tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post7310898097614180724..comments2024-03-21T03:56:28.972-06:00Comments on Jill Outside: Desperatly seeking fitnessJill Homerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-15584053035193309022007-05-20T00:13:00.000-06:002007-05-20T00:13:00.000-06:00Wow Agnes ...You made me blush. Thanks again for y...Wow Agnes ...<BR/><BR/>You made me blush. Thanks again for your comments. I have come to the same conclusion about doctors. They may know more about body mechanics than I ever will, but they don't know me. Keep in touch about your progress. I'm interested to hear how the comeback goes.Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-55273745227835361902007-05-19T07:31:00.000-06:002007-05-19T07:31:00.000-06:00"who says it's not my livelihood."Huh. A very good..."who says it's not my livelihood."<BR/><BR/>Huh. A very good point. I've been struggling with injury for over a year now, and have used that doctor's very rationale on myself many a time. But, also yours in this last sentence. I've just never seen anyone else voice it before, and am feeling a bit of validation at the moment. Thank you. <BR/><BR/>Swimming, biking, running ARE my livelihood in that the activity and pursuit of goals keep me "alive" in a sense and feed me. So, yeah, it's as important to me as the pros, even though they're in a completely different league.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes to you, Jill. Keep persevering and soon this struggle will be a distant memory.Eclectchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14378678427426158365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-71510675468239181202007-05-18T11:16:00.000-06:002007-05-18T11:16:00.000-06:00Jill,Your response to my comment a few days ago ma...Jill,<BR/><BR/>Your response to my comment a few days ago made my day; I felt like a giddy teenage fan who catches a glimpse of her idol. On medicine: even the best Doctors are frustrating to interact with. Here is the problem: Doctors are only experts in one thing, instrumental biological reasoning. They can tell you how to get what you want, given that you know what you want, and given that its get-able. Even that, they can't really tell you, since they never say "If you do this, this will (definitely) happen": they only know so much and are only willing to work so hard to find out. They can make a more educated guess than you can about the road between your current state and your desired state. But they can't tell you what state to desire. They often forget that, and couch their recommendations in absolute rather than conditional terms. They forget that their knowledge is indifferently the knowledge about how to live and the knowledge about how to die. They mistakenly assume that they have special right to say things like: health and painlessness are "goods" that everyone "should" pursue, you don't "need" to be doing such and such to your body, this circumstance is "not so bad," you "shouldn't" worry, you "have to" have this surgery, "it's important to" do X or Y or Z. But insofar as they say these things they are speaking as laymen, not as Doctors, and you have no reason to listen them over the man on the street. This is why, in some sense, there is no such thing as "following Doctors' orders." Doctors can't give you orders, or even advice. Your friends or mom or Rabbi can give you advice, and sometimes you should listen, and sometimes you shouldn't—there's no one to "follow" once you're a grownup. Relative to their epistemic status 50 or 1000 years ago, Doctors are very, very knowledgeable. Absolutely speaking, they are very, very ignorant. And theirs is an a kind of ignorance that no amount of technological innovation will ever erase.<BR/><BR/>your comrade in frustration,<BR/>AgnesAgnes @AgnesCallardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08770874908866700624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-32057812045922176852007-05-18T07:29:00.000-06:002007-05-18T07:29:00.000-06:00I understand. So much of what I do physically is a...I understand. So much of what I do physically is as much for my mental health as it is for my fitness. Take time off if that's what's going to allow you to get back to what you love. Oh, and great photos, as always!Amblushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765599544176134468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-41298834188080657032007-05-18T07:05:00.000-06:002007-05-18T07:05:00.000-06:00Hey there! Have been observing your knee trials f...Hey there! Have been observing your knee trials for a while now....I had knee problems after being hit by a car (whilst riding my bike) stopped me from doing all kinds of things I love, plus hindered my job incredibly, I teach yoga, but slowly with patience and care I got it back to perfect.... Have you thought about trying yoga... it can do wonders if done properly with the right instruction and adequate care. From my own experience I rested totally for a little while until the worst was over, then I had to work at getting back flexibility ... took me weeks to get back into lotus, a position that had been so easy before. Good luck!エスタhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387200194015323709noreply@blogger.com