...hmmmm weighty issues on my mind

...ok so im dreadfully worried that im going to put on weight...no exercise of any kind for 2 weeks now and at least 2 more to go... i have thad to just about 1/4 my food intake..so am often rather hungry
(having said that i had a MONSTER craving for a sweet apple cakey thing today..so i gave in..and so then i couldnt have lunch...had to be a swap you see)
im quite pleased to note i havent put on weight...was 62.5 the other day and even slightly less than that.. 62.5kg is my not too fat weight but i look better under 61.5(but the kilo from 62.5-63.5) is waaaaaaaaaaay noticeable.... so havent put on weight but maybe some fat as im quite sure ive lost some muscle tone :(
..anyway im out to dinner with gfs tonight for a gossip...well wont they be surprised when i tell them about my weekend last weekend..they will be well shocked!!!
..also a friend of mine was telling me the other day that nothings official until you change your rel.status on facebook... lol..(and stu i think agreed when i was relating the ridiculousness.he may not have been listening to what i was actually saying i guess...it may have been more of a mmmmmmhhmmmmm... hehe i do make myself laugh)
what has happened to us as a society(ie the facebook phenom-which i am a part of..jojo shakes head.. so today i went and changed it..very weird

not going to go to warragul on sat- long way to drive to sit and watch and be sad :(
..and also i do need to get a haircut..i do have a date on saturday that i should probably try to look presentable for ;)

hope all is bonza

... yay yay yay

..so miss jo has had a good day today..no crutches...and got over my grumpiness at not running for 2 more weeks(at least) it was EXCELLENT news yesterday and i need to just suck it up and be an adult
..finally finihsed my homework yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.. lucky my very nice boy cooked me dinner tonight.... definitely time ofr a wine...
it was great today..soooooooo many people were genuinely happy for me..even my boys at school were like ..so was it good news at the doctor yesterday???
so a good day for me
..the knee looks good and feels good..still limping and not walking down stairs correctly...
..and you are correct-those of you who made the caall about not running..i will not do anything without doctors permissiom
..anyway..time to go relax

...oooooh nervous nervous nervous

...getting the final say on the knee today (that must make stu happy...poor lad has heard me talking about it A LOT..and when i ask his opinion...i get the ''im not a doctor jo...lol
...fingers toeas and evrything else i can cross will be :)

..now i just have to get the knee to behave ..otherwise the scalpel may come out eeeeeyuk
more later..............


well it IS GOOD NEWS..but im a little grumpy
..theyre not chopping anythin ngout of my knee... yay..very very happy with that.. i had a diff dr to last time..not entirely tru-the boss guy was still the same.. anyway the first girl is like..does it look better??i havent seen it previously..so i whipped out my photos on my phone... but overall they were very happy with it..anyway im starting to get excited..so when can i run...ummmmmm i got a very 'as if' look from both doctors... no you wont be running until we have another look at it in 2 weeks!!!! 2 weeks...cmon already... and im like....2 weeks!!!! well what other exercise can i do?can i swim..///no cant immmerse the leg for that long... im allowed to walk moderately...and yep that is the sum total of exercise for this cranky pants..anyway the dr i had last time saw me as she was walking past and popped in to say hi(and wanted to have a peak) she was very impressed and told me it looked super,..and she was surprised cos she had thought they would definitely been chopping stuff away.. so my leg is super..yay..
..still not allowe dto drive my manual- maybe the end of the week..but they made it clear i should not go on camp next week

..anyway im trying not to be down about it cos it is very good news...but well i was hoping to be running by end of week.. i guess the fact that im stll limping isnt a great sign :(

...lol at many of your comments peoples!!! and jh...i do LOTS of training at the track thank you very much!!!!! i thought it quite funny that about an hour after he posted - he got a text from a friend asking him if he now had a gf..see practically ALL my friends already knew(not sure about jh-cant tell if he was being sarcastic or not when he said he was surprised)..boys are very different creatures..

anyway- next 2 races definitely off the agenda..and im spewing about sandown as that was the race i was setting myself for... i cant help but feel a sneaky little...well if it feels REALLY good at the end of the week maybe i could go for a tiny tiny little saunter...

..no running as per freaking usual..it is april after all

.. a lot of walking around on crutches yesterday... i was having a look at display homes..my friend was very sweet and trudged around with me which cant have been very exciting for him- well according to my brother who said he hated it when he had to do it... dinner last night with my brother..(and the lad even deicded he would come..i was one shocked little lass!) where i reckon i got told off about 10 times by my brother (i do so much stuff that annoys him..and he is actually the bossiest person on the planet. My nephew was there as well so it was nice to see him and his fiance(he is only 22 and engaged...yikes!!!!!1
..and then i have done about 2 hours hwk this morning ..whatta good gal but i have now lost all my homework mojo

and ummm i had a bit of a play with my knee.. and ummm kinda pulled off the steri-stitch thing9thats the one oin the middle'' oops i dont think i should have done that though
..anyway i have high hopes that tomorrow is going to go very well! i have decided to stop going from one moment of thinking its going to be bad to thinking it is good.. and take a stance and say its going to be good.At 4pm tomorrow it will either be a very happy miss jo or a very sad miss jo...
..anyway i think its time to head out to lunch... have a great day y'all

edit..i must admit i was quite surprised when i read my 'friend's' blog and saw that he had basically outed us...lol..i very jokingly said that i hadnt given him permission to out me...lol..i cant help but be a shit sometimes

