Hi Team! cheerleader

Originally Posted By: fergus
1000 metres on Friday
1000 metres on Saturday.
All those metres were in the pool.

Keep going guys


I can't tell you how many times I think of you swimming when I'm in the pool. It really keeps me going!

Originally Posted By: Sue22
Due to heel pain, I wasn't walking as much as I should have been in the fall. Since Christmas day, been trying to get out a walk ~ 1 mile or so each day. The SI / butt aren't quite convinced that I should be doing that, but ultrasound, ice, and heat are allowing it. and the walking does make the rest of me feel so much better smile

I need to get an indoor bike that i can use. I bought one but it hurts my neck to sit on it....try try again.....


Sue, that's exactly how my body feels... as if it's not convinced I should be moving!

Is your bike a reclining bike or sitting up?

Originally Posted By: Lon
Wrestle with the kids! What a work out!

Cutting fire wood, trimming limbs, carrying it inside.

It is just beautiful here with the snow and blue sky...if you can stand the cold.


It's beautiful here, too!!!

Isn't wrestling with the littles SO GREAT?!

Originally Posted By: Orch
I have been running, just not posting. When the current cold spell hit I started on the elliptical at the gym.


Glad you're still running & using the elliptical!

I use you ALL the time as an example of how ignoring doctor's orders works out for so many of us. LOL

I've not been posting much either. I WILL CHANGE THAT!

Originally Posted By: elmerfudd
I have been walking on a treadmill for a few months now. Usually do a couple miles at a time, some days I will go to the gym twice and get in 5 miles for the day. Somewhere around 10,000 steps a day is what I aim for. Since I stopped working it's really hard to not be a couch potato. My doctor wants me at 180lbs. So that meant losing 20 lbs of jelly around my belly.
So far I have only lost 5 lbs. I am still having crazy nightime low back pain, but Iam happy that I am now able to at least do something. I am praying that my efforts pay off and I can get a good night's sleep.


ONLY 5 lbs?! THAT'S AWESOME!!! 1/4 toward your goal.

Keep doing what you're doing!!!


Sorry I've been absent for a few weeks. blush

There was the issue of the knee and prednisone for a few days, which is all healed up. clap

Then we went to Arizona for the holiday week, and the driving let me to another 3 days of prednisone. (I totally went off the reservation here and didn't ask my MD) shocked He would have said yes anyway, and I didn't want to bother him over Christmas.

The up side is that I got to swim in the same pool as Michael Phelps... but not at the same time. clown

Yesterday was my first full day swimming back from vacation. It felt soooooooooo nice to be in "my own" pool! yes

My body is really mad now about the two short bursts of pred, and now I'm waking up much stiffer than usual, all over sick feeling, and in more pain than usual.

Today I rebelled and took pain meds at 10am, and washed & polished my wood floors all day until just now. So that's 5 hours I'll pay for tomorrow. At least the cleaner/polish I use isn't toxic or scented, so I won't have a chem response.

ANYWAY, sorry again for being away for so long and THANK YOU for posting and keeping me motivated! heart

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pulmonary edema w/ NSAIDS 2009

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