knee, below the knee cap.
I don't feel it all the time.
It is random and so far just on 2 runs.
See denial.
It is not swollen.

So anyone has had runner knee? Is that it?
How did you heal it?

I read a little online.
I found that ice-rest and elevate is the way to go. I also read that this can be caused by weakness of hip muscles kind of the same as plantar fasciitis and my groin injury. It is the knee on the same side as my groin injury.
I also read that it is recommended to try to run on softer surfaces like the treadmill and to not stop running. So today I did 4 miles very slow. I felt the pinch once. It was not as sharp but it was there.

I want to go see a sports doctor not my GP because I know she will not help me and I will just waste the copay.

I will go back to doing my PT exercises that I had stop doing. Very stupid I know.

I hope this is nothing serious.
If you had that and you have advices for me please share! And thank you in advance! :)

I am writing this on the blogger app so pictures at the end of the post. I wanted to show you what my son is willing to do to impress the girl he likes....
And give his dear mom some material for his 21st bday!!!
He was invited to her birthday and all the games were for girls and he was such a good sport.
You can see for yourself...(she IS a doll..I cannot blame him!)
4 in heels race and put the lipstick on! He won the just dance wii contest!
And he got a cool dragon tattoo!