Phew!

Well, I feel like I just did 45 minutes on my NuStep, but in actuality, it was FIVE minutes.  You know, it took me almost two years to work up from seven minutes on no resistance, to 45 minutes at level three resistance.  With only 38% lung function, I was really doing very well.


Alas, during the heavy-duty chemo and radiation, it was hard enough to get out of bed most days, and so the NuStep got a little dusty.  But I don't want to let it STAY dusty.  I credit my NuStep with making me strong enough that I survived my chemo and radiation.  And now, I will just have to start building up my endurance again.  Yes, that last bout with bronchitis certainly didn't help.  


On the exciting news front, my scooter lift is going to be installed on Tuesday of next week!  Even better than that, GM has a program that reimburses you for adaptive and mobility devices installed on their cars, up to $1000.  THANK YOU, General Motors!  A friend once told me that somehow, any time she needed money for something important, she always found a way to get it.  This program through General Motors could not have come at a better time.


Despite the fact that we have already had our first 100 degree day, this week is supposed to be rather lovely.  But the wind was blowing and there was a fire in our neighborhood, and I had bit of an asthma episode.  Spring is really springing around here.  Although I am not allergic to orange blossoms, the things to which I *am* allergic seem to bloom at the same time as those orange blossoms...and thus, itchy eyes, and lots of wheezing.  Let's hear it for the ability to nebulize at home. :)


So, I shall try to work up to ... oh... ten minutes on the NuStep by the end of the month.  A woman's got to have goals.  Sweet dreams, all. :)