..up at dawn

..i went to the dawn service today. Something i have been meaning to do for many many years. it was very moving-especially the bugle..but nobody told me that there was going to be gun fire in the service and i jumped about 10 feet in the air.
before i get all flippant.. LEST WE FORGET

..anyway back to being non-sombre jojo.. it was quite difficult walking around on crutches all day..am pretty tired... then we went shopping at highpoint today (umm havent quite got this resting thing down pat today ..oopsies..
i bought- 2 pairs of pants which can be worn to work or play, a sexy pair of black heels..and other miscellaneous items..socks gauze pads for knees...lol
..anyway it was a very nice day and the lad is now cooking my dinner..i love having people cook for me :)

have been having a bit of a freak out about the knee... and osciallate from no theyre not going to chop-to yep they are going to chop the skin...im being fretty little pussycat
..anyway i ahve been allowed to take the brace off and walk around home today..yay... but i kept the crutches for when walking around outside...but boy does it tire me out :(

..and i also marked a year 12 test earlier..how conchy...

trying very hard to not put on weight..but it is going to be evry difficult... :(

..miss jo wants to spend time in the land of ostriches..but someone keeps making her pay attention to her stupid naughty knee(and he gives me very strange looks when i give it the motivational talk)..well someone has to do it!!!!

..apparently i do 'damsel in distress well..lol

ok picture this... a girl in fitted brown jeans, black top..long flowing hair..leg brace with crutches next to her and the car bonnet open with steam rushing out of it.... lol the allure for men is just too too great!!!
i tried to blow up teh rent a car by accident last night...i saw steam coming out the front of the car everytime i pulled up at traffic lights so after 5 mins of this i pulled into a 7-11 where i was tehn inundated with help.(its very nice to have helful people around :) one guy was trying o help but actually he knew less than me..but he did try..and tipping the water into a completely dry radiator made it all spurt back out(initially we did with engine running so you dont crack the head bu it was just too too hot!) funny tho the temp gauge never went above half..
..anyway i eventually told hime id just wait for it to cool... thought about calling RACV then decided im sure i could do myself....
then a nother guy is like..are you ok..yep its just overheated... anyway he still came ove to help(and was an ex-mechanic so i was certainly happy for his hepl...anyway didnt do any damage and he was extremely helful..he evn flashed his belly at me for some bizarre reason..lol..it was sto show me his permanent painkiller patch(like a nicotine patch)..and this is pretty good for the ego..after he had got in his car he drove back to ask me if i was taken.... ahhh its the damsel in distress syndrome methinks...lol... anyway i gave him exactly the same answer i would have givn any random guy trying to pick me up at a service station..regardless of whether i am seeing someone..which of course every girl knows that if a random dude asks you to go out -you tell them youre seeing someone... i had someone wait outside the pool after he had smiled at me in the pool about 2 years ago me once to ask me out(he was pretty cute too) and it pops out of my mouth before i even think about it...
anyway it was ALL my fault...i tried to do the right thing and check the water(cos it said to do daily) and err well miss jo had her near enough hat on..and didnt do it up properly...it was kinda wonky and ummm let out all the water...ooopy daisy...oh and it is a whopping great big station wagoon...
..also i dont know how us manual drivers are supposed to know this..but i was a little embarassed earlier when i had rung rent a bomb to tell them their car wasnt working only to realise i was trying to ummmm start it in D not P... ummmm d'oh
..miss jo is sooo super tired she is being a super ditz!!!!
..knees been bleeding a bit- too much walking probably..i get to take the brace off friday night for a bit while i walk around home...woo hoo..very exciting...cos it is annoying having the thing on all day evryday
..ugggg
..anyway dinner last night at a chinese restaurant was yum!

..omg is that only one day????????????

ummm im pretty sure when you finish doing HITH(hospital at home) that your first day back is not supposed to be 13 hours long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i had parent teacher night tonight..one P.I.A parent who was quite aggressive... his son..didnt even get close to 50% on LAST year exams ..so i said well how about semester one we aim for 50% and then work from there... he then started aggresively telling me how the school was letting me down ..and as he said..im looking at you righ now...my reply-yes i am aware of that(very calm) anyway i gave him and his son some things they can do...although i think 70% from less than 40% is a big big ask and expectation!!! anyway..he was a pain..and if his son does all the stuff i set him and cant meet that0-well then he can just shush cant he...the poor boy though...

anyway///today was sooooo tough-i dont even know where to begin...i was so tired at one stage i felt like crying.... you gotta remember i havent been up for more than 4 consecutive hours very much in tehlast week..and well crutches-they are plain tiring/// and my mind is doing silly silly things...sometimes im hobbling along on my crutches and it feels like a dream and im like0- i cant be injured ike this-my knee cant really be this bad...its definitely weird
..sigh...anyway..im ostriching for a while...
..at least the boy is being particularly nice to me at the moment...its probably necessary given my mental health at the moment....lol..oh yeah do i need to mention....NO RUNNING ;)

