Last week at soccer I was cutting to dribble around a girl and then I slipped and fell. The girl went to kick the ball and instead kicked me right in the ribs. I couldn't get up for a while since I couldn't breathe. I finally got up and crawled off the field. A few minutes later I attempted to play but I was in too much pain so I went home.
Friday morning (the next day) I left for Colorado to work as a snowboard instructor for a camp for kids with diabetes. I think the cold numbed my pain so I didn't feel it. Monday, though, I woke up in horrible pain. I went to urgent care Monday and found out while nothing appears broken, some cartilage is torn which is why I'm in so much pain.
I did manage to bike 22 miles yesterday with no pain, just less lung capacity. I also got a donation from awesome Antoinette...yay!
On October 20,2012 my dad and I will bike 90 miles through Death Valley to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Each 10 miles represents a year with diabetes for me and a year of people I have met touched by diabetes. I will be posting fundraising and training updates. Thanks for visiting! Please visit my fundraising site: http://www2.jdrf.org/goto/JennyDeathValley
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Biking with some torn rib cartilage isn't easy
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