17 Weeks and 9-holes of golf!
3.29.11: So, I just returned from a vacation to Orlando, FL w/my husband to enjoy some sun w/his family at their timeshare condo. We live in the upper panhandle of Idaho, about 40 miles south of the Canadian border, so….we still have about 8 inches of snow in our yard!
We arrived in Florida on Wednesday to sun and 85 degrees F (about 29 degrees C). Wow, talk about just what the doctor ordered! On Thursday a.m. I went out w/my husband and my father in-law and brother in-law to play golf.
It was fantastic! I was able to swing the club w/o any issues to my achilles, and was able to play 9-holes w/no discomfort or soreness. Later that evening we walked about 1/3 of a mile round trip to the pool. This was by-far the longest uninterrupted walking I’ve done since the injury and it felt great. I was a little bit slower than everyone else, but not too bad, plus, I was wearing sandals, so I wanted to be a little cautious. Once in the water I did a bunch of heel raises and 1-footed heel-raises progressing to shallower and shallower water. It felt so nice!
Woke up the next day w/no soreness (except for my killer sunburn!). I walked 1 mile round trip to the lazy river. Swam around, did more heel raises, etc. I even walked all around the pool and pool deck and in the sand barefooted w/no pain on the bottom of my foot….FINALLY! YIPPEE!
Later in the week I had a 1 1/2 hour golf lesson, and again, no issues (other than my horrendous slice! :) Although the golf pro fixed that, so one more YIPPEEE!).
I still haven’t tried any sort of jumping or jogging, per my PT, but that’s okay. It felt really great to be in the sun and to play golf, swim and enjoy the warm weather and family.
On the 7 hours worth of flight time home, I was in no pain and did some nice stretching of the tendon and ankle in my seat and some seated heel raises, etc.
I would say the biggest challenge was walking through the airport while pulling my rolling luggage, especially going up ramps. I did notice a bit of a small limp when I did that. Oh well, in time I’m sure that too shall get better.
Returned home to a yard full of snow and a high of 47 degrees F…..Looking forward to Spring!
janet said,
March 29, 2011 @ 10:57 am
It sounds like you had a wonderful time……I love Florida! The AT didn’t hold you back at all….good for you.
Must have been hard to leave all that warmth and come home to cold….spring must be just around the corner…I keep telling myself “any day now”
So glad everything is going well!!!!!!
iski7b said,
March 29, 2011 @ 2:24 pm
Yup, Janet, that’s what I keep telling myself, too…”any day now”. Ugh!
This weekend I am going to start my tomato seeds in the greenhouse and next weekend, most of the rest of the garden veggie seeds get started, so that always helps me feel like there’s hope!
Damn, it’s been one heck of a long winter!
gailbuddy said,
March 30, 2011 @ 4:01 pm
I am glad you got to enjoy some warm weather. All the bragging I’ve been doing and our high Sunday was 43F. Yikes! We are supposed to be back in the 80’s by the weekend.
Sounds like you are doing really well. A couple of monthe ago that wouldn’t have been that much fun,huh? I keep thinking about how earlier you got into those hiking boots and I was soooo jealous. We’ve come a long way baby!