Needing a break from things around here, Laura & I took off in the Rented car and drove to Santa Rosa to see H & D and the California Grand kids. So much to do and so little time to do it, this would describe our trip. Parks, Doughnut castles, Train town, San Francisco Pier 39, Redwoods, Sunshine, Rain, Lots of food, Olives, Hotels, ... These are some of the things that kept us busy for a week.
Coming in July, we have the amazing opportunity of going to China to visit M & H and China Grand kids, for 16 days. Harm pointed out that 30 years to the day after having our 1st child (her), we are finally traveling outside of this country. We were searching for tickets to fly and the average was looking like it would be about $1100.00 each but I found tickets on the exact dates we wanted for $605.00 each - after tax we got both tickets for about $ 1300.00 so I had to buy them. Now we are locked in, July 24 to Aug. 9. We are very excited as we look ahead to this. More on the planning stages will follow.
Sandwiched in the middle of these events, in June Harmony will have her baby, resulting in another trip to California (maybe just Laura).Now, if we didn't have to deal with School & work, things would still be busy.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Recovery & Rehab
Recovery, it's not what you might expect. As much as I thought I was prepared for this, the(self)rehab is slow going and painful. Part of the problem is the continual dealing with my injured foot. This makes it difficult to walk, even in the pool. My Dr. feels the foot is healing with time and believes he may not have to cut & repair it, now that's a blessing. I see my Back Doctor tomorrow, will get an updated prognosis on the healing process.
As I expected, I did not keep down below 280 post surgery, I find myself at 283 lbs. This gives me a good starting point to jump start phase 2 of my mission of reclaiming my body. My wife & I have been looking at several options of things I (we) can do next. I am mentally prepared to continue this battle (physically, I'm still in the battle too). To complete preparations for events this summer, I have to really kick it into the next gear.
I really put my back to the test over the last week. We put on about 1400 miles of driving over 6 days. I absolutely felt the results for several days afterwords, requiring heating pads and rest. The pain pill (Happy pill) phase is over. As tempted as I may have been, I am not taking them. The last 2 days have been a lot better, I haven't needed to use my back brace. After I see the Back Dr., I will have a better idea of when I can expect to return to work and be able to start lifting weights to work out.
More later.
As I expected, I did not keep down below 280 post surgery, I find myself at 283 lbs. This gives me a good starting point to jump start phase 2 of my mission of reclaiming my body. My wife & I have been looking at several options of things I (we) can do next. I am mentally prepared to continue this battle (physically, I'm still in the battle too). To complete preparations for events this summer, I have to really kick it into the next gear.
I really put my back to the test over the last week. We put on about 1400 miles of driving over 6 days. I absolutely felt the results for several days afterwords, requiring heating pads and rest. The pain pill (Happy pill) phase is over. As tempted as I may have been, I am not taking them. The last 2 days have been a lot better, I haven't needed to use my back brace. After I see the Back Dr., I will have a better idea of when I can expect to return to work and be able to start lifting weights to work out.
More later.
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