Xercisegrl’s BodyBlog

First of all….Thank you to all who have sent the well wishes and encouragement to me these last few months! You guys are the best and I appreciate each nice comment!! You helped me keep my motivation up during an extremely stressful situation and I can’t thank you enough! I’m sorry I didn’t comment to each and every one of you who spoke on my blog…it was crazy just keeping up with my PMs and regular comments!

 
So, anyways, here’s the update…the clot from Hell is now disappearing…yeah!! Testing yesterday showed my vein now has blood flow through it (although it is just a trickle) and is shrinking at a fast rate! That’s the good news. The bad news is that there is irreparable damage to the vein. I am now diagnosed with Chronic Vein Insuffiency. At this time, a bypass is the only thing that could help (and that’s not a sure thing). There is only one doctor in the entire US that does the procedure, which is at the Mayo Clinic in Minneapolis. My paperwork will go in next week to see if it’s a possibility. ***Sigh*** More surgery, so not what I wanted to hear! BUT looking on the bright side, I am out of danger of the more serious issues.

 
 Competing will obviously be put on an indefinite hold (swelling/ varicosity issues) but my diet and training will not be put on hold!!  I am maintaining my weight with good clean eating and cardio/yoga/weights.  Right now, I’m about 125-126lbs with a 20-21% BF. I am continuing to increase my activity level as I feel better and hopefully will see a drop back under 20% by the end of the month (that’s my immediate goal!)  My last BF testing showed me at 18% (October…1 week before surgery) so that’s now my end of April goal.

 
So many people have health issues and allow themselves to put on 20, 30, even 50 pounds (!!), which is INSANE but I was determined not to let that happen! Whatever I could do, I did! And I was on bedrest and minimal activity for a LONG time!! Torture LOL!! Simply put…NO EXCUSES!!

 
Again, thank you all for everything and, please, stop in and check on me from time to time!!  It means the world to me!