New Knee Revision Training - Bit of a hitch

Well I felt great after Flywheel yesterday and was only a little sore today. However I had another day over in Kitsap County with my 95 year old mom. She has definitely taken a turn for the worst so my training plans are getting shelved for the time being while I do whatever I need to do to help her. Unfortunately going back and forth on the ferry and sitting with her is not doing my knee any good. It has definitely gotten angry. On the somewhat positive side I told her about my knee issues - since she has a knee replacement herself she was sympathetic. I downplayed the whole thing though not to worry her which I think worked.

FLYWHEEL - She's Baaaack!

Awesome Awesome Awesome Flywheel class today! - I attended to my Docs recommendation and did not stand up during class and tried not to hammer too much. Of course just being there again with Alex leading the class meant I probably went too strong. (She was out on Maternity leave last time I was in class!) Even though I stayed in the saddle I managed to blow away my last torque stat from a half a year ago. I feel great!
It is even better that I managed to have a great class after spending the day in Kitsap with Mom doing elder care. When I managed to catch the correct ferry to put me downtown in time for the class I got on my iPhone and reserved a spot right away. I went into it feeling really tired but man it was worth every minute!

New Knee Tidbits: Kicking the NSAIDS

Before you go into the surgery your doctor is going to ask you to stop taking your NSAIDs. For me that was no Declofenac for 3 days before surgery. I was made aware in that time how many aches and pains I actually had. Not just my knee hurt but various other parts of my body were in rebellion over the lack of their favorite drug.
So why does the doctor want to torture you like this? It seems simple: NSAIDS can cause bleeding, don't want excess bleeding. Or is it that NSAIDS inhibit healing? Something along those lines I guess....  OK Cool but when I started looking around for more specific information I found a bit more controversy than I expected: http://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/treatments/pharmacological/non-opioids/practical-approach-discontinuing-nsaid-therapy-prior

New Knee Day -3: Sleep In and ignore the ToDo List!

Yep up early as usual but got my coffee and crawled back in bed for a nice long lay in! After that we made a trek up to Maltby Cafe and a cinamon roll the size of a dinner plate. Then a ramble through the town of Snohomish and several of its antique stores. It was a wonderful relaxing day but by the end of the ramble I was feeling the knee more and more.  It is three days pre-op and I am off my NSAIDs.