So Here I sit!!! In the hospital... in a chair... 12 hours after an angiogram where, they placed a stint in what was apparently a 100% clogged artery... again how fortunate am I??? I am walking around .... I am going to see tomorrow... I am going to hike with my boys again... yet again my life has been gifted back to me...
Today was my cardiology consultation... the Doctor was very nice, very reassuring...And scheduled an angiogram lick-kit-tee-splitt!!! So next week they will run a line in look around and fix what they can!!! (Deep Breaths) they will fix me...
So here I am a year later... Cancer free!!! And now a new villain!!! Monday is my cardiology consultation...why do I find this so disturbing? ?? I just got my life back... I am scared... that's not rational...more information. .. it's going to be fine...
A client of mine did the Columbia Challenge. And another client and I where talking about how cool and brave it was!!! So we decided we would like to do this next year!!! I have started training. My goal is by next summer to be able to swim a mile & half freestyle...Then I will do a little training in current and jumping in the water (I have to jump off the boat) so that is what is going on with me. ...
There are moments when I realize I am living. .. that sounds strange, but documenting my life now other than snapshots seems burdensome... so I am including pictures... I will say I am conflicted right now going that resolves soonest...
So here is my new FB Page
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=871314252949716
I will probably do the copy paste thing alot of the time from there to here. But I just wanted to let you know. ..
This is my downfall... I like the idea of the blog but honestly I am a doer!!! I have stated a Facebook page dedicated to my dog adventures but I will keep my hand in here it just may not be as daily add it should be... so here are some pictures. ..
Honestly, today in order to spend time with a friend and get my exercise in and get my dogs exercise in I met my friend (who has no dog) at a dog park!!! To be fare it was near her house so she didn't have to travel to far... but what a sport!!! I have great friends!!!
I did a wedding at the coast yesterday (no pet friendly rooms ) which was fine I was supper busy!!! Here are some pics from my beach time I walked a total of 12 miles!!!
This is new for me... I have never experienced the inconvenience that is the affliction of allergies! !!! Not getting my big girl pants on... this sucks!!! I have weepy eyes, I am congested and tired!!! Make it stop!
Not very original but sincerely meant... early morning hike... then lunch at the river...afternoon nap...fireworks!!! Now waiting out the traffic!!! It's been a great Day! !!!
Things I have thought about four years. ..and I am sure it would play hell with my clientele, but think of it!!! Me... on biggest loser!!! So I must apply... my chances are as good as anyone's... Next step make a video... I can do this!!!
I wish I could find a good answer to my personal brand of crazy...but I think not...breath... I will figure it out...
So this crazy hot thing that we are doing right nor has got to go!!! Though it has been useful... I have been picking up, cleaning up and generally making my home homy. Last year didn't see a lot of cleaning in my life...but now. ..watch out!!! So not doing as much exercise... But I am getting tons done!!!!
This week I have been on a crazy cleaning binge! And evening hikes. ...it is cooler in the evening. So it had been so lovely!!! I am finding a peace that I have until now been denied or maybe denied myself. Suffice to say my step is a little lighter and a soft smile is my constant companion...
Was up last night very late putting up my new couch! !! 2am!!! Turned on my tape...went right to sleep. .. and 8:20 was up and moving and I am out the door!!! I feeling great!
I'm listening to Boost Metabolism, Burn Fat & Lose Weight Faster: Sleep Learning, Guided Self-Hypnosis, Meditation & Affirmations
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I have been listening (at night while sleeping) I honestly feel better! I am to feel better when I awake in the morning and I haven't had the cravings that seem to be an underlying annoyance of my daily life. I will check back with you in another week and let you know how it is going!
Right now my life has been, work, being outside (hiking,walking, yard work, etc...)and trying to get a handle on cleaning my house!!! I am emotionally in a great place!!!
That pretty much sums it up!!! The world is a big beautiful place and I have been doing a lot of seeing!!!
I hope you all have had a thoughtful and lovely Memorial day weekend... I have been crazy busy!!! Work and then painting the salon!!! And hiking at a lake with the dogs... then Willamette National Cemetery and back to work...
So this last Saturday morning was filled with tea time and mom and friends! Then (because it was blazing hot!) We went to high rocks! ... I found my boys aptitude !
So I made this today... The purple part in the middle was my power port that I received chemotherapy through for 4 months last year and that was used for all my blood draws and surgeries... I asked to have it out because as I started exercising and doing more it would ache so I decided it was time to have it out... After he removed it I asked to see it... Image my suprise when it looked so sweet... I knew it needed to stay with me always. ..
