Thank you for those of you who prayed for me.
I wanted to tell those of you who prayed that the learning curve for me to get the hang of it actually was answered. My best friend took me on a different trail and, it was like I picked it up right away. We stayed there and skied for about 10 hours. My friend was so good to me. He took me up on the cabriolet all the way up the mountain and took me on different trails. Some easy, some more difficult (it wasn't his fault, he didn't know). But, he initially skied right in front of me calling out to me what I should do w/ each leg/ski so I followed him and did exactly what he said. It really helped me out a lot that way. After doing that a couple runs, he would wait for me at a waiting area and would watch me and encouraged me. It felt so good having him wait for me and not rush me and just be happy and encourage me. I did fall but, not as much as 2 weeks ago so, I was so happy. I hope to continue to get better and lose some fear that I have in association w/ the skiing. We May be going back next weekend too, but, not sure yet.
The one prayer request I have is for my right knee and my right calf. In the morning, a snowboarder accidentally slammed into me (it happens) and my right calf was killing me. I went to medical and iced it for a bit and then went back out.
Later in the day, I had this one pretty bad fall. I was going pretty fast, went to turn but the snow was ice and so my skis came out from under me and i went toppling a little bit. Well, I was wearing a knee brace on both knees which I need to do. But, at the time of that fall, it almost felt like my right knee "popped" but, it felt just fine probably bc of the knee brace. I took a breather b4 continuing but, my knee still felt fine so i continued. It wasn't til near the end of our day there, that my right knee started to hurt. I checked it out in my friend's vehicle and was like, it feels like there's water build up in my knee. He said it's possible to have water retention But, today, my knee is hurting me a little bit. More then anything I feel the heaviness of the knee, its a little swollen. Am really not sure if there's water in my knee or not but, i can walk on it just fine but, it hurts to bend it. Anyways, just asking for some prayer for my right knee for the pain and swelling to go down. I will be icing it today.
I wanted to tell those of you who prayed that the learning curve for me to get the hang of it actually was answered. My best friend took me on a different trail and, it was like I picked it up right away. We stayed there and skied for about 10 hours. My friend was so good to me. He took me up on the cabriolet all the way up the mountain and took me on different trails. Some easy, some more difficult (it wasn't his fault, he didn't know). But, he initially skied right in front of me calling out to me what I should do w/ each leg/ski so I followed him and did exactly what he said. It really helped me out a lot that way. After doing that a couple runs, he would wait for me at a waiting area and would watch me and encouraged me. It felt so good having him wait for me and not rush me and just be happy and encourage me. I did fall but, not as much as 2 weeks ago so, I was so happy. I hope to continue to get better and lose some fear that I have in association w/ the skiing. We May be going back next weekend too, but, not sure yet.
The one prayer request I have is for my right knee and my right calf. In the morning, a snowboarder accidentally slammed into me (it happens) and my right calf was killing me. I went to medical and iced it for a bit and then went back out.
Later in the day, I had this one pretty bad fall. I was going pretty fast, went to turn but the snow was ice and so my skis came out from under me and i went toppling a little bit. Well, I was wearing a knee brace on both knees which I need to do. But, at the time of that fall, it almost felt like my right knee "popped" but, it felt just fine probably bc of the knee brace. I took a breather b4 continuing but, my knee still felt fine so i continued. It wasn't til near the end of our day there, that my right knee started to hurt. I checked it out in my friend's vehicle and was like, it feels like there's water build up in my knee. He said it's possible to have water retention But, today, my knee is hurting me a little bit. More then anything I feel the heaviness of the knee, its a little swollen. Am really not sure if there's water in my knee or not but, i can walk on it just fine but, it hurts to bend it. Anyways, just asking for some prayer for my right knee for the pain and swelling to go down. I will be icing it today.
