Feeling pretty good, today!
Today was the first day that I can remember that I really didn’t feel tired or have a sore stomach. Some might say that this has more to do with the fact that I took today easier than most, though, in reality, I spent 2 hours at church working with our senior high youth and I just got back (8:30p) from spending 2 hours with the middle school youth (teaching the OWL curriculum). It’s true that I spent almost three hours at home “resting” but actually, I just think that I am healing more and more. Last night was good in that I went to bed without taking any pain medication (though, I ended up taking some when I woke up in the middle of the night and yelped as I tried to roll over from one side to the next). I rejoice in the fact that, today, right now, I’m feeling good (both physically and mentally).
As I have mentioned in previous posts, Dr. Cameron’s physician’s assistant said that I should gauge my progression not day to day, but week to week (for those who know me, you will not be surprised when I say this is harder for me to do than it probably should be). I can honestly say that I am better off this week than this time last week. Perhaps there is hope that I’ll be able to spend a full work day next week. How odd it will be to get up and go to work again, having not done so for going on 6 weeks.
Interestingly, one of the things I am looking forward to the most is having the opportunity to exercise again at the CDC fitness center. Yes! Yes! I could exercise at home (at least walking), but somehow it’s easier for me to do so when I go into work. Perhaps it’s just habit after going to the fitness center for the better part of 2 years, but it also may simply be that I don’t have my Mom here to suggest we go on a walk together. When I first got home, I tried walking with my dog, Sam, but he pulled too much on the leash and I haven’t tried since (“Yes, but Merle, you could walk WITHOUT Sam.” — Okay, that’s just crazy talk)!
Thank you for all of you who have or continue to read my blog. I cannot begin to tell you how much it means to me when people come up to me and tell me how much they enjoy reading the blog. It’s not so much that I bask in the glory of my well written word (indeed, I had something of an argument today with Paige, a woman from church, who told me I wrote well; I said I was not sure I agreed with her assessment, to which she replied that she was an editor by trade and that YES, I wrote well!), but instead, I feel incredibly cared for that so many people take the time and effort to not only read my blog, but to tell me, either in person, via the comments on the blog, or via Email, about their reactions (both good and bad).
Lastly, I want to again put a link in this blog to my PurpleStride Atlanta website for those of you who are interested in donating. At church, today, I thanked those people who had made donations already and Debra, the current president of my church, complained to me that I had not asked HER to donate. I explained that I have not “personally” asked anyone to donate, but have merely done so via this blog. In a show of full disclosure, though, I have to admit that I made that announcement, in part, in the hopes that new people might be drawn to my blog and consider donating. As I said, I have a pretty modest goal ($500) but I would love to double or triple that; right now, though, I’m hoping merely to meet it. 
More tomorrow.
Merle
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