I know it is a statement not a title!!! Yesterday as I was walking my dogs (2 miles or so) to the off leash park... Because my husband has the car... most of the way there I remembered that more than year back(before my cancer) I had attempted the same feet... And I was not in good enough shape and had to turn and go home... Yesterday we got there, did the quarter mile loop a couple times, they played with some dogs, we walked home and I could have done more but for that I had to get ready for work. Times have changed!!!! Never will I forget my health is to be used or lost!!!
This has become one of my favorite things in life. I joined a group a few months back PDX pack walks... Once per month so I could experience different hikes around Portland... The key is with my dogs...they are my joy!!! So a lot of my post include my boys...we did 6 & 1/2 miles today!
Honestly, I forget to pick up and write unless something good or bad happens!!! The daily grind is just that. The routine is established... So this gets set aside. ... so here are pictures of moments the last week or so. ...
I had my port out!!! In my mind this was like the last thing. ... taaduh! you are done! ! ! The picture below is my port! !! Purple even! !! yes I did keep it and yes it will become jewelry. ... it deserves a place of honor in my life... for my life... and so that year is in the books. ... what will this next one hold? ??
So I had my port out and we have been at my mom's... so going to work is twice as far and working late so excuses, excuses... Only walking feel like I should be doing more... But I accomplished allot!!! Mowed the front and the back yards!!! So I guess in retospect I have done a lot...
So Monday finds me back in the pool!!! A short jaunt with my dogs and then off to work I go!!! I am Really feeling better this week!!! And I just received a call from my doctor telling me that my bone density is normal... so I guess I am back in the world of normal people... no excuses I must be a better version of Lois! !!!
Today I had a bone density test which I thought would be much more involved than it actually was. .. lay on a table and get scanned... really innocuous... I must say I feel better today!!! So there it is odd day... however tomorrow shows promise!!!
So this week I have been out of it. ... worked long hours came home fell into bed... just couldn't seem to make myself do more... yesterday I couldn't hardly get out of bed!!! Today I am very tired... maybe I will have more energy tomorrow. ...
Okay that was a little sensational... I have lost 20 some odd pounds in the last 6 month's... 14 since January... I am not dieting... I am not sure I will ever "diet" again... I eat much better! But really just less more often... moving more!!! Being happier in my own skin... will it last? ?? I certainly hope so!!! Being weirdly accountable doing this blog... I do think it helps...
Honestly, if you can check out the meetup app!!! The fantastic thing is several fold... going on these great hikes, meeting nice people, my dogs get exercise and we work on our urban dog skills... what a lovely, lovely day!!!
I got my results today! January I got the great news that my blood clots where in fact gone Yea!!!but the down side was nodules...I decided to ignore it until the follow up. Which was today! And no more nodules! 6 month's until my next oncology followup. No more CT scan! !! Great day! !!!!
Finding fantastic places to walk makes it all just loads of fun!!!
Funny how my mind has changed in the last few months... so if I have a break in my day more than 30 min I go for a walk. Isn't that a funny thing??? Having a hole in my day used to depress me...now I look at it add an opportunity to move!!! So there you go... doing another dog pack walk thing this weekend and next sounds like fun!!!
Hiking, Deep H2o aerobics, lap swimming. Not really " dieting " but eating better. Losing a little weight but honestly I feel so much better! And that is what it is all about!
On my longest hike to date 5.7 miles !!! I met a nice young man (I sound like my grandmother) and we hiked and talked and generally had a great time with our dogs!!! Getting more fit is the best feeling in the world!!!
Meetup! Dog walking in the city! And the picture tells the rest. ..
So tonight was yet another step in my journey... I have never been an involved friend. What does that mean??? Well, kind of what it sounds like. I like you you like me but work and things get in the way so it's never really convenient to get together...this year in part is about these relationships. I saw a friend again that is twice! She is very busy me not add much but we stole a couple hours...it was so nice! These moments are part of what the rest of my life looks like...healthy, Happy, and loved!
Why do I have more and less energetic days??? Yesterday for example I did a lot! I came home from work totally spent this morning I couldn't drag myself out of bed! Right now I am getting ready for work and I am hoping to have enough energy when I get off to go do my swim and/or walk... why is that???
Truly, oregon is lovely! I don't have to work until this evening so I took the opportunity to go on my favorite hike/walk! 1000 acres and as usual or was fantastic! Deep H2o aerobics this morning then hiking with my boys! Life is good!
