First and foremost I must thank everyone for all there e-mails over the past 6 weeks or so. I keep everyone's kind words very close to my heart, and I am sorry that I have not found the time to respond personally to you all. But please no that I appreciate them very much and I hope in the coming weeks to have a bit more time on my hands and will send out notes to all of you. Most of you read about my injury this past week. I was working out in the gym, and felt a pop in my neck while doing pull-ups on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning I got a MRI that showed I had two discs they were protruding and pushing on a nerve route in my spine. On Thursday I drove to Munich with our trainer to meet with DR. Christian Schneider and received a cortisone injection to help quickly relief the inflammation. I am very thankful that he was so willing to get me in so quickly and help me. The injection was very successful and I now have almost all the feeling and strength back in my hand. I still have quite a bit of pain in my upper back, neck and right triceps, but am very optimistic that as I get my muscles to relax and start functioning properly these symptoms will too significantly decrease if not (fingers crossed) disappear completely. regardless I am getting ready to slide tomorrow and get ready for this weekend, our final world cup competition before the Christmas break. We are in Lillehammer, Norway and look to get ourfirst real taste of winter this week. The drive up from the airport was snowy and the sun is only out for about 6 hours a day.
Julia,
ReplyDeleteI know you are determined to race. I am sending very determined prayers, thoughts and good vibes to you. Remember to breathe, you can do this.
Cheryl and the boys.