September Dingos, Run This Way! - Page 5

[mommajb]

: Nic, this is a terrible thing to have to worry about!

bec, : for katie

plady, your will power and workout without carbs is amazing. :

I think I have a tendonitis issue in my elbow. I am in denial so I haven't had it checked out. I know what I do wrong in regards to carrying the boy while he sits on my forearm. This has aggravated it in the past as he spends quite a bit of time on my arm/hip and always on the right. Running is okay but a couple of lifts, including the one that lands Linus on the change table, really tweak it.

[JayGee]

Good Morning!

Nic, oh no . Please keep us updated. I'm so sorry.

Bec, that is wonderful news about Katie's tic! Sounds like the release was really helpful. May it continue to dissipate until it's totally gone. You've been a patient and kind Mama .

mommajb ~ have you tried icing it? Maybe look up some "tennis elbow" stretches? Just thinking of the things I do when something is tweaked.

I've been eating really well all week and it shows, both in my mood and on the scale :. I had DH massage the heck out of my iliac crest area last night and then lay on a bag of ice for 30 minutes. Dare I say it feels pretty good this morning. I'm not going to risk a big walk today, so it's back to the YMCA pool for some more swimming. How many more days until I can run and bike again.......

Oh, and I'm wondering which Dingoes have added the Indy Mini to their 2010 race calendar already . As soon as I'm cleared to run again, I'll sign up.

[grnmtnmama]

morning.

Nic - sorry to hear about the job being up in the air!

Bec - is the release something that only gets done once, or does she go in for a series or something?

I couldn't find the time for my regularly scheduled workout yesterday, but I did go into Burlington and play bike polo. I've wanted to do it for a while now, but it's a 40 minute drive into the city, our summers are so busy, and it's intimidating to be the newbie that i haven't found time. But last night they did a ladies only night so I dragged DS with me and gave it a try. So glad i did. It was hard, but fun. I didn't suck quite as bad as I thought that I'd suck and it was great to meet some new people. I'm keen to go back and to also get up a group to play a little closer to home.

However, my body is a bit wrecked from all the bike riding. My poor arm that was traumatized last spring is hurting in three different places, so I scored an appt with my sports chiro guy this afternoon to help me work out the issues before our trip. Hoping to do my workout after my appt this afternoon, we'll see how it goes.

[Shantimama]

I still have another four months before I am cleared to run and walking is fine but getting a little boring. dh helped me pick out and buy my first new bike since I was six years old : I can't believe how good it feels to ride a bike that actually fits properly! I am working my way up to longer rides and hope to be going for a longish ride every day soon. The grocery store is about a 15km ride round trip so I might try that and just get a little at a time every day (as not much fits in my bike bags) instead of driving and doing one big shopping. As long as I stick with the list it shouldn't cost any more and I will feel a million times better.

My internet connection has been lousy all summer so I have some serious catching up to do on personals :

[Nickarolaberry]

Thanks mamas. This is truly the theater of the absurd, but I'm trying to just go with it. He is looking around again, and in the meantime trying to make other connections locally so we can at least stay for the school year. Meanwhile, it did give me the 'freedom' to switch ds into the Chabad preschool, because they participate in a state program in which the half day option is totally free. I am MUCH MUCH happier with this decision, don't know why I didn't do it in the first place. He visited today and they were making challah and he felt right at home. He'll start there Tuesday and I'll be doing a lot of volunteer work for the school because they're not charging us for an extra month (there's only a set number of paid state hours and if he starts now rather than October, he exceeds it). I'm also going to be teaching at their Hebrew school, which my dds will do as an after school thing, in exchange for tuition. So that's okay.

I don't know how I feel yet about things working out or not here. It's not 'home' yet, so although I'd really like the job security -- I also wouldn't mind going back toward 'home'. I guess it's just a wait-and-see at this point, and y'all will forgive me for the occasional and and : and

Anyway, did a fairly easy 3 miles this morning. Went out for 4 a couple days ago and got totally lost, so I ended up walking the last 1/2 mile or so home. It was still REALLY hot at 6:30PM, like in the high eighties, and I didn't really plan for it. Silly.

[eksmom]

Nic, I'm so sorry. Did they give him any idea of when he would know for sure? The uncertainty is almost worse than whatever actually happens, sometimes.

