Keep on Moving Club: July 2018

[agate]

The sun is in the east mornings!

That's true unless you're Howie. I've heard that where he is, the sun is in the north in the morning. That cat Sam did something to it.

[stillstANNding]

On the part of the Cape we vacation at, the sun appears to set in the East.

Today was walking and stairs and airports and luggage. Lots of moving. I just took as hot a shower as I dare and am on the bed w ice on sore knee and a troublesome muscle.

Mom was out of her chair once - to go to bed at 8:45 PM.
ANN

[Sunshine]

On the part of the Cape we vacation at, the sun appears to set in the East.

Today was walking and stairs and airports and luggage. Lots of moving. I just took as hot a shower as I dare and am on the bed w ice on sore knee and a troublesome muscle.

Mom was out of her chair once - to go to bed at 8:45 PM.
ANN

Why not use the airport wheelchairs and transport people?

[Sunshine]

Sunshine, that truly is a blessing. I know you know to be extra careful, seems I remember hearing or reading that it is shark breeding season. Guess they become a little more vicious. You are very familiar with all this, so guess it is pointless to say anything, but I already did. Lol

Not to worry Virginia. I am mindful of the fact that we are surfing with sharks. And you’re right, when they migrate, there are a lot more of them.

It’s an unavoidable risk of surfing, but minimal compared with head injuries, gashes, muscle tears, broken fingers, broken necks, broken backs, concussions, ......
As my DH typically says if he spots a new bruise on the leg, “You picked a dangerous sport”.

[Sunshine]

Today Inswam 18 minutes, 520 Yards. I stopped due to a muscle stiffening, to preserve the ability to drive to a doc office.

[Sunshine]

Today has been a good day. Swam 18 minutes, 1/3 mile and then ran errands 3 hours. Small compared to healthy peeps, but big for me.

[Virginia]

Sunshine, very good for anyone.

[Sunshine]

Swam 20 minutes today.

[agate]

I admire your determination, Sunshine. Some of us know perfectly well that we should get on with our exercise but somehow other activities come ahead of exercise on the day's to-do list. And (in my case) by the time the day is winding down, we have the excuse of (a) hot weather or (b) fatigue to bail us out.

If the day is over, and my shoes are already off, and I realize I've forgotten to do the 40 foot-lifts that I'm supposed to do every other day, I do make sure that I do 80 leg lifts the next day, to make up for it. I like to think I'm doing well at keeping up with the PT as prescribed. But you have to get yourself to the pool or the beach and have a carefully thought out strategy for what you're doing. That takes real commitment.

[Sunshine]

Thanks agate.
For me it’s crucial. I had stopped making swimming a priority, always just selling that time slot for dc appts, grocery shopping, etc.
Then I realized that it was as important if not moreso than the other things. So I stopped scheduling anything that conflicted with swimming.

With summer it is easier. I can swim in my backyard at 7 a.m.... .... in winter it will be harder since the public pool is challenging re walking the distances, and the opening times are later, 9:00 some days.

And, I can’t exercise after 12:30. And I have to time the exercise with my Tizanidine to prevent spasms. So, it’s trickier Oct through April.... until my new home is built. That pool is designed to be able to heat all winter long. It will be very narrow, just one lane, and @4-5 feet deep. Steps off my living room.

I am lucky Incan do this. I KNOW that. And lucky the MS isn’t terrible. So far.

[Sunshine]

I am excited and I will miss this house immensely. Just can’t do it anymore. The views are incomparable. Will miss it so much.

MS and SPS took it away...

[Virginia]

I moved around a bit today. I had to go to the Doctor and I was there for a little over an hour, then I went to Costco to pick up a prescription, then I went to the grocery store to get some food to eat. I wanted to have quite a bit here because my eye Doctor says I probably will not want to be going out for a couple of weeks. I came home from the grocery store and unloaded the car, put the groceries away and then went to Panera to get food for tonight. I got a cup of summer corn chowder and half a turkey, avocado, blt. It was more walking than usual, because of the location of the pharmacy in Costco, and then after getting what I thought was everything I needed at the grocery store I remembered an item and had to go back to the other side I had been on. I didn't get to eat tonight until 7:30.

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[Sunshine]

I swam 20.5 minutes today, 1/3 mile, then doc visit, grocery store, 5 flights stairs spread across the morning.

[Virginia]

Wow Sunshine you are really on the right track. Just keep on keeping on.