DAYS 364 - 390 RECOVERY

Reaching the end of that mountain road is still not reachable, but I'm working on it.  I upped the walking by not only walking the road with my husband and my goat, but I'm now walking a few times a week with a couple of neighbor ladies.  They do a solid 45 minutes at a fast pace up and down some inclines.  I struggle to keep up with them, but pushing myself is good. 

I feel the progress is slow, but it's still progress. My husband reminds me that I'm 71 years old, not 41, so perhaps I shouldn't be too hard on myself.  Last week I wore stilettos for the first time in over a year.  I didn't exactly dance the night away, but then I never do, but I didn't break anything.  Yesterday I got on a horse for the first time in several years.  Sometimes I feel like "The Little Engine That Could." 

Walter Wintle's poem comes to mind.  I think it applies to women too.

If you think you are beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you don't,
If you like to win, but you think you can't,
It's almost a "cinch" you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you've lost,
For out in the world you find
Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in the state of mind.

Full many a race is lost
Ere ever a step is run;
And many a coward fails
Ere ever his work's begun.
Think big and your deeds will grow,
Think small and you'll fall behind,
Think that you can and you will;
It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you're outclassed, you are,
You've got to think high to rise,
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later, the man who wins,
Is the fellow who thinks he can. 


"I think I can.  I think I can.  I think I can."


Meds:   Amiodarone, Cardizem,  Vayacog, L-Carnitine, Vitamin D, I-Caps, Flax seed oil, Multivitamin, B-12, L-Arginine, Glucosoamine, Calcium, Garlic, Aspirin, Omega-3 Fish Oil, Vitamin C

DAYS 358 - 363 RECOVERY

On my way!  Did a mile on the mountain road today.  That's half a mile up and half a mile down. Even ran a short, ok very short, distance. I'm feeling better, both physically an mentally, than I have in several years.  With the heart problems and other calamities going on in my life, I doubted I could ever feel really good again, but I do and I'm so grateful.  

Meds:   Amiodarone, Cardizem,  Vayacog, L-Carnitine, Vitamin D, I-Caps, Flax seed oil, Multivitamin, B-12, L-Arginine, Glucosoamine, Calcium, Garlic, Aspirin, Omega-3 Fish Oil, Vitamin C, DHEA