..a sad little jojo watching racing

..i love to race - i REALLY really do. yesterday was the first race of the winter season, thanks for the directions jay-couldnt quit find ferntree gully rd but i did manage to find waverley road..ummm i took off for jells and then realised i actually didnt know the wa and went to check melway....ummm jojo you are in a hire car and it doesnt have one... double d'oh!
..so went and watched evryone else compete...which i was glad i did...only one time when i was talking to Em i said well lets stop talking about it cos i might cry..( id did actually cry a teensy bit in the car on the way home)
oh and of course someone annoyed me when asking how long my rehab is...and hes gone ohhhh doctors dont believe them-i was told 6 weeks and it was four months ...seriously is he a MORON...does he think i WANT to f-ing hear that... i very calmly said... you know what..saying that does not help...i DO not want to know(and i wouldvt flounced off-except its VERY VERY hard to flounce off when youre laying down on the ground in a knee brace...lol..you kinda lose the flounce moment when you have to rather inelegantly HAUL your butt off the ground...lol
..anyway the boy very nicely asked me to come over so we had mexican for dinner-not my idea so i only ordered an entree enchilada(and ate ummmmm 5 million corn chips) i was seriously drunk after one wine..and ummmmmm i definitely talked his ear off...i was a complete motor mouth!!!!anyway brekky at williamstown and then a hobble around th crafty market before a very long nap today..have definitely over done it 'knee wise'

..oh yeah the hopsital news..
am off the 'hospital in the home' no more intravenous antibiotics..just oral ones woohoo
..the plastics people had a look at it..and are like..yep i think we are gonna have to chope some out... but we will wait and se eanother week...oh cant come next friday it anzac day so monday week! that means 2 weeks before the procedure, followed by rehab-NOT HAPPY JAN,,,still have very slim hopes -no chppety chop(but i really am being delusional i think) so at this stage sandown(mid may) is still a minute chance of happening...of course tehre would be zilch training vut well.... a girl can live in hope... the dr's also said i need to rest and elevate..and when i said cool so i can go bavk to work- hes gone....can you fulfil my criteria.... and im like- well kinda-i will overdo it a ;little probably... which of cours ewithin an hour of being home i had...it had started bleeding..oopsies..
anyway so i hired a car..some of you may know i drive small cars cos im SH1T...guess what type of car they gave me!!! go on guess!!!!

..ooooh nervous and excited

..well today is a big big day..
i go and see the plastics people to find out what is happening with my knee.. to chop and dig out gunky skin or heal naturally(and quicker) obviously the latter is hte BEST case scenario.. so i will know sometime afte 3pm
you know when the letter says your appointment is at 3pm but please allow for delays means that no way are you going to be seen before 5!!
..and 'my friend' is supposed to meet me there so we can do dinner after(i havent seen him in a week so it will be nice to soend some time with him)..
hopefully i can convince him to drive out to coburg so we can check out the ;crash scene' lol
ummm and i went on an eating binge yesterday(well not completely) but i went out for lunch and had a burger with fries(not many fries) so only had soup for dinner9chicken noodle) which my brother was being funny about making for me... sigh...cant wait to go home....
ive been sooooo depressed this week so i really want to thank everyone for their kind words- they do actually help...especially when i am so completely isolated in the country and havent been able to see ANYONE and my brother is actually teh bossiest person in the universe(and i know some VERY bossy people)i mean i appreciate how good they have been to me-they are excellent but because i am in their house i just have to bite my tongue..usually when he does something he knows is unreasonable..he skulks back in,,adn goes...heres your damn... or go and do yor damn... whatever..its quite cute.... and the good thing about my family... is just cos someone was grumbly last night...we all woke up today and it was hunky dory
anyway - if i get a chance tonight ill edit this with the news...
evrybody cross their fingers for me!!!!

ooh ooh ihh ALL GOOD TODAY

..nurese has been ...(she cant tell cos she didnt see it yesterday...but trust me - this looooooooooks heeeeeeeeeeaps better than yesterday..not quite as purple...maybe i can avoid the 'slice n dice to tomorrow' cmon knee do it for jojo-less purple more pink (no black) and then scab!!!! you can do it!!!! lol..my knee has its own personal cheersquad... i give it motivational talks quite often and tell it what it can do...no negative comments...lol... i have a LOT of tme on my hands OK!!!

anyway you can have a look at the phot from today...compare to last week and its awesome..and the cellulitis-whilst the red has gone-infortunately it is still a little warm to touch...cant see them taking me off these antibiotics(IV) until that goes away...oh well tomorrow i am going home WHATEVER..i cant take it any more
my brother has been fantastic- everytime i stand up or go to do something he yells at me(which i need cos otherwise i start wandering aimlessly around....... and i havent left the house since monday- it kinda feels like im under house arrest... and last night i was banned from the computer so i was EVER so bored (hermie needed to download something so he commandeered it lol even after he was in bed at 9pm -!!!)
..may go out to lunch with bro-depends what time he gets home from golf practice(hes a very good player-plays pennant at quite high level-his handicap is 4!!!!)
..anyway hopefully get to go out today..... as my'friend' said to me ..i have quite an exciting day tomorrow...get to leave the house-go to the hospital -find out what my rehab is going to be, then we will go out for dinner..

i was considering going to jells on saturday but when mentioned to a team-mate i already got the'maybe you could official' which there is no way im up to..so maybe ill just stay home instead. i probably shouldnt be going anyway

okerly dokerly...happy miss jojo...trying to make sure i am hungry...cos if i eat as much as i used to i would put on a least 1kg per week... i need to get back home so i can weigh myself.... at least thats something i can obsess over then apart from my knee ...lol

ok check out the piccy9and scroll to the previous ones to see how much better :) oh and its upside down of course-the stitches are BELOW the knee

