Still Kicking...
I am still here, trying to manage my time and energy. Most nights I sleep in bed, now, though still on my back. My weight restrictions are gradually loosening, I think I'm up to 25 pounds now, still a long way away from walking the dogs - between the two of them they're about 110 pounds, and when they decide they want to sniff something over that way, they can pull me - and I'm not small. Still doing cardiac rehab 3 times a week, from 2-3 pm. I go in, get hooked up to a portable heart monitor, they take my blood pressure and blood sugars, then I spend 10 minutes walking. I switch then to the recumbent bike, and do 20-25 minutes while they again take my blood pressure and remind me to hydrate. Then weight training and stretching, final blood pressure and blood sugar checks, disconnect my monitor, and home I go to get back to work. I take my lunch and an extra hour or so, with the approval of my supervisor, then back to work. ...