Getting there but feeling like I'm stuck on a plateau
Hi there,
I've just discovered how to post pictures so I'll put a few up so you can see how my look changed from blondie to baldie to... brunette -ee? This pic is from Dan's farewell and I'm with Julie Jervis and Maria Cathcart from our bible study (which is awesome by the way)
Now for the update...
I'm going to have my herceptin treatment and I'm excited as I count on my calendar to have four more treatments left after this and then a morning surgery to get my port out. Last week I had the opportunity to work with a personal trainer at the Cooper Center in Dallas when i was out of town and it was such a great experience. I worked pretty hard with a trainer there and she pushed me (yes I was really sore) BUT that has given me movement and strenthening tools to work with that seem to be foundational and build on the physical therapy that I'm currently pursuing. Even better is when I visited my local physical therapist/trainer Marilyn, I actually walked away from that appointment walking with the correct posture and no pain!! That was AMAZING. It's so neat working with her becuase it's not like I"m pushing myself when I'm with her, she just knows what to do and I leave feeling so much better. It's almost counterintuitive because you think that you have to work really hard to acheive results when overkill is not what is needed here. So, I'm working on building some foundational strength in all areas and learning what moderation is....for those of you that know me, that is definitley a process.
I do feel, however, like I'm at a plateau and my energy is kind of stuck at a particular point. I mean, I'm taking a math class to get my brain back in gear, and it's a six hour class on saturdays and I came home today and I was wiped out. If it weren't for a diversion fixing sprinklers I would have been in bed napping. I just wonder if this is normal. I'll ask when I'm at the doctor on Monday. Having another UTI and an upper respiratory infection at the same time within the last two weeks was a little deflating becuase I was wondering why I wasn't bouncing back so quickly. I think the key is that my body is in a "rebuilding" phase and I just have to look at things like that. I'm so so so so glad that I have the time to do it. I guess I though, though, that i would be further along on the energy curve than I am now. I still can't really run beyond about 5-7 minutes. Oh well. God has done amazing things and as I glance at the bald-headed picture that I have on my wall from the bowling event I'm so grateful that Christ has carried me through this and continues to. My hair is getting a little longer and is actually getting kind of fuzzy around my neck and needs a cut. As for the color, I'm kind of experimenting with reds/browns and that will likely continue for awhile as I'm growing it out. It's kind of fun that way, actually.
Prayers for restoration of my immune system and muscular-skeletal system are appreciated.
Blessings and much love to you all,
Julie
I'm going to have my herceptin treatment and I'm excited as I count on my calendar to have four more treatments left after this and then a morning surgery to get my port out. Last week I had the opportunity to work with a personal trainer at the Cooper Center in Dallas when i was out of town and it was such a great experience. I worked pretty hard with a trainer there and she pushed me (yes I was really sore) BUT that has given me movement and strenthening tools to work with that seem to be foundational and build on the physical therapy that I'm currently pursuing. Even better is when I visited my local physical therapist/trainer Marilyn, I actually walked away from that appointment walking with the correct posture and no pain!! That was AMAZING. It's so neat working with her becuase it's not like I"m pushing myself when I'm with her, she just knows what to do and I leave feeling so much better. It's almost counterintuitive because you think that you have to work really hard to acheive results when overkill is not what is needed here. So, I'm working on building some foundational strength in all areas and learning what moderation is....for those of you that know me, that is definitley a process.
I do feel, however, like I'm at a plateau and my energy is kind of stuck at a particular point. I mean, I'm taking a math class to get my brain back in gear, and it's a six hour class on saturdays and I came home today and I was wiped out. If it weren't for a diversion fixing sprinklers I would have been in bed napping. I just wonder if this is normal. I'll ask when I'm at the doctor on Monday. Having another UTI and an upper respiratory infection at the same time within the last two weeks was a little deflating becuase I was wondering why I wasn't bouncing back so quickly. I think the key is that my body is in a "rebuilding" phase and I just have to look at things like that. I'm so so so so glad that I have the time to do it. I guess I though, though, that i would be further along on the energy curve than I am now. I still can't really run beyond about 5-7 minutes. Oh well. God has done amazing things and as I glance at the bald-headed picture that I have on my wall from the bowling event I'm so grateful that Christ has carried me through this and continues to. My hair is getting a little longer and is actually getting kind of fuzzy around my neck and needs a cut. As for the color, I'm kind of experimenting with reds/browns and that will likely continue for awhile as I'm growing it out. It's kind of fun that way, actually.
Prayers for restoration of my immune system and muscular-skeletal system are appreciated.
Blessings and much love to you all,
Julie
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