4/8/2013

Back to clinic today and you know what, I liked it. The questioning supervisors looking over my shoulder is annoying but I was happy to be back to treating patients. I have 3 patients this week and one of them is from the acquired brain injuries unit. I know compared to the 30 patients per day that the therapists see in Pittsburgh it's nothing but this is intense rehab so 3 patients actually keep me running around for 8 hours.

4/12/2013

Back to uni for the first time in a couple weeks. We discussed treatment techniques and reviewed some articles. Mostly it was a good excuse for a swim workout, breakfast, and lunch with friends.
This afternoon Kat and I did out group project and interviewed a lady with chronic osteoarthritis. We did half an hour interview and chatted with tea and brownies for about 2 hours.
We got to drive on the M1 which I love because it is where we bike the ironman. On the way over we Kat had some errands to run for her parents and we stopped by her great aunt's house. Yikes!!! It's over grown, rotten out and full of pests but in a really nice part of town so it's worth over a million dollars. Scary!
I ditched climbing tonight for dinner with friends. It was lovely and extremely tasty.

4/13/2013

Oh goodness. I went to post my blog tonight and i found that several hadn't gone up this week. sorry. Kat is having terrible computer problems and is using my laptop so it's all from phone this week. :(

First game ever for the Richmond under 18's. Away at William's town which is exciting for me because it is a bit closer to me than the home ground is. I had to get up at 6:30 to be there plus they lost! I'd say it was a productive day but I needed a nap by the time I got home.
This afternoon I had a house warming party at my friend Laura's. So I made cookies and headed over. The 30 minute ride ended up being extended because the train was out of service:( I would have ridden my bike but I wanted to wear my nice skirt am it's about 15km away so I opted instead for public transport. Sigh. It's never worth the hassle. Anyway. The party was lovely. I only meant to stay for an hour or so but it was quite lovely and I stayed for about 4. I wish my ride home had been quicker but I guess it was entertaining. Lots of funny people. Sigh. So no time for homework by the time I finally got home. I guess I'm I'm for a long day of work tomorrow.

4/11/2013

I woke up at 5:30 so that I could get to work by 7am this morning. I had a bit of paperwork and planning that I needed to do before lunch. This afternoon I got to go on a home visit. Lucy(an occupational therapist), my patient, and I drove an hour out to his house to see the set up and his ability to navigate inside his home. It was thrilling as we discusses installing rails and personal alarms. I got back just in time to leave for the day. I have a tiny bit of paperwork to finish over the weekend. After clinic I had just enough time to look at bikes before going to footie training. This is the one I was looking at today.
http://www.cervelo.com/en/bikes/p-series/p2.html
It has some benefits like better gears but/and it's smaller. Both the length of the bike and the size of the tires. I don't know how I feel about that.
Footie training was fun, we had 3 people to do the job of 1 so we were relaxed and productive although I was a tad brain dead from a long day.

4/9/2013

Two highlights of the day: I had a patient with an acquired brain injury. It was quite sad but really cool. Most of his injuries are actually orthopaedic and not neurological. I like it so much.
Also I went bike trailing this afternoon. It was great. The bike didn't even fit and still felt awesome. I really like this bike but I want to keep looking just so I can test out bikes.
http://m.specialized.com/us/en/bikes/road/shiv/shivcomprivalmidcompact

4/6/2013

Back to footy today.  I feel like I have completely ignored the past month.  Today was the last of the pre-season.  We started at 7am and had 4 practice matches.  In the first day I had an MCL tear and dislocated shoulder, other than that the day was pretty calm.  I left at 2:30 and stopped by the bike shop to stare dreamily at bikes for a few minutes.
My friend was in from Adelaide so I went rock climbing.  Afterward we went to a comedy show and met up with some more friends for dinner.  Being smelly after rock climbing we expected a low key dinner.  Instead we went to a very fancy Japanese steak house called stone grill.  We cooked our own food on a 400degree Celsius stone.  It was delicious   but we were too large of a group for the resturant to handle so it took 3 hours to get our food. Good thing we all like to talk.

4/7/2013

I had a very lazy day today.  I meant to get up and go for an all day bike ride but I missed my alarm and then proceeded to be lazy for the rest of the day. I am absolutely going to get over my lazy phase tomorrow....
 I did look into what I need to do for my global placement in December/January and did a bit of organising for that.  I had originally been dreaming of going to France but I think that being able to do Physiotherapy in French is a bit much.  My two options right now are Tel Aviv 2-20December or Aukland, NZ 7-27January.  I am happily taking suggests and advice if you have any insight for me.
I also spent a bit of time looking at new bikes.  I have a test ride scheduled for Tuesday to try out the type of bike I would need to custom build.  I like any Ironman want to buy a Specialized Shiv TT but that may not be possible.  It is only constructed in a few lengths that all fit tall men :( So I am looking at several other options that will allow me to ride comfortably.  I love my bike but if I'm going to continue with this sport I need a bike for racing that I don't beat up every day riding to clinic.  I'm looking now because I am most likely going to end up on a 3 month waiting list.
Other than that I just did homework and started getting ready to go back to clinic tomorrow.