million dollar thrower

So, it's been a while since I've posted a games update. A couple weeks ago I returned to Phoenix for my first Games since surgery (which was also the very first games I competed at)! I took 4th out of 6, which for me isn't bad, and more importantly I got 3 personal records (PRs). One in Hammers, which I've always struggled with, one in Sheaf, and one in WOB which is the event that sent me to surgery last year.

I'll have to throw the 28 pounder for Masters World Championships, which until last Sunday I hadn't picked up since I turned 40. I'm still pretty muscle sore, but I was able to make 8' without re-injuring myself, and I am happy as a little clam with that. I've still got a lot of work to do to make sure I keep myself in working order during competition, but I'm confident about the latter, and excited to compete with the world's best!

Recently my new MRI confirmed that I do indeed have a tear in my right hip labrum (to match the labral tears in both of my shoulders). My PT and I are hoping that physical therapy will give me enough relief not to have surgery, but it will take several months of therapy to determine that one, sooo...it's possible that I might be looking at hip surgery in the fall. I'm a bit...pessimistic about my prospects as the hip has gotten progressively worse over the last 2 years, and I haven't been able to walk more than 1/2 a mile without excruciating pain since last fall. The interesting question is "why do I have labral tears in 3 of the 4 joints that have been MRIed?" Now I just need to find a good doctor who can answer that question. In the mean time, I'll keep training the best I can, and living the best I can, and laughing at every misstep along the way!

Since I've managed a few PRs since shoulder surgery, maybe getting a bionic hip would put me in the top ranks!