Injuries and fitness

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Thearchybunker78
Thearchybunker78 Posts: 317 Member
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I suffered a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) in Jan of 2017, it's been a long on going road, but I am pretty darn well off from where I was. Toss in two knee surgeries this winter and the COVID lock downs welp... It's time to just call it a new beginning. Going back to the basics where I started this adventure many many years ago now.

I started off weight 265lbs and thanks to the help of an awesome Drill Sergeant who helped devise a nutrition and workout plan I lost 85lbs in 10 months. Well... thats the past. With current events I am now 235lbs and finding myself enjoying ice cream and Doritos more then brown rice and chicken.

I love the outdoors, I became extremely passionate about them when I was at my worst with my TBI recover. It helped me find that inner peace with all I was going through. Adding on this weight does NOT make throwing on a 30lbs backpack and take off on a multi-mile hike any easier. Ready for a shocker? It makes it a lot harder actually. I know! Who'd have thunk it? :sweat_smile: So it's time to get back into a healthier me again.

If you've suffered a nasty injury and are struggling as well or are just generally passionate about the wilderness like myself, don't hesitate to add me. I would really appreciate like minded supporters. Thanks and keep on keepin on brothers and sisters!

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  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,130 Member
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    I haven't recently suffered an injury but an injury was what spurred me on to sort my life out a few years ago, slipped on some ice and because I didn't rest it, gradually did more and more muscular damage to my back, hip and knee over a period of about 6 months and ended up barely able to put my socks on. I've also since regained the weight I lost and I am working on a slower rate of loss this time and trying to deal more with the psychological side of why I overeat.

    Although the weight is back, I am lot fitter than I was at the same weight some years ago and do enjoy traditional Irish currach rowing and getting out in the wilderness (albeit without a 30lb backpack), though we're currently locked down to a 5km radius for exercise and not permitted to do outdoor group sports so for now it's just weights and walks.
  • JCH187
    JCH187 Posts: 39 Member
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    Thearchybunker78 wrote: »
    I suffered a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) in Jan of 2017, it's been a long on going road, but I am pretty darn well off from where I was. Toss in two knee surgeries this winter and the COVID lock downs welp... It's time to just call it a new beginning. Going back to the basics where I started this adventure many many years ago now.

    I started off weight 265lbs and thanks to the help of an awesome Drill Sergeant who helped devise a nutrition and workout plan I lost 85lbs in 10 months. Well... thats the past. With current events I am now 235lbs and finding myself enjoying ice cream and Doritos more then brown rice and chicken.

    I love the outdoors, I became extremely passionate about them when I was at my worst with my TBI recover. It helped me find that inner peace with all I was going through. Adding on this weight does NOT make throwing on a 30lbs backpack and take off on a multi-mile hike any easier. Ready for a shocker? It makes it a lot harder actually. I know! Who'd have thunk it? :sweat_smile: So it's time to get back into a healthier me again.

    If you've suffered a nasty injury and are struggling as well or are just generally passionate about the wilderness like myself, don't hesitate to add me. I would really appreciate like minded supporters. Thanks and keep on keepin on brothers and sisters!

    I developed arthritis in my foot and have been out of action for 18 months now. It had a devastating impact on my physical and emotional health. I finally have a light at the end of the tunnel and surgery is imminent so I’ve started healthy eating and trying to get myself in a better place. I’ll
    Add you to my friends list in the hope we can support each other ☺️

  • 142jmh
    142jmh Posts: 82 Member
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    You've a great attitude! I'm sorry to hear about your injuries, and hope you have a full recovery!!

    My injury was in 2016. Ski accident: dislocated shoulder, broke my humerus into four pieces. Afterwards my arm was basically metal and other peoples bones. I had a really great surgeon, and a really great physiotherapist, but I've never regained full mobility, and I've never been pain free (well twice, for an hour each time... it was AMAZING). As soon I was allowed, I strapped on a backpack, went travelling, and got sick. While I've been sick travelling before, this time I didn't get better, and couldn't work for over half a year. No doctor or specialist could figure it out, but they did find precancerous tumours and told me I would have been a goner in less than two years... man, it was not a fun time.

    My careers started to increase the pain / stress I was under (teacher in the winter, wildfire management in the summer). It seemed like my life was just gradually disintegrating. Neither of the careers I had chosen valued wellness or tried to prevent burnout (at least not my work environments). I just felt like it was destroying me. Some of the stuff I dealt with as a teacher made me sit and stare at a wall in silence for hours once I got home. And wildfire had me working crazy long days, sitting all the time (command centre position), and never being able to get outside. I still loved both my jobs, and if I wasn't in constant pain, or wasn't sick, then I wouldn't have left... but I couldn't take it. I left education, and then eventually left wildfire as well.

    Now I'm applying to school so that I can become a physiotherapist. I'm still in pain, still going to physiotherapy myself, and its taken me five years to get back to the weight I was when I had my accident. I walk or run outside every day, being in nature is good for me. I loved the life I had before my year of crap, and occasionally still mourn it. But I figure I hit rock bottom, what better place than that to build up a new life?

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