7 miles....

Pam & Elle are in France ("oohh we're sitting at a small cafe across the river from Notre Dame"). Mom & dad came down for the weekend. Lunch at George & Barbs...

Today presented perfect weather, mid 50s, sunny, light breeze! Dad and I walked 7 miles!

I'm sneakin up on that "half marathon"...

Dinner at CheeseCake Factory with John & Jonathan ;-)

Life ain't half bad!

rws

"Firsts"

Ya baby... I rode a genuine two wheel bike yesterday (first time since 1 Sept)... OK it was grandma's bike and yes Pam was jogging along side (but no training wheels)... short but sweet...

We also walked 6 miles on the trail... first time up to presurgery distance (are you ready to walk a half marathon with me?) We're looking at entering the Sixth State-to-State Half-Marathon, an RRCA Regional Championship race,is set for Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 7:30 a.m. at Oxford, Ohio (Miami University). http://www.statetostate.org/index.html The race has a running and walking component.

I went back to work full time last week... who knew the days were SO long... fortunately the days seemed to get shorter as the week progressed.

Funny thing... I'm tired this morning...

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rws

Update

Yahoo! Slept (in bed) the last couple of nights. I've stopped muscle relaxants and have reduced pain meds significantly.

Had my first post surgery visit Tuesday and can return to work on 9th (Monday). When I shared with the nurse practitioner that I had really bad neck and back spasms, she replied "we hear that all the time" ... silly me I thought I was dying;-)

I snuck into work for a couple of hours yesterday, under the guise of bringing the "return to work" note to the nurse. I've got among other restrictions a two pound lifting restriction (pretty funny).

Sometime remind me to tell ya'll about going to the hospital for surgery... could a sworn I was at a Southwest Airlines check in gate...

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rws

6 months...

Pam & I "celebrated" the 6 month anniversary of my accident by going out to the trail and walking with Barb & George (grandma & pa). I completed 4 miles (left leg dragging by the end) in the 39 degree weather. Grandma walks a lot faster than she used too... or??

I think I turned the corner of this spinal surgery thing on Friday. Feeling a little stronger each day. Saturday went to church and a friends house for lunch, then went home exhausted. Last night I slept in bed until about 2 am, back and shoulder pain then sent me via vicoden down to the couch.

None the less, I'm puttering around more, studying for Family Practice Boards and cat napping every 2-3 hours.

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