I continue to feel incredibly weak, but when I look back to last Saturday, I have made progress. It will just take time. Last Sunday it was an accomplishment to go to church for 1 hour, this week I have gone to the school everyday starting Tuesday, and taught at least one class, I taught a two hour community school class last Thursday (it just about killed me) and this morning Ruth Ann and I went to the gym. Just for the heck of it I thought I would try my regular work out to see how far things have gone. I usually started on a stationary bicycle at level five, and would have to work hard to keep my pulse above 130, going for 30 minutes. Today, I lasted about 7 minutes, and had to quit. I was using about 100 pounds on all of the stationary weight machines for arm work outs, 170 for legs, doing three reps of 10 to 12. Today, I did three reps of eight, using just 50 pounds. I did the usual arm and leg exercises, but didn't do any of the abdominal work, I will wait another month for that. So I have lost all that I had gained, and more, but I will keep working out and hopefully get it back by summer.
I am still totally incontinent, but wearing a external catheter has given me much more freedom. I have noticed that I am beginning to hold things back a bit, and do that whenever I can before letting the catheter do its thing.
I will probably not be saying much more about this, but will let you know when my recovery has had any significant milestones.
Time to spend more time with my other blogs....
Tom
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