...ooooh somebody called me little..how exciting

..evrybody who knows me knows im not little...not hideously fat or anything but little is definitely a stretch.....
..well today the nurse has gone only 1g..gee... oh i guess youre only a little thing arent you(the two nurse who i had today were RATHER on the lare size)... i didnt mind getting called that!!! as im having wieght feak outs. trying to be very good(no scales here :( but i dont think ive put on weight...trying to be good... only had 3 stale maltesers instead of a million(use by dec 07..lol) after lunch today so thats an improvement

ok the boring medical stuff... last night was a bit weird in bed...my heart was kinda racing...i kept waking up and im not sure if i had a fever or what but i was a bit wooozy and feeling weird
..anyway today ..no fever good BP 110/60 (yesterday 120/80) pulse 60(high for me but considering yesterday it was 76!!!!!! that shows im not 100% usually low 50s when sitting around during the day
very happy with cellulitis....yay... im winning that battle
..she said the wound was looking ok and not to get too stressed..maybe the purple skin would just fall off-even though this would mean a horrible scar-all the nurses have said different things but i like her version best...lol... if i can avoid having further stuff dug out of my knee then that would be preferable.... just scab you silly KNEE..pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaseas stated ..didnt have dinner with CG last night...tried NOT to put the hard word on him because apart from anything he had a shit day himself..and at the end of the day, if someone doesnt want to do something(or cant)- then i dont want them to do it...people should never feel beholden.i know what that feels like and it is shit. i will stay at his house n friday and that will be nice because hopefully by then it may be last day of antibiotics and i may be able to have a wine... and maybe i will be in a better mood by then and maybe...just maybe i may even be able to venture out of trackies...lol.....yes miss j is doing her detox at hte moment!!!!no wine..... bit of course a whole lot of WHINE at the moment...yes it is an oldie..my fave ex boyfriend used to always use that one..he was a very funny irish guy-good singer tooo.... i was his little groupie...i had this great top with GROUPIE written across it..it was awesome....we're still friends actually
anyway i digress
good news on the whole,,, they changed the thing in my arm..dug around for a while trying to insert on the right..no good so put it in the left instead...but in a very awkward spot..right on teh elow crease so very difficult to bend left arm..what a disaster i am... im always amazed at how apologetic they are..im soo sorry... you know if it hurts or whatever,,theyre just doing their job!!! its not their fault i tripped over the damn chain!!!
im going to start having nightmares about chains!!!!!
and yes stu..next time i may well choose to run on concrete rather than some dodgy path..turns out it wasnt better for my joints after all-certainly not MY DAMN KNEE JOINT.... lol..see i must be feeling better...im making a joke about it
today may even be the first day i manage to laugh...someone just needs to be funny

...bored whitless... and going stir crazy

...well the nurse has been,, is very happy with how the cellulitis is responding to the IV antibiotics(phew) shes like well yes it can be serious, it can turn into septysemia or something or other but yours looks good...errrr thanks
..the stittches- still purple- the only thing i can do to helpl facilitate possibly the skin NOT dying is to keep elevated so the blood flows down the leg..which is what the 'flap needs) ok enough gore

i am sooooooooo bored. and unconfortable...how uncomfortable is it just sitting around...i get all antsy in the movie theatre...seriously!!!!!!i would never even sit for an hour without getting up
anyway looks like i probs wont be going out to dinner with CG tonight...

and im supposed to be eating less.... well i ate about a million maltesers..the last thing i want over this 4 weeks is to put on weight.. i need to cut portion sizes and not eat crap... and im dying for a coke zero, but they dont have any at their place... and i dont feel like i can ask thm to buy something as non necessary as coke zero as im already putting them out soooooo much....and really i just want to go home..climb into bed and pretend its all a bad dream.. but i cant go back to my house cos the hospitl at home people come to my brothers house :( :( i think also cos my bro libes so far form everything im feeling really isolated.. and i just keep crying(not full blown crying..just teary..constantly...and i DONT LIKE IT.. could really just do with a big hug

anyway- heres the good leg- the one that hit the chain..its a wee bit bruised..this photo is taken today

..hospital...hospital and a bit more hospital

..wow
busy couple of days spent sitting on my bottom...and ..sitting on my bottom..and waiting around and ummm waiting around..etc...get the idea

