Kalao dah degil tu..

yeah, so i was supposed to rest 6-8 weeks. adehh.. mana bole tahan. strengthening exercise everyday, usual upper body work out, and finger exercise aka main game kt ps2, mana cukup. badan pun dah naik 3 kilo. pastu asek makan je. ha ha. "tu la, sape suro tak jaga makan", you might say. but the thing is, i've already lessen my food portions. adequately. i think. but still, i'm eating more than i'm burning. my party pack can now cater to a whole classroom. darn!

went jogging with my baby on sunday at istana gardens. went around once and walked most of the distance. only jog for a while until i felt a little bit of discomfort in the knee. but i think i still got it. tho only managed a short one, my body feels good. dapat berpeluh, best je rasa. after the run at istana, we went over to a chiropractor's clinic to inquire a bit and i've also set an appointment for check up which will be on thursday. that same night, i went for an x-ray for my knee at my company's panel clinic. pics as below. ada tulang timbul yg rub againsts tulang lain. more on the right side than the left side. as the doctor said in my previous visits, i shud lose more weight, wear proper shoes, and live with it. basket. how can i just live with it? at least give la some options or advice to correct it or something. he insists on me just having to live with it and do my strengthening exercise everyday. how long can i take it la just by that? will see what the chiropracter will say come thursday. i actually wanted to visit the sports ortho clinic at skudai but opted to visit the chiro first. if i'm still not convinced, i'll visit the ortho clinic. shud have just went to the orthopaedic clinic in the first place which wud've save me the trouble. ha ha.

my doctor fren, without looking at my knee and giving it a thorough checkup said its just a tear when i first kena and ask him. but when i showed him this xray below, he said from his point of view, its patella dislocation. kepala lutut senget. no meds cud correct it and only option is surgery. haha. at least for now i got 2 opinions from 2 doctors. will see what the chiro hafta say on thursday.

on monday pulak, smalam, lepas kerja joging lagi. on the treadmill. slow jog and fast walking. only managed 2kms until i stopped as i was starting to feel some discomfort on the knee. tu la, degil. suro rest tknak rest. tk geti duk diam. cari masalah je. kan dah sakit balek. tonite i'm gonna try to cycle. gonna readjust my seating position and will try to cycle and see how punishing it is to the knee in its condition now. but before that, tayar nk kena pump, chain nak kena oilkan sket. sbulan tu tak jalan. habuk lagi. nk kena lap lap sket ni kang lepas keje. he he.

kalao dah degil tu..

The long road to recovery

2 weeks down, another 6 weeks to go. adehh. gained about 3kgs. i'm now 72kg compared to only just 69kgs a couple weeks ago. 65kg target ntah bile tah nk sampai. in these first two weeks, my only cardio was swimming - which i went only for a couple of times, and two days of walking around shopping malls. haha. been doing a lot of knee strengthening exercises and lowered my workout intensity so as to not develop too much muscle mass. perut pulak macam dah naik sikit. adehhh. 50 sit ups every two days tak cukup ni. nak kena increase. i really need to break some sweats. starting tonight, i'm gonna try a different type of cardio exercise - with the arms and body. kinda like aerobics but only on upper body. cant put too much stress on the legs yet. bottom line is, i'm still fat and now that my mobility is kinda limited, i'm not sure how low my fitness level is at now. darn. am eating more than what i'm burning too. mama nye cooking la ni. sedap sangat. i cant complain tho, but its still a factor. haha.

i wore sneakers to work now that i need more cushioning. i've also been reading a lot about knee injuries, exercises, recovery, etc, and i came across 'flat feet'. i'm not sure if i'm flat footed but i'm gonna go get a foot specialist's opinion. the self test dun convince me enuff. this cud also be a factor to the knee injuries and maybe i need some orthotics or corrections to my running and walking. i'm pretty sure i wasnt flat footed before. i remember getting advices from my coaches everytime i wanna buy shoes or i'd get them to buy for me. but that was such a long time ago. somewhere between then and now, i got fat. now that i'm thin again - well, marginally thin - the after effect from thin to fat to thin again cud probably have fuktup my bone structure along the way. i think i really need to have some professional inputs now that i'm getting my training back together. now that its still at an early stage. for peace of mind, at least.

