Footsore and fancy free

It's been a while since my last post, so let's catch up!

4 Weeks Ago:
I got on a slackline for the first time since my injury (video above), and then took off for the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Good times -- the weather was gorgeous and I spent lots of time on my feet, walking the SoMa district, standing around socializing between talks, and running into old friends.

3 Weeks Ago:
I was catching up on work, networking with new, post-GDC contacts, and enjoying some recovery time after the previous week's jump in daily physical activity.

2 Weeks Ago:

A bittersweet week, starting with the final class of my rope suspension course (which was awesome but felt like it came way too fast). Good: My foot and knee kept improving... I increased my daily walking and on my goth club night I was able to dance for significantly longer. Bad: Toward the end of the week I began to experience horrible, persistent back pain.

Last week:
I seriously stepped up my exercise routine, incorporating weight machine exercises to rebuild the strength my shoulders and upper/lower back lost while I was in a wheelchair. Also! It was volunteer appreciation week, which meant that as a Pacific Science Center volunteer I had free access to a ton of Seattle museums -- I walked all around Downtown/Uptown/Waterfront/South Lake Union checking out as many as I could.

And now:
My final remaining appointment with my physical therapist is coming up in a couple weeks -- on the one hand it feels like an achievement, but I'm also nervous to stop checking in with her regularly. My body is still recovering -- I'm frequently footsore and still sometimes wake up to find that the last two fingers of my right hand have gone numb (probably due to increased nerve sensitivity/irritation caused by my time in the wheelchair). At this point, though, continued exercise should get me back to 100%, and I can go to Seattle Dance Medicine for dance injury screenings to help catch any future problems while they're still easily addressed.

Cosmic Run is coming up this Friday -- it was originally scheduled for last October (which was shortly before I gave up my crutches for a wheelchair) but by sheer luck they were forced to move it to April, giving me time to heal up and actually participate. I'm looking forward to all the music/lights/colors! Looks like they've also made changes to the event itself -- before it was like a blacklight version of the 5K Color Run set to dance music, now they've shortened it to one mile and are billing it as "Cosmic World" -- more of an electronic dance music experience rather than a paint race. Should still be a lot of fun!