ok so heres the long and the short of it(which we all know means long!sorry if its boring)
..went to emergency yesterday the guy was kinda happy with the cellulitis(on the proviso that it stops spreading soon) and offered to either hopsitalise me or let me do what s called 'hospital at home' ummmmm pretty hard call!but i went home..lol... anyway so the nurse will be coming out to me daily unless i have to go into hospital for something(like today)
..so when i woke up today (at my brothers house who insisted i come stay)i actually realised i was feeling quite a bit better..i hadnt realised how ill i felt the last few days...just put it down to being depressed....sometimes its not til i feel better i realise how crap i was if that makes sense
..so today i had to go into hospital ...ummmmmm it TOOK 6 hours mannnnnnnnn! if i had known it would take that long i would have told my sis in law to leave me
anyway had to register for HITH (hospital in hte home) and im considered an inpatient and if at any time it looks like its getting worse they will set me up at hospital...finally some good news today(yes wait for the slight disclaimer though)
...the most serious part has been the cellulitis...this looks like it is responding to the IV antibiotics as the spreading has slowed way down and it is NOT nearly s red
...so they were really quite happy with the cellulits(which was the scary part)..
..to the not so good news... the stitches are going balck and purple which is a sign that the skin may be dying(had to see the plastics people today) which means it cannot mend and will open up... so on fridy i have an appoitnment to see if i need to book in for a 'procedure' which entails cutting off all the NAUGHTY skin(not quite sure how deep the dead cells go... which would mean MORE rehab..more time in this stupid position... what i really want is it to SCAB....A SCAB IS GOOD GOOD GOOD... please be a scab on friday :(
so back to my brothers...trying not to overeat..but nadia just cooked the most delicious roast of all time..i did decline dessert(no biggie for me i dont really like sweets)
..the boy is going to come over and take me out to dinner tomorrow.. :) he is a very busy lad so it is quite good that we managed to find a night he could pop round..

so at hermies hospital..dying to go home... but todays news was good news with only a small bit of bad news here are the photos to show the improvement
this photo is on sunday-still red and spreading..the lines are where hte infection has spread over a day



this photo is taken today..and as you can see...much much less red..infectionabout the same size..but not as red... no fever 35.5 BP 125/83(which is high for me but they said thats normal when you have infection)

..

..well hopefully they will just tell me im being a baby and to suck it up.... lol

but i am going to go to the emergency department to see if they are happy for me to get injections from the doc(at the very least they can give me one for today as the doc couldnt as he doesnt work sundays)
so i am packing my bags just in case they admit me...and will go to school to collect some stuff so i can send in the work that i need to
...so itll be 6hours of sitting around in hospital or 6 hours of sitting around here..
my sister in law is going to come get me and take me..i said she would only need to stay an hour but she will probably stay the whole time
..and the person i would really like to is my sister so im very disappointed that she hasnt rung me...
i sent a text yesterday saying i had cellulitis wihch isnt great and could she please call me
..anyway im such a big baby at the moment.i just need a good swift kick up the backside... oh...and dont google cellulitis...it just makes you worried!
my brother is unlikely tolet me come home even f i dont go to hospital so my nrxt blog will probs be from there(hopefully later today saying im NOT in hospital..heres teh cannula thing in my arm..which is kinda all bruised

out of the frying pan and into the fire

..well things have just gone from bad to worse...ive been crying a bit actually
..fortunately the stitches look ok(cos if the joint gets infect apparently it is extremely bad(im not telling you what the doctor said)
anyway theres quite a bot ored tender swelling around it with unfortunately radiating heat- this is bad.. i have CELLULITIS(please dont make jokes its realy not funny) apparently it is kind of serious..most web sites tell you to toodele off to emergency :( anyway the doctor(who was a little gruff told me he might send me to hospital for 7 days and im like noooo i need to work... he then said he could administer the intravenous antibiotics to me on a daily basis but i had to take some time off work... i was trying to negotiate and this is when it became a 'well you should be resting...i havent sent you to hopsital which would enforce rest,..in order for it to be MORE convenient for you... and i dont think you realsie this could be quite serious and you have to look after your health first and foremsost' ok dr..bring out the big guns why dont you... again i wont tell you what the repercussions are if this cellulitis is untreated...so i now have a cannula(sp??) hanging out of my arm..so they can inject me daily..he doesnt think the vein will last the 5 days so he may need to re-insert.. then i had to wait half an hour in case i had a reaction to it...
so to get the script filled..not many chemists stock it so eventually had to go to r

ill finish this later..im out to dinner..

..anyway ..am pretty depressed

edit: been to dinner which was lovely..i was half crying half telling stu the story..and so he decided to drag his boys over here(they were already in the city) and we went o dinner at sofias in camberwell
i cam home and have checked my leg... he drew a line around the red/heated area(heat is bad) and it has actually extended past that :( if it keeps increasing too much i will actually have to take myself off to hopsital....trust me...cellulitis si quite bad and apparently quite rapidly can become...well i dont want to continue actually.. ill have another look in an hour or so...it maybe it take sme time for the thing to kick in(it hasnt increase any further UP which i believe is a good thing

ive just rung the hospital who cant give me any advice but said to call nurse on call-she said yes the infection is spreading but its probably ok to not go to hospital at te moem==ment..if it start oozing liquid(and not form the cut but from the cells!!! then i have to go in.... you see the infection is in the fat cells... its like a staff thing... you dont want to do teh reading on it-trust me
anyway for now i can stay home but sh ewas impressing upon me to keep my leg elevated as much as possible

..i do what im told

..well i was always told ..if i dont have anything nice to say...dont say anything!
well i agree with that..except for the not saying anything..i planned to only write ONE line today..welll but im a yakkety yakker- me
OMG how sore was i today.. and how much walking at work did i have to do(they wer suitably impressed that i was theres..will NEVER be questioned if i take a sicki LOL).. showed gory piccies of my leg... got REALLY sore underamrs...succeded in NOT turfing my crutches at anyone..finally got to eat at about 1pm after not eating since about 4pm yesterda(hang on i did have a small choc at midnight last night
..copped a LOT and i mean a LOT of grief from my year 12's ... my brother went sooooo far out of his way to pick up my car for me-what a honey.... had dry needling..lotsa stories but will wait til coherent
..wine and panadeine forte are making me tired....
the trailwalker girls are going sooooooo well
..anyway my point is i dont really want to just b and moan..which really is what i would do if i told you how im feeling.... so im going to refrain from comment..yes me being tightlipped- it IS true
..gnight and bon nuit

