Helping is Healing

This doctor gets it. So I gave him my rose and asked him to be mine today. Then I got naked and took those damn stomach pictures. Glad this is the last time I have to take those “before” pictures at a plastic surgery place. This doctor is easy to talk to, understands the demands of CrossFit, and very patient with all of my questions. He was impressed that I was so organized with my typed sheet. Haha. So why am I still sweating by the time I am done talking to him? Good grief. So intense for me. Sounds like he is pretty confident he can keep my belly button. He said it will look different but it will be there. Done. I don’t give a shit what it looks like at this point, truly. I just want to be functional. I told him about a problem I saw in my surgery support group that I had posted in a blog a while back. He said it was too hard to comment on what might have gone wrong there but he has fixed a lot of people’s tummys after they had their surgery done with ...

This week on “as the pendulum swings” I did a strict L-sit pull up & GHD sit up to parallel. ….and it feels like all a dream.   So, after a few minutes of freaking out accompanied with many coaching cues by Antony,  I performed a strict L-sit pull-up, a GHD sit up (to parallel and back up), and some hollow rocking. I performed all of these movements with decent stomach control. I have not done an L-sit of any kind since I had my first son. I just couldn’t do them (or I THOUGHT I couldn’t do them), and I, of course, avoided the GHD. Before I go any further into explaining what happened I just want to express my utmost gratitude for my PFPT, Nancy and my friend Katie, who is a fellow P&PA coach, PT, and CF-L2. They both came, held the phone, touched my body (ha ha), and I felt so supported during this scary yet exciting moment in my journey. The team around you in this is everything and, damn, this was amazing.  I worked hard...