Training Day Seventy Three

This day has been absolutely horrible. It's a long story, but I'll try to make it short. A few weeks ago my girlfriend said that she felt some pain in the back of her knee. The pain continued and it worsened just a few days ago, at which point she went to the physical therapist. After examining her, he told her that it was baker's cyst. Apparently this was a harmless cyst, but potentially very painful. This very morning she wakes up with excruciating pain. We call the health counseling service number and they tell her to get in touch with the local hospital in Laholm. We call them up and they tell us that there's nothing they can do. We insist on coming in since she's crying in pain (they can even hear her in the background). The call ends with us getting no help other than them telling us that a visit would only leave us 300 Swedish crowns poorer. Afraid that her condition might mean something else than a baker's cyst we decide to call the health care service number again. Mostly so that we can be reassured that it's nothing more serious (such as a blood clot). The nurse tells us that the fact that we've not been allowed to come in to the hospital is horrible, and she decides to call the hospital by herself. After some arguing with the hospital staff she apparently gets through with them. In the process the nurse gets called "incompetent" too - and I quote: "You at the health care service are incompetent". This, however, means that we're now allowed to come in to the hospital and have my girlfriend properly examined. After some time with the local doctor he refers us to the bigger hospital's emergency ward in Halmstad. After spending several hours there (and doing a ultrasound scan) they confirm the worst: it is in fact a blood clot. I'm not entirely sure what to say about this, but I think the story speaks for itself.

Today's quads and abs workout:
- 5x8 Leg presses / Crunches (Superset)
- 4x8 Leg extensions / Cable crunches (Superset)
- 2x8 One-legged step-ups on bench

Quads pic taken this morning.

It was with the previous explained experience I entered the gym today. Rather angry and upset, and with my girlfriend being in poor condition, I decided to superset the most of my workout, do minimal breaks and cut it short. The workout ended up with being done in less than 30 minutes. Needless to say, the intensity was high.