Category: my knee h8s me
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Walking review: Burke Museum
No comments on Walking review: Burke MuseumSince the knee has been bothering me lately, I’ve been making more of an effort to go for walks. The University of Washington’s Burke Museum, which focuses on natural history and culture, has a special exhibit on … Coffee. In Seattle. Of course. Cynicism aside, it was an interesting overview of the history of how coffee spread outside of Ethiopia with a focus on the present…
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Thankful Thursday
[A little exercise in gratitude and appreciating my body.] Knee is getting better (I was walking without pain for most of Wednesday! I took no ibuprofen today!) in part due to … Walking, leg lifts, “chair squats”, and other exercises from physical therapy, and … Stretching, and … Having a job and life where I can arrange do all that without having to miss work or re-injure…
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Walking review: Pike Place Market
Since the knee has been bothering me lately, I’ve been making more of an effort to go for walks. The physical therapist I worked with during my prior knee episode recommended that I walk on a treadmill* at least part of the time because the uniform speed and surface let me walk at a very predictable, steady pace. But, of course, the best place to walk is…
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Ash Wednesday
Today always reminds me of the friend who gave up Catholicism for Lent one year. :) I grew up born-again, in a church that was a megachurch before megachurches were cool, in a small, fairly fundie denomination. I was so “low church” I didn’t know what “low church” was. I was baptized Episcopalian at St Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle when I was 27. I realize it’s not…
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Long time no post
Work was insane for a couple of weeks. The anniversary / Valentine’s / President’s Day weekend that we’d planned to spend out of town? Turned into “Friday the 13th at a local hotel, then rush home Saturday morning to work.” The rest of the weekend was spent tied to the computer. Things did wind down at the end of last week. Unfortunately, I noticed some…
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…and the other reason why I exercise
It’s called, “Use it or lose it.” Last fall* I pulled a muscle in my right leg. Kept up my daily walks, pulled it again – or maybe pulled another muscle. This aggravated the occasional pain I would have in my right knee, and added some hip and thigh pain too. By November I was noticeably limping much of the time. I couldn’t walk without pain. I…
Living ~400lbs 