..stitches, an unhappy jojo and some gory photos

well the title kinda says it all
i went to my club for a run...went on the local paths(being all dutiful LIKE..... cos stu goes CRAZY at me if i run on concrete.. it was a little teensy bit dark..i had a near miss when i nearly ran into something... then i was going o run around this grassy bit near my club but closer to bball courts.... ummmmmm can someone please explain to me the purpose of a chain(shin height) between two stand alone bollards(posts) leading onto a path????? yep onto the kinda dark path i was endeavouring to run on... picture miss j..14mins into her run when KATHUMP she is tripped over by the chain of DEATH... there is literally blood everywhere... and im an independent girl and am telling myself to be calm(its dark so i cant really asses but can see there is kinda a hole in my knee..massive flap....see below....was going to try to get out gravel(but well even i couldnt manage that just then) tried to walk...struggling...so i called out to some people about 50m to get some help(very unlie me..im an 'im ok' kinda gal dont like help much)..ummmmmmmmmm its 3 girls who are about 15(poor girls) theyre quite stressed9seriously A LOT of blood oozing down the leg(it spurted initially) so im trying to calm the girls down... its ok..im ok..i just need you to go get me some toilet paper..i need to apply some pressure... and one of you some wet toilet paper...again..im ok...its ok
was going to walk back round to coburg(bit concerned about amount of blood) so decide to go into the lighted bball centre and see if theres a sports dude there... someone comes over(about 16yrs old i think) and everyone around me is like ...ummmmm you need to go get stitches..(i wasnt convinced initially..but when they said theres a medical centre(and actually had a look at how deep it was) i went ok... and some RANDOM dude(thanks carlo) offered to drive me... he prerang the clinic..but they dont do stitches..so he drove me ALL the way to the austen(what a sweetheart)must remember to thank him..... he was like ..lets see how long it will take...if its not too long ill wait...they got me in pretty quick(musta been the blood everywhere) to have a look.... and then sent me out to wait for stitches..anywhere up to 5 hour wait..so told carlo to go home..he gave me his number and said ..if you finish in an hour call me and ill pick you up cos im visiting my sister..what a sweetie
...theres also an out of hours medical clinic..so i thought maybe GP would sticth it...wait wait wait... nurse cleans it up..... takes out a F-ing huge piece of gravel..then GP says need to xray to see if there is a fracture/// off i toodle...back i go...ummm the cut is very deep..too deep for me to stitch..it may have gone into the joint..so will need to be flushed out and we cant do that..back to emergency...waiting waitn gwaitng...eventually get all stitched up..(the local injection hurt like f-ing hell) and im like(after the 3rd one) ummm i think thats enough.... and hes gone..well it is a BIG wound..... bugger... puts in teh stitches..
miss jo is like...so when can i run..... no im not describing the look-you know what it was!!!! and he goes..lower lomb..stitches arent coming out for 10-14 days... seriously i almost started crying
i actaully exclaimed 10-14 days...but im racing in 9
..thats the sticking point... so i waited a few mins.....ummmmm so any chance i could get the stitches taken out in 9days??? maybe...woohooo there IS a chance
..but it depends what your GP says... miss jo is all like...i heal very well tho!!!
i think he smirked around this time
..and its BLOODY ridiculous..theyre making me go on crutches..>CRUTCHES,,,im unco enough without crutches!!! and i still have to get my car back from coburg???? how may u ask..i really dont know...as im not allowed to drive -or bend the knee or do anything that normal people can do
..im trying to take this with grace... its a small injury...but you know what..i missed just about all of last seasons XC racing(yes i jogged a few)..... i wont say its not fair...... cos as all dr's keep telling me about my back0im lucky to be running... yeah yeah .whatever... but ummmmmmmmmm im really not happy
...deep breath jojo..stucthes smitches... i shouldnt have to be on STUPID crutches(thats for a REAL injury)
see below for gory pics :)
UMMM also can someone please explain how i can go days wothout loooking at it..im a peel back bandages for a peek type of gal(were the pictures a giveaway??)
PS THE LAST PHOTO IS AFTER TEH STITCHES HAVE BEEN DONE
(Ps all the photos are upside down..how else am i gonna take,,them..i was there all alone)

and ummm .yes the SOCK IS Supposed to be white

..the boys are back in town ;)