[Plady]

Originally Posted by mommajb

plady, your will power and workout without carbs is amazing. :

I think I have a tendonitis issue in my elbow. I am in denial so I haven't had it checked out. I know what I do wrong in regards to carrying the boy while he sits on my forearm. This has aggravated it in the past as he spends quite a bit of time on my arm/hip and always on the right. Running is okay but a couple of lifts, including the one that lands Linus on the change table, really tweak it.

Garsh thanks!
Could you somehow switch your holds for a while? I was having insane wrist pain from the way I was sleeping with Alison, and carrying her too I imagine and just getting her out of our bed for a few hours a night has made a big difference. Or maybe you could start using a sling to help support his weight? But I hear you on the denial, when I finally mentioned it to the doctor (who I'd gone to for something else) and he asked how long I'd had the pain I was really embarrassed to admit that it had been at least a year. : You know how we mamas are, everyone else first.

Nic - You are so calm! I'm glad you feel good about the school thing and that you managed to get a run in. I guess there's only so much you can do? But really, kudos for you for not having your head pop right off your neck!

JG - Yay for your eating! It is real motivation when you can feel the difference the right diet makes isn't it?

Mandy - That sounds so cool and as usual with you, totally hardcore. I hope you can start your own group closer to home.

Bec - That release thing sounds fascinating, was it a regular massage therapist?

Sarah - I bet your next 12 will be a lot easier than the last one. IME I found that bad runs were almost always followed by significantly better ones.

Geo - Any improvement on your shoulder?

DrJen - : for a call free weekend!

Shanti! : Good to see you back!

Last night I went to a "book club" meeting which was a nice dinner out and then to see Julie and Julia. It was really fun thought not much book clubiness but it was the first time I didn't still feel like the new girl in the group which was totally refreshing. I've been so impressed by how inclusive the women on the island have been to me but that sense of just being me and not 'that new person' was very welcome.

[pilotchick2005]

Originally Posted by LaLaLaLa

Okay, so, hey.

In my quest for self-improvement, I've decided that THIS is the month where I'm going to start identifying myself as a runner. Not just a mom who sometimes runs, not just a chick trying to lose a few pounds, or someone who escapes to the streets to get some peace, but a runner. Therefore, I thought I'd try my best to be a.... dingo? Really?

Anyway. Hey, I'm Abbey. I live in Massachusetts with my husband and our two kids. Heather is 5. Eric is 3 1/2. Heather starts kindergarten next Thursday. Last Tuesday she had major plastic surgery on her face. Eek. It'll be fine, it'll be fine, it'll be fine..... right? Man, it's hard to send your kids out into the world.

Okay, that's my story for now. No races yet; I've only been back to running for a couple of months. I've considered entering a local 5K or something, but most of them only guarantee a tee shirt to the first whatever number of people who sign up. I'm not running a race unless someone gives me a tee shirt. Maybe next summer.

Hi Abbey,

I'm new here, too. I'm still struggling to identify myself as a runner. I feel like a big faker, and it's all going to come to an end soon. I don't feel like a runner, I feel like someone who's pretending to be a runner.

You should enter a 5k. I've only done two but I'm hooked, they are alot of fun and there is so much energy there.

Major plastic surgery? WOW! What a brave girl!

Nice to meet you.

Sarah

[pilotchick2005]

Welcome, Nemesis. I love love LOVE North Dakota. It's one of my most favorite states, third only to South Dakota and Arizona.

[Nemesis]

Hey, pilotchick! Where are you from?

I'm pretty excited to start C25K on Monday!

[LaLaLaLa]

I'm SO MAD at our insurance company.

So, my DD, Heather, who is now five years old, was born with a giant congenital nevus on her face. It's, like, a really dark, almost black, birthmark. It's bumpy and leathery and has dark hairs sticking out of parts of it. Heather's surrounded her right eye, including her upper and lower eyelids and eye socket. It also was up across her forehead, across her right cheek, and covering the right surface of her nose. Quite a shock at birth--it was nothing that could have been predicted or tested for.

Anyway, when she was a year old she had her first set of surgeries that got rid of the part on her forehead and some of her cheek.

This summer she had a second set of surgeries, which got rid of the rest of the part on her cheek, and cleaned up some pigmentation along her temple.

The next step will be a series of skin grafts, to get rid of the rest piece by piece. Today we get a letter from our insurance company. In summary:

Dear Subscriber:
We will not be covering any of your daughter's skin grafts, as her gigantic facial birthmark does not cause "significant functional impairment." Feel free to pay for the surgeries yourself if you have an extra $30,000-$150,000 lying around or something.
Sincerely,
Your Insurance Company.

