That’s four, echo li¹, FOUR laps today. AND I was walking at a walking pace, not using the walker to take my weight, but actually walking and having it just for stability. My legs are tired like normal, but not my arms today. WTF.
I don’t know how the hell that happened. I just got up today and just… it felt right. I realized I could do that.
I’ve taken a suggestion on how to be a little more entertaining and I’m experimenting with Special Sunday. Every other day I either get up and go to dialysis or get up and work. Sunday is my single day completely off, so I have a little more time I can devote to doing things.
I’m starting out with writing quotes in a book I received that my wife had commissioned by one of my coworkers at Colonial Williamsburg. I have severe ADHD and I am terrible at using things like this. There’s never a good enough reason to use something like this, so things like this sit unused. Well, I’m thinking I’ll write out a quote in my terrible handwriting, hold it up to the camera on Sunday, then post a clearer picture (and maybe type up the actual text lol) on Monday’s posts. Lemme know what you think. Also, it’s hard to see the phone, so that’s why the awkward angle and dipping down and back up. lol.
I’ll keep that to the beginning of the videos so you can view the short I post on Imgur to see how my progress is, and just watch the beginning of the Youtube video - I always post the full walk (almost said run, but that won’t be for a good while!) there.
Today’s easter egg - on the last lap, a neighbor poked her head out to see what all the noise was. lol. This is a public space, but I need to write a letter to my neighbors letting them know what I’m doing and that I am recording. lol.
Well. The last thing I will say is that I got a bit emotional back inside while putting this together. I didn’t think I would see any significant progress for a good long time. And frankly, I’m not sure how much more quick progress I will see - I wasn’t feeling all that great for the past few days, so this may be more a difference between feeling more okay vs. less okay rather than real progress, but that’s okay. I’m still very happy with today. And whereas the way I was walking for the first week didn’t feel like it would lead to me being able to get to the car and get in, this is starting to feel like maybe that goal is reachable.
208 feet today.
It doesn’t sound like a lot, but it’s more than the essentially zero feet I’ve been walking for a very very long time.
On Imgur: https://imgur.com/gallery/day-8-special-sunday-nRU9exq
Bonus:\ - putting on the prosthesis:
