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Home » Beach ... and Jumping! (Sort of)

Beach … and Jumping! (Sort of)

April 23, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

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Decided to go take a walk on the beach today.

This was AFTER going for a stroll at the farmer’s market this morning, mind you – something I haven’t done without a mobility aid (the knee scooter, a cane, and/or a boot, at various times) since the cipro destroyed my feet just over two years ago.

Felt good. It’s such a small thing, but I’m loving the freedom to just… walk.

Anyway, I’d walked on the sand for a few metres last week, wanted to see how it would go if I actually did a WALK.

It was gorgeous!

Big waves on Lake Ontario.

Hamilton Ontario beachfront.

Hamilton Ontario beachfront.

On the way back, I decided to do up a video for an online Floxie support group that I’m in:

Walked maybe a little less than a km, all told… but it was across a really steep angle, and it felt like a workout.

A little while later, I got it in my head that it was the time to try jumping – first just a couple hops in place, then a ½ rotation, then an attempt at a full rotation.

Spoilers: I only got 3/4 of a rotation in, but hey… not awful as a start, right?

I don’t remember the last time I left the ground in any way.

Physiotherapist said I could start SLOWLY working on hopping / jumping off ice.

That was yesterday (when I did leg day AND 50 WEIGHTED CALF RAISES) – and my calves hate me today – but I couldn’t wait, so did this, this afternoon.

Definitely a lot of work to be done, but hey… at least it seems like things are FINALLY ready for me to get started on it!

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Hey, I'm Marie!

I skated as a kid, and have been making the long, rough road back as an adult.

This time, I have a husband to drag along with me :)

I started back in early 2019, and ran into dual roadblocks in 2020 - the pandemic, and being severely crippled by FOUR PILLS of Ciprofloxacin - an antibiotic that destroyed most of the tendons in both of my feet.

Oh, and pancreatic cancer. Fun stuff.

I've learned to walk again, and in October 2021, I started back. Again.

Here's where I'll chronicle the whole mess!

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