Yesterday I went to St Gallen to see Dr Pierre Hofer who is one of the best orthopedic surgeons in Switzerland and also involved in sports medicine. He gave me a new brace for my foot which hospitals don't stock. I have to wear the brace for 4 weeks and keep it on even when I sleep. With a bit of a stretch the brace can fit into shoes so now I can actually walk and exercise as long as I am in a controlled environment. I should be back on my skates training in about 4 weeks. He said I could try skate a little after three weeks but just basic skating and not on edges. I'm not sure when I will be able to race though because there is always a risk with the medication I am on for the thrombosis. You never know whats going to happen in the races and you can't control the environment so if I was to crash and cut myself I could loose a lot of blood very quickly.
Tomorrow I will have my blood checked and if it is ok I will be able to come off of the injections. I am getting those twice a day at the moment so I have little bruises all over my legs from where I have been injected.
Things are looking brighter though each day and this morning I was able to do some training on the stationary bike.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
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hi Nicole,
sorry to read about your physical problems lately!
I heared that you visited the netherlands recently too.
I was impressed by the very beautifull pictures that were taken a while ago to promote inline-skating. Now that was not particularly nessesary to me, but i enjoyed them nevertheless - tastefull and sexy!
hope you recover well!
greetings from rotterdam,
jan
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