It has been almost a month and I am down about 17 pounds. Oh yeah! Everything was going very well according to my plan. I was playing basketball 3 days a week and weight lifting on the off days. Feeling really good. Then came spring break. Diet, obviously, was not strictly adhered to but I didn't veer too much. On vacation, we decided to not go skiing as we didn't want to get hurt. But we thought, why not go ice skating what can happen there. Well, I fell. I landed on my right knee. It felt pretty bad afterward but I just pushed on hoping it would go away. I finally decided to call the doctor about my 'popping' knee. He said I should come in for an x-ray. X-ray lead to an MRI. Initially, I was restricted from playing basketball. Boo!. After the x-ray, i was told to not do any type of leg exercises but an exercise bike would probably be OK. Well, that is better than nothing. Stationary bike went well. Then the results came back from the MRI and they said I needed to get into a brace. I went by to get my brace thinking, OK I will wear the brace and I will be able to still exercise. Wrong! My lovely brace is more like a removable cast that I am even supposed to wear to bed.
I don't know what I am going to do now. I will continue the weight lifting and try to watch my diet. Hopefully, this will not set me back too far.
Wearing this 'brace' has been a challenge. It is nearly impossible to drive. With a large family this is a real problem. I had been doing a lot of the taxi driving to help out my wife. Now, it looks like she will have to take over most of it for me. Boy, I sure love her.
