It's official - Baggy is seriously wonky!

Well Baggy has seen the physiotherapist. Clever Bird now realises that she should stop blooming Hormonal Hannah from making Grotty Groom feel so guilty that she is still not looking after the horses. Apparently Baggy has less than 10% of the core muscle strength that she should have to hold her pelvis etc in place. It explains lots. It explains why when Baggy was last seeing the physiotherapist (over two years ago), she could not do the strengthening exercises that she was given for love nor money. They involved using her inner muscles to hold a leg in the air - no chance - she could do it easily, but only by using her "six-pack". The key muscle she should use is almost non-existent in Baggy because it never had a proper chance to develop because of the half-stone, 15cm, hairy, toothy lump, that was Lawrence, who sat in the way. Hence Baggy had incredibly strong "six-pack" muscles, but zero inner support, which meant that every time the physio. put Baggy's completely misaligned pelvis back into place, it pretty much immediately came out again. Now of course Baggy's "six-pack" has had a vertical cut straight through it, so all that strength has vanished as well.

 

The other interesting thing, was just how on the wonk Baggy is. When asked to lie on the floor in a straight line, her head and hips were literally inches out of line! When Baggy was in the correct position she felt as though her left hip was sticking about six inches out sideways! No blooming wonder Grotty Groom rides on the wonk - Baggy has spent years compensating for Lawrence-the-durmoid-cyst and now he's left her she's got even wonkier because she isn't balancing that half-a-stone lump. Poor little Wessles! So now Baggy has six weeks to try to a) lie straight and b) engage "the" muscle for 110 seconds (as opposed to the 11 that she can do now - having spent 15 minutes even trying to identify said muscle in the first place). It also explains why Baggy's back is in constant pain and in serious pain if she walks, twists or rides; referred pain apparently. So in a bizarre way, Baggy now feels better. At least she can try to improve things. The physio. also confirmed that the lumpy bumps under the scar are nothing to worry about. She also said that it can take over nine months to recover fully from general anaesthetic and of course Baggy had three lots of it for three lots of surgery in 13 months, so she needs to stop feeling guilty. It's still only five months since the last op. and six months since Lawrence went on his new adventures. So it is official: Baggy Body is still on the Road to Recovery!

Hormonal Hannah went into action after the physio. Tomorrow Baggy is spending the day with her four best friends from school, Baggy decided to try to sort out something to wear. One-and-a-half hours and fifteen outfits later, Baggy decided that she looked a pile of poo, old and ugly in every single outfit. It's all well and good losing loads of weight, but she now has wrinkly, crepey skin and no matter how many times she looks in the mirror all she can see is an old bag looking back at her. Baggy seriously dislikes Hormonal Hannah. She is however looking forward to seeing her old friends..........