Keep on Moving Club: Nov. 2017

[Sunshine]

MS creates some real challenges to keep on moving. It helps to inspire each other on how to find ways to move.

Did you stretch in your bed, swing your arms, roll side to side today? Or perhaps you did housework? Or exercised in a pool? Tracked your count of steps? Chased your cat around the home? Pushed the wheelchair wheels with your arms at the store? Post them here and we can support and egg each other on.

[stillstANNding]

Re-packing, lifting and walking in 2 airports.
Gratefully home.

ANN

[agate]

ANN, have you considered getting a wheelchair at the airport to cut down on the walking?

[Virginia]

Ann, I was wondering the same thing as Agate. These big airports are extremely hard to navigate.

[Sunshine]

Plus, if you request transport when you by ticket, they assign a guy to push you everywhere you need from the airport entrance to gate, back to car etc. and you are pushed to head of security line,( a def boon for me since I can’t stand more than a couple of minutes)

[stillstANNding]

We haven't thought about a wheelchair for the airport but we were noticing that we saw none of those carts (that take about 4 people) in Boston or Pittsburgh. And Pittsburgh has one big terminal w wings. Boston, is separate buildings, still big.

ANN

[Sunshine]

That’s the beauty of asking for transport when you buy ticket. They show up with a transport chair and zoom you everywhere .

[Sunshine]

I swam 1/4 mile today at county pool. Resting now to stop. The twitching.

[stillstANNding]

Good going, Bbs.

ANN

[Sunshine]

I plan to go surfing tomorrow. The forecast looks terrible. Know but still go. (A riff on the popular surf saying of know before you go)

[Sunshine]

I went surfing this morning just after sunrise. They don't have the wheelchair available early enough to get to paddle out before sunrise, and as the sunrises. This I miss greatly. I used to arrive before dawn, and watch as the sun began to break the horizon. Its a special, mystical time of the day, especially on the ocean.

Sometimes I would paddle out on smaller days, about 10 minutes before sunrise. It was so gorgeous and peaceful . Even though I knew that sharks like to feed at sunrise and sunset, occasionally I would take the chance anyway. It was just too beautiful to pass up on those days. Usually, though, i would just stand there and absorb the peace an beauty.

The ocean was chaotic, knee to chest high waves. Lots of shifting rip currents and sideshore currents. It looked like it could spell trouble for my legs , so I stayed on the inside already broken and reformed waves with my friend. When I take whitewater, i stay prone on the board. I need the gravity and speed of coming down the wave face to stand up. Its like someone is pushing you up from behind.

So many special things happened today. I was glad to be there to experience them. One of the locals confided to me that his son died a few months ago. It was very moving to listen to him, to connect with him. Iime stood still as he spoke.

There were two poachers stealing turtle eggs, against the law in Florida. the other gal with MS called the authorities to bust them.

(No good deed goes unpunished as they say. I experienced foot spasms later on at home. Took an extra Tizanidine and it seems to be subsiding. Grateful)

[Virginia]

BBS, what a morning. You are so smart. You lived a full day doing something wonderful before I even got up today.

[Howie]

Same here Virginia, it was after 1pm before I got up today. But it was making up for the lack of sleep the night before, payday. I should be caught up on sleep now, but I haven't eaten yet today. I will shortly. And my clocks are set already so I did do something useful today.

[agate]

Spring forward, fall back! But don't take that literally. No more falling!

[Howie]

I thought it was fall forward, spring back!