Not Falling Apart Yet!

I thought I might give you all an update on how my knees are holding up. After a few weeks, they seem to be mostly back to normal (of course, normal still means an old meniscus tear and ever dwindling cartilage). The knee that I threw out while walking across the room is feeling better, but will start to ache slightly if I'm on my feet for too long. I have begun to ease my knees back into working out after about 3-4 weeks off and they are holding up much better than I anticipated. I do have to modify some movements if I feel pain, and my left knee makes a weird clicking sound during the workout, but there's no massive pain after the workout, which tells me that they are handling the movements fairly well (despite the clicking).

I am enjoying getting back into my workouts again and John has begun to join me (he jogs on the treadmill while I do my video). I've been mostly doing Jillian Michaels videos (the mean lady from NBC's The Biggest Loser) and have been impressed as to how good they make me feel and how quickly my body is responding. But against my better judgement last night, I decided to start one of her Level 2 videos. Don't get me wrong - I think it was good for my muscles, but my asthma had a lot of trouble keeping up. I had to take frequent breaks to catch my breath, but I know that I still got a decent workout in because EVERYTHING hurts today. I mean everything. Even my toes. I'm just lucky I'm one of those weird people who likes the after-workout pain (memories of dance training). It makes me want to keep going!

Thanks for the prayers and the checking in to see how my joints are holding up. Hopefully I can avoid getting any more knee owies for a while!