Kicking Back - From Torn Tendon to Black Belt

I’m sure many of you knew about my blossoming prospects as a calf model, but sadly that has come to an end.  See below a post-op pic.  This is after about 2-3 weeks.  The first one shows the difference in calf size.  My left calf is much skinnier, and what is there is pretty much all fat.  But you’d be surprised at how fast that muscle will grow back.  I felt it again a week later and its tangibly there now, which is comforting.  Needless to say, my right leg is getting ripped

My feet ~2 weeks post op

For those of you out there who are reading this , I have learned a lot of things in the past few weeks…most of all are two things I have never been able to do - be patient about something and be willing to ask people for help.  It’s really hard to bring myself to ask guys (in a frat house at that) to help me with laundry, but sometimes you just need to lean on people.  I’m sure many of you (especially the martial arts types) are hard-asses like me who believe that everything in life can be done on your own.  I do hope that it takes something less rough than an achilles tear to teach you that this is not the case.  

The key now is to stay positive!  Here are a few reasons that I came up with that hopefully you’ll appreciate:

1. Chicks dig scars.

2. Crutching is possibly the best upper body work out…..ever.

3. If you’re in college, you get to ride around in the back of a cop car without the jail time

4. At first I might feel bad for myself, but then I think about the first person I’m going to spar in 6 months…and I feel better.  And really bad for him.

5. You look bad-ass when you drop-kick doors open

6. It could be worse…you’ll walk again, and when that day comes, it’s going to be beautiful.