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’.