Boredom, interrupted

Just as boredom was seriously setting in, yesterday was pretty busy.

We had an investigator visit in the morning (loooong story unrelated to my surgery) and then we went to the orthopaedic surgeon. That went well. I was pleased to hear that I wasn't overdoing it on the pain meds. It sounds like I won't be able to do any serious exercise for a while, since I guess the radiation weakens the spine a bit. The surgeon said I have to see how I feel. I can't believe I was doing triathlons (OK, I only got up to Olympic distance, but still) 6 years ago. Sometimes, when I think about how far I am from that level of fitness, I want to cry. Sure, laziness and mommyhood largely contributed to the devolution of my fitness, but I feel like I'm so so far behind now. I do have this goal in the back of my head to do a marathon by the time I turn 40. I only want to do it once, mind you, but I think I want to do it. If you're interested in joining me, let me know!

For the meantime, I guess walking can be my friend and I am lucky to be able to walk, so there's that.

Oh, and it turns out that what I had is called a chondroid chordoma, which is even rarer than a regular one. It's not better or worse, it just had cartilage in it. Still, it is astounding to me how this is so rare among rare.

And we learned that the plastic surgeon will tell me when I can sit down again. When I see him on Wednesday to have my stitches removed, I guess maybe he'll let me know.

And my friend S came to visit last night, so that was fun.

I'm going to need a snowed-in weekend to recover from the excitement. And I will spend some of that time blogging about why I'm bored and what I miss. I know, I know, you're on the edge of your seat waiting to hear about what bores me!