I was so excited! It was a very long time in the making. Many times, I thought I would give up and quit trying. Sometimes, I thought I wasn’t worthy of getting it. It was a goal unlike any others in my life. I would liken it to obtaining academic degrees. I can say without hesitation, my Blue Belt means more to me than my undergrad and my MBA. WoW!!! Really!!!
The plans were set once I was awarded my belt by my coach and friend, Black Belt Eric “Red” Schafer. I would train hard and compete at Blue Belt. I would assist red with things around the gym and use my education and experience to help develop the programming at the gym. I would be on my way towards truly being an effective part of the gym.
Unfortunately for me, I’ve been suffering from a bad shoulder injury for over a year; maybe even longer. I can remember, throwing baseballs and my shoulder feeling horrible. I had gotten accustomed to training and rolling with the pain. I chalked it up to my getting old. Well, it wasn’t that easy. After not being able to make it to train because of the pain and on top of that, I have a horrible work schedule my wife talked me into going to the emergency room to check it out. After an X-Ray showed nothing, I was directed to go get an Arthogram MRI.
A few days after going to the ER about my shoulder, my wife drove me to have the MRI. For starters, they laid me down and gave me two shots to numb the shoulder. Then with a long needle, a blue dye was pumped into my shoulder so they tendons could be seen. Never having an MRI done before, I went in willing and accepting. I laid on the table with pillows wrapped around my arm and having to stay extremely still. It lasted a little longer than needed because I keep moving. “You can’t move in an MRI.”
Once it was complete, I went back to my doctor who said I would need surgery due to having torn tendons. Man, that wasn’t what I needed to hear. He said I would be off of work for one week, but I couldn’t train for 6-to-8 weeks. This is a problem. I have to get things rolling. I have plans. It’s not going to happen. I’ll be out for that length of time.
It hurts emotionally and I have to do this to get better. My surgery is set for September 26th. I guess, I can train until then.
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