Maybe in another week I will be able to start walking more, and slow riding on the bike. No running yet for at least another month. I have been working out with my arms for the past 2 months so I let the clot dissolve in my leg without causing more problems. I am at least staying sane by doing some exercise. I can’t wait to start incorporating things with my legs again though.
At least the garage is heated so our “Reiflex Center” is in the corner, and we can go out anytime we want. Different varieties of weights, and right now still using lighter weights but doing more repetitions. Who knows, maybe in the long run this will turn out to be a good thing and I can build strength and stamina with my arms and chest. At least when it came to running, the longer the run, the more fatigue my arms would get, not just my legs. The arms, shoulders, and chest help propel you forward on those runs as well. So look out…if I am in a race later, and I am beside somebody, they might just get conveniently “bumped” out of the way! Ha!
The repetitions are good as well for helping with stamina, so I have to keep looking on the bright side. I could have just said “forget it” and done nothing. But, that is not me. Somewhere in everything there has to be a positive. You may have to search for it, but it is there. Whether physically or mentally. As the saying goes: “What does not kill you makes you stronger!”
So, bottom line, everybody needs to figure out a way to keep moving. “Use it or lose it!” If you don’t, it is probably just another convenient excuse we have created to justify not doing it. Control the things in our life we can control. The other things we can’t control. But, we have to learn to deal with them. Good and bad. I did not choose to get another clot. And, after getting past the initial anger, I am becoming more accepting of it, but I am not letting it stop me from what I want to do. Do I need to make some concessions for right now? Yes. Do I need to keep using it as an excuse? No. Then you let the bad things in life make the decisions for you. Stay in control…at least of what you can. Keep working at it. Keep striving! Keep moving everybody!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day of Newest Streak: # 697