Tuesday, May 10, 2011

What would you change?

20 min amrap
5 chest to bar pullups
10 wall balls 20#/14#
15 kettlebell 53#/35#

Subbed kettlebell for handstand pushups.  Not sure how smart of an idea that was.  Did them unbanded with as much depth as I could do.  Made 6 rounds plus the wall balls.  Started off with parallette hspu, then had to switch to regular.  Going for my pre-op physical this afternoon.  Surgery is only 8 days away!  Absolutely cannot wait to see how my improved breathing ability will affect my Crossfit life.  Only can get better, right.

This brings me to a topic of discussion.  What is quality of lifestyle worth?  For the past year and a half, I have had major issues with acid reflux.  So much that my voice is noticeably different and at times is so scratchy that I sound like a man or darth vader.  This happens everytime that I work out.  I am gasping for breath.  Dr.s are going on a hunch that it is related to my sinuses not draining correctly (and numerous sinus infections) and therefore having four surgeries.  Correcting my very messed up septum, a balloon sinusplasty to clear out sinues, reducing my turbinates and a rhinoplasty to widen my very narrow nose to improve breathing.  The rhinoplasty is my nervous point.  I am very excited to have the bump on my nose widdled down, but really do not know what I will look like with a wider nose.  Some of my friends have asked is it worth it?  What if I do this, end up not looking like myself anymore and it doesn't improve my breathing?  Case in point, Jennifer Grey.  Sure she had a good bump on her nose, but once she had rhinoplasty, she faded away.  She lost her signature feature.  Granted, I am not an actress and it won't affect my work, but will people still recognize me for me?  Obviously, I have deemed that the benefits outweigh the negatives, but it makes you wonder.  To be determined.  Dr. said that I should know within a week of the surgery if it corrected the reflux problem.  If not, then it's back to the drawing board.  Tons of people have acid reflux, and mine is controlled somewhat by medicine, but constant acid in your throat has been proven to change the cells in that area and eventually cause cancer.  Not a road that I want to go down.  Plus my Crossfit addiction (if you want to call it that) is affected by this every day. 

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