:

This sucks. I'm not freaking out right now, so that's good, at least. I'm going to talk to her plastic surgeon to find out if he has strategies for fighting this decision. And I guess if it comes right down to it, DH and I will just have to work a lot over the next few years and go on some serious payment plans until Heather's surgeries are all paid for.

Argh. Thanks for listening. Tomorrow morning I'll run for awhile and feel better.

[bec]

Originally Posted by grnmtnmama

Bec - is the release something that only gets done once, or does she go in for a series or something?

I was told that once it's done, it's done. Although, we may need to go back to catch some spots that weren't taken care of in the first go. I may try to go back next week with her.

Originally Posted by Plady

Nic - You are so calm! I'm glad you feel good about the school thing and that you managed to get a run in. I guess there's only so much you can do? But really, kudos for you for not having your head pop right off your neck!


Bec - That release thing sounds fascinating, was it a regular massage therapist?

Nic - What Plady said! You are amazing to be holding it together as well as you have!

Plady - She specialized in myofascial release, so not a regular massage therapist.

Lalalala - I would be furious! Make sure to appeal and keep appealing! I think most insurance companies have a default answer of "no" for most things. And will only agree to pay for something on appeal.

[Plady]

Lala - Damn mama that is a huge thing to deal with for all of you! and :strength : coming your way.

[Nickarolaberry]

Originally Posted by bec

Nic - What Plady said! You are amazing to be holding it together as well as you have!

:

Pardon me while I pick myself off the floor from laughing so hard.

Let's just say that the chocolate chip cookies I made with the kids the other day?....

I told them dada ate most of them : but really it was yours truly.

I just finished paying some bills with my ... gulp... last paycheck. Very. Scary.

I am terrified.

[Geofizz]

LaLaLaLa, I keep all health insurance correspondence in a file folder labeled "I hate health insurance." Any we don't deal with anything like the series of things you deal with. I hope (and expect) your doctor has the magic words. Don't hurt yourself running. I find frustrations like that make me set out running much too fast and going much too far and I pay for the next few days.

My shoulder is improving, but still sore.

Blech. I've gotten almost nothing done today.

[mommajb]

Plady, your post made me grin; you hit so many nails right on the head.

LaLaLaLa, your post made me eat from the stress of it all. We have been there though the daughter with the medical bills isn't the one with the birthmarks. Dd1 "saw too many specialists" or some such ridiculousness when she was in NICU so our insurance didn't cover any of it. We fought and fought that one (in a foreign language I might add) before just paying for so many reasons. We hope that it is the only time she will cost us our home. I am about to bawl and go pick a fight with my husband just thinking about it. Anyway, all this to say, I hope it settles well for you.

Nic, I too am curious about the time line and want to add a "Wow!" as you are handling this much better than I would.

I spent the morning doing another shift at the gym daycare with a woman that does not appear to be not brilliant which makes the time go sooo slowly. I'd rather sit alone in silence than make stupid talk. Maybe we just haven't connected over common ground yet?

[kerc]

Originally Posted by Nickarolaberry

Pardon me while I pick myself off the floor from laughing so hard.

Let's just say that the chocolate chip cookies I made with the kids the other day?....

I told them dada ate most of them : but really it was yours truly.

I just finished paying some bills with my ... gulp... last paycheck. Very. Scary.

I am terrified.

Nic we are here with you. It sounds like the universe provided a reason to do what was best for your ds and that it is a community. Now as to the cookies? Can you sweat them off? Just suit up in a sweater, wool socks and go outside.





More later. I have lecture in 33 minutes and nothing put together.

[Plady]

Nic - While I would never advise against a stress release run I think you must have enough adrenaline floating through your bloodstream about now to obliterate any cookie residue on contact.

Kerc - :::

[kerc]

Originally Posted by Geofizz

Blech. I've gotten almost nothing done today.

yes, this. but for me it was a good "nothing".

lecture thrown together. I just hate hate hate talking about the formation of Earth (topic for today). Off to deliver said lecture. Back later for some dingo love because the last week has been : horrible. Like bad enough to make me want to go to bed or hide on the beach.

[Geofizz]

Originally Posted by kerc

lecture thrown together. I just hate hate hate talking about the formation of Earth (topic for today).

Tsk, tsk. That's one of my favorite topics? How do you even squeeze it into just one lecture?!?

Conference call in 5 minutes and I forgot my knitting.