welcomed the rugrats back 2day..... 2 classes were angels and 2 classes were well...theyre always trhe naughty ones (jojo rolls eyes)
i dod like the noys though..some of them are very sweet... its quite funny...im a tutor teacher ,,,and there is a new teacher in my 'group' and she said something to the boys...and they are like...well you will have to ask miss F...lol how funny is that!!!too cute... i even told my tutor class i was happy to see them...arent i nice :)
..the boy was so sweet last night... he cooked me dinner(and this time i didnt have an allergic reaction) and it was very nice..i did however have one of the worst night sleep ever..admittedly we should try to get to bed before midnight when we get up at 5:40..i can only grunt at that time of the morning....no coherent words(can you believe it-i dont even talk at THAT time...lol) it was one of those nights where you constantly toss and turn...and feel like you got about an hours sleep!!! was tired today
..and i didnt run today either... knee has actually been a teensy bit niggly last 2 days(got a bit sore about 65mins into the water run on sunday :( and my legs have been a bit sore after doing a bucketload of rehab exercises and one legged squats... dont you love the terem bucketload???ooops is that me digressing????? well anyway today i went to yoga.....back was feeling ok(been pretty happy with it the last week..hasnt been 100% but it is bucketloads better than it was) there were a few things i didnt do but did most of it... the back afterwards and during..felt/feels a bit ummmmmmmmmm sore is too strong.... USED..and in ways that it hasnt been...anyway i KNEW running would definitely definitely make it sore...so i fessed up and told stu i wasnt running...he took it surprisignly well..he must be mellowing in his old age..(hehe yes stu i AM teasing you)
..so an early night tonight...am going to be in bed and tucked in by 11pm! thats GREAT for me
thinking of the girls and hoping that they are all feeling good for friday... im so proud of them all
..oh and thank goodness i get paid in one week...my credit card is getting a fair whack at the moment :(

..yay... a run!!!

..first day back at school.. i was quite happy to be back..cant be on holidays forever(and i put on weight whilst on holidays...the regimen of school kinda helps) a number of people gave me strange looks cos i was in a great mood..no boys til tomorrow thoguh... but im kinda looking forward to seeing the little tackers :)

a lot of sitting today..and whilst my back has been feeling pretty free this last week- i did notice a couple of quite painful twangs here and there ??? not sure why..but they passed and didnt linger
..now i wasnt really supposed to run til wed(bloame stu- he knew this and asked me to come run with his gaggle of athletes) anyway it was all fine..perhaps a little teensy bit tight..only at times though
..and i came and did my rehab exercises ..arent i a good little girl... and because im on this side of town..im at my friends house...but then he forgot he had a meeting...lol... so im actually just hanging out at his house...luckily i have a bucketload of blogs to read,,,hehe
i did make a video for my nieces(which made me want to cry)

..so all good... i really like my job :) what a lucky gal i am

..kinda un-jo like today

..i am all 'mis serious britches tonight' lol...could have something to do with the fact that i am marking year 11 maths papers
..term 2 is going to be a REALLY REALLY tough one for me..no im not complaining(i get paid well enough) but term 2 is the worst tem and this year it is also combined with sat morning sport :( oh well..at least im taking cross country with the rugrats
..so for the next 12 weeks it is very likely that ..i) i will not go out anywhere near as much(hence savingme cash) as fri nights will be quiet... and sat nights --well hopefully i will be all tuckered out after competingmyself in my own cross country as well!!! i am also going to see what it would be like if i had a mortgage so i am going to put in the bank how much my mortgage would be minus my rent of course..it all sounds very sensible doesnt it.... also whilst im on this little kick..i am going to go on a DIET... i have put on 2kg in the rest period between seasons..time to get it off!!! oh yeah..ive decided to cancel that thousand dollars of beauty treatments too!

so now i have that all out of my system...
this morning i did a 75 min water run... ugggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the less said the better eh
..and stu has invited me to come and run with his merry band of athletes(can you tell im watching robin hood on the abc at the mo..hehe(thats a bit more like the real jo again now isnt it ) over the other side of town tomorrow night
he sent me a text this morning saying he had a running proposal for me..i was going to make a funny comment but he just wouldnt have appreciated it..(see i really am being all sensible at the moment:shock horror.... he has been known to tell me on NUMEROUS occasions just how un-funny i am(im just worried he would make me run hills tomorrow if i annoy him....lol)
feel bad for DG at the mo who has had her garmin removed from her...seriously..what is wrong with some people! miss jo is all indignant and righteous

..and believe it or not..am looking forward to going back to work... had a great break, but it is time to get back on with it... cant pfaff around watching dr phil EVERYDAY- im sure my IQ drops when im on holidays... a gf and i couldnt do a kids puzzle in the age the other day... maybe its just me...but there was a word no 13 year is going to know... yeah good grammar jojo..no wonder you couldnt answer it.... lol... need to get back to school to talk proper(hehe yes i know -ly)

..the punctuation police

..it appears that jh has employed himself as the punctuation police..lol.. i did laugh when i read his comment on his blog !! i was tempted to write this ENTIRE post with correct grammar...and yes EVE#N punctu-bloody-ation ;) but then i decided hang that for a joke... people wont know how to interpret it...i mean tehres a whole jo ling0 and jo grammar that coincides with reading this blog- em and sara have it down pat- they even understand my DRUNK vernacular.... lol

i also particulalrly loved the way jh described stu: It turns out he’s also Jojo’s regular tormentor/tyrant/coach ..that made me laugh it did ...hehe i posted it here just in case stu didnt get over to jh's blog...cant have him missing out on a pearler like that!!!

