Showing posts with label recover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recover. Show all posts

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Sunshine on my shoulder, makes me happy...


Friday weight 209.5 pounds, blood pressure of 137/84 with a heart rate of 36 bpm. Today I have a weigh-in of 207.5 pounds, blood pressure of 126/78 with a heart rate of 33 bpm. I don't worry about the very slow heart rate, I just pretend that my large heart is pushing lots of blood through my body at a rate needed - since I haven't fainted nor passed away. We plan to go to Range Control to re-new the Koh-sa-ri hunting permit (taking very young wood fern sprouts) and then walk around Spanaway Lake, which we haven't for awhile. I will save all my good intentions to work out until later tonight, I have a lot of work to do on the yard and grounds, ironing and such and there is a home owners meeting today to attend with good ideas a so... it will be a good day to lose some more weight. I did get the majority of the knives out of the storage shed - it is too damp there for maintaining them, I will have much work to do to bring them back up.

No pain in my foot, swelling is continuing to go down, color is getting better, old damage needs kneading and encouragement to move to the body recycling stations. I make French toast for our breakfast, with Sweet Oatmeal bread, my wife cuts and mixes blueberries and stawberries for the fruit portion, good breakfast. Lunch will be steak burger, fish for her, french fries and Coke. Motorcycles on trucks and trailers, but the real riders are on their bikes, rubber on the road, great day now to work so I can ride!

Well, I did get fifty miles in on the motorcycle, and noticed that those women riding without a sissy bar behind them are over exposed and almost leaving the ride for the road burn - I will put a sissy bar on for my wife and all my girl friends. If they want to hug me tight anyway I won't object - as long as they don't pull on my one arm like Mrs. Henry did when I gave her a ride back from her mail box, in 1966.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Heal thyself, physician...

Well, I am not a physician but working on me anyway. Wednesday I weigh 210.0 pounds, blood pressure is 127/88 with a heart rate of 43. Today I weigh 210.0 pounds, blood pressure of 129/96 or 147/91 and heart rates of 68 or 33 bpm respectively. I haven't been exercising, but yesterday woke up to no pain in the right foot/ankle and the swelling much reduced. Managed to walk faily normal - except for the limp from memory response in my legs, but still I sat at the reference desk another day as we worked. I probably can start working on walking and other exercises tonight, don't think I have choir rehearsal tonight.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

And on the Seventh Day


I weigh 205.5 pounds, blood pressure 132/73 with a heart rate of 42 beats per minute.

Friday, February 22, 2008

Work through the pain, the guy way to the grave...


Still some sinus problem, but I can hang, and I even am fool enough to think I could ride the motorcycle to work, but the weatherman is working for my wife and says there will be scattered showers by evening (NOT!). So I am saved for my 15k road race (?) tomorrow in Steilacoom. Well, I will be there, the racing is going to be for the other folks.
I weigh 207.5 pounds today, blood pressure is 131/73 and heart rate is 45 bpm. Healthier if I get more liquids and some more rest. Wearing a sweater that my wife says looks good on me, I just want the warmth - gave up looking good years ago...

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Recovery is possible

I didn't go to work yesterday, I got to the parking lot and started walking towards the bus and decided I was a fool and should go home and rest. So I did, don't drive when you feel sick - it takes too much energy and concentration. At home I hit the bed for a solid six hours of sleep after submitting my sick leave request and calling the shift office at the prison to let them know I wouldn't be opening the library. I would drift in and out of sleep the remainder of the day, lots of liquids consumed and more sleep.

Today I weigh 206.0 pounds, blood pressure is 121/68 with a heart rate of 44 bpm. So I am recovering, and I had better rest again today - at work. Seems I have a fifteen K to run on Saturday and I will need to be better by then. I will still be running it slowly but for an old man that will be fine.