Greenbelt

Tuesday June 26, 2018

Today is the walk on the Greenbelt. I didn’t really want to go the way we went the last 2 weeks so I told Desi about cutting through the apartments and how it wasn’t to hard so we did that today. And we went in the other direction (left) and walked on the Greenbelt most of the way. I couldn’t believe how busy it was. People walking, running, and biking. We stopped for a rest after crossing the bridge and we saw a lot of ducks in the creek. It was funny to see them, males on one side of the creek and females on the other. Some of the females would swim over to the males but they didn’t seem interested and just swam away. We also saw 2 snakes on the rocks by the shore of the creek. They weren’t very big and the ducks didn’t seem to bother them and the snakes didn’t seen to bother the ducks.

Along the other side of the path live people and we saw goats and sheep in their yards. Down the path a ways was a big field of grass and one lone cow was there. We could hardly see it the grass was so tall. Desi whistled for it to lift it’s head and we saw it was a male young cow (I guess that would make him a bull). When we stopped to rest again by the fence, he started to walk towards us. He came all the way to the fence and Desi pet him and he licked her fingers. Then he walked over to John, one of the walkers, and he pet him too. We stayed a few minutes and then headed back. As we walked along the fence line the baby followed us until we left.

I was pretty tired and when we got almost home my feet were really starting to drag, which means I could easily fall, so we cut through some closer apartments and got home faster. I sat outside for a few minutes before going back in, I was very tired.

This afternoon I got my nails painted in Red, White and Blue for 4th of July. Desi did a great job!!

88 degrees

Monday June 25, 2018

Today was a good day. I went to exercise class this morning, but didn’t walk afterwards because I didn’t want to tire out my legs too much. I decided that I would walk to my ‘weight maintenance group’ this afternoon. I called Annette, my best friend from church, and ask her if she would walk with me since it was my first time walking there. I figured that if I couldn’t make it, I could always call her husband to come get us. We were going to go up to 12th Ave. and cut thru the Dollar Tree parking lot, then walk back down Georgia Ave. to the doctor’s office. It was pretty hot today, about 88 degrees, so I thought maybe we could cut through the apartments and cross the ‘greenbelt’ and go up to Georgia Ave. and up to the doctor’s office. That would take about 1/2 the time. I didn’t know how hard it would be using my walker and having my brace on my right foot/leg. The brace on my right foot and leg are to help with my ‘foot drop’. It helps me keep the ‘toes’ part of my foot from dragging and causing me to trip and fall. The walker is to help with balance, both of which are caused by my MS. We went ahead and tried walking through the apartments which was grass and it wasn’t that hard, no bumps in the grass. Then it was crossing the ‘greenbelt’ and across the bridge over the creek, up a small hill, onto a short road that is used by the people that live near the creek which connects to Georgia Ave. Then a short walk up Georgia Ave. to the dr. office. The part of Georgia Ave that we had to walk on had no sidewalk, it was just a gravel road and loose dirt on the sides. We had to walk on the gravel road. We stopped once on the way to get in some shade and to get a drink. When we got there I was surprised at how short of a walk it really was. We left about 2:10p.m. and got to the dr. office about 2:30p.m., and that was with a few minutes rest. Annette then walked home and then I was going to walk home by myself. I was HOT and TIRED when I got there, but had about a half hour to rest before ‘group’. It lasted about an hour and then I walked home. It took me less than 15 minutes and no stopping for a break to get home. While at ‘group’ I was weighed in and I was 295 lbs, down by 1 pound from last Friday. It was an exhausting day, but a good day. Tomorrow is the walk on the ‘greenbelt’.

Not happy with doctor…

Monday June 11, 2018

This day started out great. I went to exercise class and even did the 20-minute ‘all over workout with bands’ for the first time. This is a video I found on YOUTUBE to help supplement my ‘exercise class’. This is an exercise session while sitting down. With my ‘foot drop’ I have a hard time doing leg exercises. Then I went to ‘weight management group’ and found out that Deo never sent in my paperwork for my surgery. I was very upset, but didn’t say much about it. She said she had done the letter and would send it in today. Today is the 11th of June and so I’m 11 days later than I thought in getting the paperwork done and turned in. Now for sure I won’t get my surgery til July or later. I’m really not very happy right now. I go back tomorrow for a ‘medication review’ and I’ll see what Deo says about sending in the paperwork.