sadly, i'm also slowly developing to be a couch potato. haha. now that i've got time i've been catching up on the movies that i've downloaded but have not watched yet. watched some bruce lee movies, some funny stuffs, and a few human nature stuffs if u get wat i mean. most recent movie that i download and watched was Ip Man. superb wing chun kungfu fight scenes. but weak story line tho. the kungfu was so cool that i watched it twice. he he. was told there were a few scenes that was cut out from the public screening. lucky me i always download. he he.

aaarrggghhh.. its only been 2 weeks rest and i'm already feeling like crap, physically. cant wait till i'm well again. been itching to run and cycle. knee injury is no joke. i hate it. kena once before when i was in school. dislocated my knee. stayed off sports and heavy activities for 5 whole months. imagine that, being a schoolboy. home bound. with hormones raging. ha ha. hopefully, this time it wont be that long and i cud ride and run sooner than i'm supposed to rest. ha ha. its frustrating that i've got my weight down, and got fit, only to be bogged down with injury putting those hard work to a halt. i'll surely be back fitter, stronger and faster. cewah, mcm gempak je. he he.

ironically, its during these times that i get to do stuffs that have been kept on hold or needs more of my attention before but cudnt have time for it. this time round, i have wedding misc stuffs to look into. wedding preparations are under way and i'm currently compiling my friends-to-invite list. apart from those that i'm close to, i dunno who else should i invite. some are 'friends', some are just 'accomplices', and some are 'friends of friends'. office mates are easy. oh, and its a gud thing too there's Facebook. yay! its not that i dun want to invite them all, its just that my wedding guests are limited to 1000 pax and almost a third of it are families and neighbours. the wedding will be at 'a hall' (location rahsia for now), and it'll be a formal dinner with dress codes. do take note. it'll be in june and you guys still got time to save up for wedding gifts. ha ha.

cudnt sleep well last nite. had my knee tightly compressed with bandage, and elevate it on some pillows. sakit badan wo bila bangun tido pagi tadi. macam tk puas je tido. balik keje ni kang mcm nk tido lagi je rasa. huhu.

until the knuckling sensation above my right knee goes away, it'll be like this almost every night. adehhh lagi. next check up will be in february. aiiihhhh..

Knee Pops

ok 3 days gone by and i dun see any signs of recovery or healing. there's no pain, but the knee still feels loose and i cant really stand and support myself for too long without feeling some uneasiness 'in' the knee. it still pops at a certain angle of motion. when i'm sitting down and try to lift my foot, i can feel the bone or muscle move and pops when i put my palm on my thighs above knee. on new years eve, i made my way to the GP to have my knee checked. after going thru some knee movement process and some touching and pressing during the check up, the doc said its a strain muscle, specifically, the quadriceps tendon. its not completely torn but its a tear nonetheless. what a way to start the new year. there're several factors that could lead to this and one of it is consistent stress on a particular muscle which lead to its rupture. looking back on the past couple weeks, i did cycle and ran a lot, but i think its the futsal that contributes most to the damage. its overstress to the knee. the knuckling pops is due to uneven muscle strengths on certain area of the knee which makes it out of alignment. bleeagghhh. the doc also said my cartilage is thinning and i have to live with the pops and knuckling sound for the rest of my life as long as its still there and its not worth to go for a repair or surgery, which, isnt really convincing but coming from a normal GP, i'll take it. for now. i guess after all the working out and exercise last year, i needed and deserved a break after all. so i'll be off from the running and the bike for 6-8 weeks until my knee's all better again. but if it doesnt get better, i'm seeing a specialist or an orthopaedic.
ironically, as i was at the counter collecting my meds, my dad called and ask me my whereabouts. so i told him i'm at a clinic going for a checkup for my knee which he laughed and mock at. basket. ha ha. was given some pain killers and some cream to apply to the knee. and i have to wear a compression knee support brace too.
read up on some knee strengthening exercises on the web. in these next 6-8 weeks i'll be busy nursing and strengthening the knee back to full recovery which i hope it would. apparently, these workout are the ones that i left out in my routines - various kinds of knee lifts, leg lifts, and balancing focus exercise. dang!~
had to come back after 3 days to check on progress, so i went again 3 days later. doc said the swell had subside. i didnt even know it's swollen. doesnt seem like it. when i looked at it. was given more meds and cream.
it'll be a long way to recovery. the sooner the better. i hate it when i'm down with injury. i cant do stuffs and it affects me in many ways. nothing i can do really. its self inflicted. ha ha. once it stopped popping, i'll get back on the bike first before i do any running. until that day comes, i'll live with the strengthening exercises for now. so here's hoping for a speedy recovery. hoohaaa!~