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smileLisa 
9:05pm
Bear with me guys, this might be a long one...
My pulmonologist said (and then showed me, slide by slide) that my lungs look "perfect." He also mentioned that my heart, spleen, and everything else looks great. In addition, he also said that I do not have a cracked rib, or anything crazy going on. What I do have is cartilage damage around those first top ribs on my left ribcage. I was like "huh? what does that mean?" and he explained that when you are young (I'm 21) you still have cartilage on the top portion of your bones and as you get older it (and your flexibility) goes. So he showed me the slides and pointed to the cartilage and how it is shaped WAY differently on my left (injured) side than my right side.
Bad news is that cartilage heals VERY slowly (2 to 3 months) due to the fact that there is no blood in cartilage. However, he said that no kind of exercise (besides boxing or impact sports) will make it worse. So he said go ahead and run, lift weights, stretch, whatever. Just be careful with people hugging you and stay away from impact to that area. YAAAAAYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am supposed to be taking tylenol for pain and I will come back in 2 weeks.
Oh, and he also showed me on the slide that I have a cyst on my right kidney. 
Totally opposite side of any pain and he said most people are born with them, but he ordered an ultrasound of it and also wanted an Xray of my ribs just to take a closer look. But for now I am GOOD!!!
So that means that my ass will be in the gym or on a run every day! lol I feel so lucky to have nothing horrible wrong with me and to know that my lungs are in good shape! Now I can work on that workout every day goal again! I left it hanging at 144 for the year!
Here is my food log from yesterday!
Thursday's Food
Breakfast:
power size strawberry nirvana smoothie from Jamba Juice (315)
green grapes (70)
low carb monster (20)
Lunch:
double fiber english muffin (110)
2 tbsp nonfat cream cheese (30)
a teensey bit over 1/2 cup egg whites, scrambled (55)
Venti white chocolate mocha frappuchino light w/energy (285)
Dinner:
20 pieces CA roll (500)
a dessert made from:
-2 sugarfree chocolate puddings (120)
-3/4 cup frozen blueberries (70)
-nonfat cool whip (40)
yum!
TOTAL= 1,615 calories
Thursday's Water
117 ounces total
UPDATED GOALS
BEAT MY PNEUMONIA!!!
Progress 100%
Encouragements: 11
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Drink 100+ oz water daily
Progress 5%
Encouragements: 28
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Comments
OMG, What????!!! That is great news!!! Sounds like you got a very thorough doc who is explaining and showing everything to you- which is so important. I am sorry to har about the cyst thing, but that will hopefully turn out to be a non-issue. So I picture you going nuts in the gym!!! Gotta restrain yourself a little to build back up. That must have been music to your ears, you have waited SO LONG to find out what was going on. I am so proud of how you stuck it out and did not relapse, so you can pick up where you left off!!! So exciting, what a nice way to start my day today- to know you are grinning ear to ear! Love you and big gigantic hugs!!
Docc
Congratulations!!! That's great news. But don't forget you've lost some time, so ease yourself back into it. Don't go guns a'blazin tomorrow. :)
monkey
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! I'm so happy for you and so glad its nothing serious!
Jaime1313
THAT'S AWESOME NEWS TO START YOUR WEEKEND, BET YOU ALREADY GOT IT ALL PLANNED OUT. WHOO HOO! CONGRATS! GLAD THAT EVERYTHING TUREND OUT OK, CAN BE SCARY EITHER WAY. YOU ARE SO STRONG LISA AND YOU ARE AMAZING AND I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU. YOU ARE SUCH A POSITIVE PERSON AND I JUST LOVE HAVING YOU AS A DS FRIEND. NO MATTER THE SITUATION YOU ARE ALWAYS ON THE UP AND UP. I CAN YOU NOW, JUST SMILING AWAY AND BEING HAPPY LIKE WE ALL SHOULD BE. TAKE CARE AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND GLAD YOUR BACK! ~ KATHY
KACKY
YAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!How cool is that?!
We'll be keeping tabs on you sunshine!!!:)
Have a GREAT weekend!
wrknprogress35
Excellent news my friend..... I'm super excited for you!!
HisStrengthNotMine
Great news! I know you are so happy! Keep us posted on the cyst, but I'm sure it's fine like the doctor said. Having fun getting back into working out! I know you've been going crazy!!!! :)
NCFroggy
Excellent!!!! I am happy for you that you can get back to your workouts. Just take it easy and tell Brian just baby cub hugs for now. :)
ChiTownBear