42min water run today..forgot how boring it was but then glad to be allowed to exercise again..yay
..last night the boy came and stayed at my house...and we went out with a gf of mine- who i love... shes an absolute cracker.. i was perhaps a little hyper(i get a wee bit excited sometimes when i see people i like)..there may have been talking at a million miles an hour.. then off to chaddie... as i canna believe it...but some westies have NEVER been to chadstome..so i felt it was my DUTY as a shopoholic to take him there... then it was home for the bEST nap i think i have ever had... and then i cooked myself orange roughie for dinner...yummy yummy..id never had it before
..long run tomorrow... well when i say RUN- i do of course mean water
..running...boooooooooooooooooooooooooring
..my back is generally good...a couple of twangs here aqnd there(def not ready for squash...and shhhh dont let tyrant stu(thanks again jh) nor dr stuart hear me even thinking about squash
,,miss jo is all happy campers

...back from lorne :)

i have just spent the last day and a bit in lorne... it was lovely.. my gf and i had a great time... she cooked me a roast and we drank..ummmm a bucketload of wine and champers... oopsies
..then we went for a wlak to erskine falls(remember im not allowed to walk much).. i was amazed at just how UNFIT some people are... not us... we were fine...but you should have seen some of the huffing and puffing
..oh and having read some comments on my return.... in particular to stu...plthththth.... i told you so DOES NOT help anyone9re the squash comment yesterday)...lol... and since when did you start spelling so as... sooooooooooooooooo. lol is my turn of phrase rubbing off on you !!!!
have eaten too much lately..am about to start dieting i think... i also have to tighten the purse straps i think... i have just been spending an EXTRAORDINARY amount of money lately...so thats the plan for the next 6 weeks(starting monday) spend less and eat less..and run more!!!

the back is feeling pretty good today..i am quietly hopeful.... the proof will be in the pudding after my first 3 land runs though.. so still have a few days where i wont really know

..oh and i got my tax organised whilst away..cant believe im not getting any cash back- its bizarre..i think my old school didnt take enough tax out(ie they didnt take out the medicare amount) anyway it will work out even basically

..so thats it for me...im off to have dinner with my 'friend'

..ye gods...that is a storm!!!!

goodness me..i have just driven home from mordialloc(after staying the complete other side of town) 2 hours plus of driving for me.....and THAT is one helluva storm..so many trees across nepean hwy and everywhere else..hope my poor little car is ok and those nasty trees dont pick on it ...was going to drive to lorne today...but im too scaredy cat...and i think they may be shutting the wetsgate...wow!!!
..am tuckered out little jojo...oh and morsey...it wasnt a photo frame you sausage head..it was a picture!!!!as in a print

had a delightful dinner iwith the lad last night- we went to guiseppes...where i wolfed down ALL of the bread and nibbles before an entree and was then so full that i could only eat about 10 bits of pasta main..lol.. then we actually went to the casino which was surprisingly fun..

although it was kinda funny..i was chatting with these guys..and one of them had pinted to (......) who was also talking with them and said is that your man...and i kinda went ...i think youll have to direct that question to him..and hes gone..kinda... which apparently means to these boys that im fair game... lol... one of them came to the bar with me and put his hand on my butt which i just swatted away and then when he tried it again... i was a bit incredulous and am like... i am here with (......) you know..even if he doesnt want to officially date me(to which i laughed)...and then he shook his head..and said well he's crazy...ahhh that was a nice little ego boost (and yes i did tell my friend about it- he wont just read it here on my blog...lol) and his other friend actually gave me his number in front of the boy..not quite sure why..(he was ugly..the other one was at least cute)im like...whats this your social security number(i thought i was funny!!!) and hes like no- thats my home number in england if you want to call me...
well i was wearing my very low cut black dress i guess........................... lol
anyway we both got home drunk as skunks at about 2am... dont know how he managed to go to work(albeit late)

injection
local anaesthetic first(always a good sign NOT) then hes put in this mother of a needle ..squirt..then pushed in further and squirt..jojo jumps a little... and he goes ..i dont mean to sound like a sadist....but the fact it hurt a lot is a good sign..it means that we are getting the right spot...i think it was just as well he couldnt see my experssion at that point!!!!!
anyway...next week dry needling in the glutes and tensor fascae latte(i had a maasage once where it triggered an incredibly hot searing pain from the TFL..to the point where she stopped for a while and said..wow.,..that a lot of heat...im HOT me ;)
..and after id left i realised id forgotten(as i was busy sulking about the no exercise til the weekend) to ask about squash..so i ran back in and am like ..stuart...(all expectant puppy dog eyes methinks) so what about squash(cos there hadnt been talk of even another appt with him) and he laughed....put his hands on my shoulders(which was a bit weird...im just one of those people i think) and said laughingly..you really are just too over enthusiastic.... i want you to be able to run in a straight line first.... jojo may have looked a little crestfallen..or sulky.. so i said oh..well shall i make an appt for a month and then we can re-discuss then...yes jo...a bit more laughing...a month
so it a wait and see with the back- if this doesnt work-the next step is under a CT scan with the injection being deeper :( and closely monitored to make sure it is in the right spot... yeppers that sounds completely painless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a jokester i am!!!
OH YEAH i will definitely be running the first race of AV...am very excited...cannot wait.... get me nice and fit for it stu.... can i run yet..... how about now.... now???...hmmm now???? hehe im not even allowed in the water til the weekedn then 4or 5 days water runnning then a graduated return to land running..can you tell i already want to run(did 7 very slow kms yesterday..legs are FINALLY not sore today..which helps me how since i cant RUN!!!!!

so i think its time for this little pussycat to have a nana nap(the powers out so i cant even watch daytime tv.......) maybe ill clean my room...nah..
j