today was my last day of pulmonary rehab. it took all of 6 weeks, and a gruelling six weeks it was. to complete the rehab, i did a 6-minute walk today (standard eval sort of thing). basically, you walk back and forth down a hallway for 6 minutes, with your oxygen saturation and heartbeat constantly monitored, and they measure how far you walk and how fatigued and out of breath you get. i walked 30% farther than i had at the beginning of the 6 weeks, and comfortably farther than i ever have before (i've been doing these periodically for many years). so i guess the rehab was worth it. now i just have to figure out my home exercise routine, and some sort of progression of exercise to get me from walking to running. tips/advice welcome.
in other medical news, since i've been ok for the last week, they finally pulled the picc line, so i am now completely unfettered. and blood work has been knocked down to once a week, doctors visits bi-weekly, and xrays every two or three weeks.
so, i will be coming up to nj for a long weekend on thursday. ill be in wayne till monday, so if you're around....
i think ill spend wednesday at the philadelphia museum of art. ill probably be able to make it all the way up the rocky steps, and then i can relax in front of some renoir.
Hi Chris! I thought I'd chime in with some running advice. There are lots of couch-to-5K programs floating around the internet - you might be able to work with one of them. You might need to adjust the specifics of the workouts, but the general idea should be useful to you. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI think you should watch Rocky IV. Probably the best workout montage put to video... ever.
ReplyDeleteClimbing the stairs in Philly is a good start... but running up a snowy mountain and doing pullups on the rafters of a wooden cabin is where you should be aiming.
your wednesday sounds fantastic! enjoy and wave at me from the steps! i will of course be stuck at work. :-p
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