Karma sucks

[The Hunted]

Well, I'll continue my 'karma-series' it seems. None of this was planned, but hey: that's life, right?

This time, karma decided to take turns against me, again. Some of you may remember when
I snapped my ACL, yes [Karma down]? Well, in that same fluid motion (ahem..) I also damaged my meniscus.

Now, about a year later, I have a small tear/rip/fissure (you get it) in my meniscus. Meaning I have to undergo another surgery. Also meaning that I cannot do what I've been working towards for about a year: play football.
The recovery from the surgery will likely be 2-6 weeks, and untill I can play football again...well, nobody really knows.

Some other stuff: Mom's doing great, the cancer is completely gone. And her recovery is going pretty good as well. Uni is somewhat kind to me again *gasp*, yes my dear binary friends, it is possible.


That's just something I wanted to share around here . Feel free to comment,

The Hunted

 

[strewart]

I do indeed remember your initial thread, great to hear you mother is doing well now. Why karma though? What did you think you did to have all that inflicted on you?

Sports injuries suck.. Being out of the sport you enjoy so much is tough. I have been lucky and only had minor things so far; strained knee ligaments with suggested rest of 3 weeks (suggested because I strapped it tighter and kept playing anyway ) and currently two very bruised and sore thumbs. Again, I am still playing anyway, but not at full capacity unfortunately. Volleyballers need thumbs to set.

The hardest part about having to rest is regaining the fitness level you were at and the skills, though you probably know about that better than me having already gone through surgery. Push through it mate, you'll be back in no time. Take the opportunity to focus on other muscle areas while you can't run.

 

[Gor-rok]

Sorry to hear about the injury, buddy. If I was in your position, I'd be out of work for a long time... Not sure how I'd handle it. Probably not very well...

Glad Mom is OK. Make her feel special, and show her you care!

Cancer scares the living daylights out of me. My best pal's dad just died from prostate cancer, and it was agonizing to even catch glimpses of what was happening to him. He was on an experimental treatment towards the end, and it sent him into raving fits of delirium for almost a month. When they stopped the procedure and he regained his senses, he ordered them to immediately cease all treatment. He told them, "There is no way you will ever understand the Hell I have been in, and I will not go back." So, that was that.

Hmm. I've never been much of an internet person, and this forum is the only one I've ever joined or posted on. Still, it's strange how cathartic typing messages to folks you've never met can be, eh?

 

[The Hunted]

@strewart:
Karma was the initial titel, and I figured you guys would understand that it had something to do with my personal life. No real karma involved , it just fits the titel.

Yeah, I know all about focussing on other muscle areas....My quadriceps is now so powerfull, too bad that strenght will all go away after the surgery . Oh well, muscle is something you can train pretty rapidly.
About thumbs: a sore/bruised thumb is soooo annoying , you use that thing for everything! As a goalie, I know what bruised fingers are. They are annoying!

@Gor-rok:
You'd handle it just the way I would (I think ): every day a new one, once you get to do new stuff (like say, run) you're thrilled. And move on to the next day. No sense is worrying about the last day, that day is gone.

Cancer sure let me take another look on life. As I said before: live by the day. It happened to me when I was playing football, I didn't even think about an injury. Playing football was self-evident/naturally...
That's how I looked to life too, before mom got ill. Life was normal, no need to worry about that.
Well, that's nonsense . Everybody in their life gets to do with cancer, be it one of your mates parents, a far friend or yourself....that's scary.
My best friends dad also didn't survive prostate cancer. Thankfully for him, his end was pretty fast and painless (relatively). Just take a moment to stop, and think about life for a while. I know I do it,
I'll go walk in the woods alone, to clear my head. It works wonders.

Internet people are mostly just as sane as normal people . On this forum, spare the bots, the sane-level is above average . You can get a lot of support from people you don't know, i'd say they give you the most support. So, yeah; thanks .

The Hunted

 

[strewart]

Yeah and on the internet, it is just anonymous people, somehow easier to tell them things than people close to you.

My dad had prostate cancer... Luckily it was detected fairly early, and they think the treatment got rid of it all. It really shook his confidence and for a long time his strength though, I'm not sure he will ever completely recover from it. My grandmother is currently dieing from terminal cancer, dosed up tothe eyeballs in painkillers, its not much fun.

I've often joked about the fact that I'll probably get it with all the carcinogenic chemicals I have been exposed to and used at uni, but the scary reality which I only recently came to is chances are I will. I still hold reasonably confident hope that there will be a reliable cure by the time it matters for me, and being at the edge of science I am seeing some amazing advances in laboratory research, but whether it can become commercial or not and soon enough... Hard to say.

I still can't really do anything at all with my thumb after 2 weeks, wondering if I should get it checked.. Chances are they will just tell me to rest it though, and I will ignore them and play with the pain.

When is your surgery happening?

 

[The Hunted]

that's right strewart, digital friends are easier to approach .

And I think the lesson we can learn from your story: don't mess with cancer.
Everytime I hear somebody say it (it's an abuse here in Holland) in the abusive way, I'll approach him.

About your thumbs...well. I find that cooling stuff that hurts pretty much always works . So yeah, cool them, rest them (as far as that is possible) and if the complaints don't go away: visit the doctor.
That would me my remedy, but hey; I'm no doctor .

My surgery is planned on the 4th of january. Although it will just be an arthroscopy, for me: it's surgery.

The Hunted

 

[novatomato]

I remember the initial ACL damage from a while back, funny how surgery to fix something can lead on to more surgery (not really but its fact).
Having someone recover from cancer is great news as it is one more success story against a tableau of unfortunate and painful deaths.

I know all about training parts that can be trained during an injury. Having twice broken my ribs (once in Judo, the second time during a rugby match) there was pretty much nothing I could do except for leg work. I now have legs that are made of cast iron, but my torso development has only now just begun and I have to take it easy with it cause my cardio also suffered greatly from two years of inability to do proper training.