Lets Post our Daily Exercise

Stay safe and enjoy the snow day!

yeah to your nd state football champions, Ruth

great game, TT

I went to LIFT this morning & Core tonight with a little house cleaning in between.

I have heard such good things about the Dylan movie that I need to go!

Here's the Wednesday Walking Women.

I took down Christmas decorations (getting 50000 steps in the process) and watched President Carter's funeral too. A beautiful and touching tribute to an amazing life. I will go to Dance2fit tonight.

I went to Pilates/Stretch this morning & walked around the track for 15 minutes. I went downtown & spent a gift certificate I had gotten for Christmas at a local boutique. DH & I went to the Bob Dylan movie this afternoon & we both thought that it was very good!!

I did a little shoveling too….we maybe got an inch, but might get some more today. I went to a wonderful yoga class & on a dog walk. The temperature is mild but is supposed to take a nose dive…….ah, January!

I also did a little snow shoveling. Not sure how much we actually got but the yard is totally white with little tips of grass popping through. First snow in 3 years. We had a little snow in December but by the end of the day it was mostly gone.

TT: Did you get a lot of snow?

Still trying to wrap my head around the CA fires. The NC mountains, CA fires, the snow storms - don't tell me climate change is a hoax.

I've been laying low and taking it easy. The 2 new meds I'm on keep my heart rate really low so I've learned to adjust and not make fast sudden movements. But, I hope all of that will change when I have my ablation. Finally got it scheduled for February 10. Wish it was earlier but I'm just happy to be on the schedule.

I don't think I've posted since NYE. We went up to the mountains on the 2nd to the 5th - took way too long to get there as Loveland Pass was closed so they were doing planned shutting of the tunnel so haz mat trucks go could through the tunnel. 4 hours instead of 1.5, so we didn't get to hike Thursday afternoon, but went for a couple walks. Hiked Friday and Saturday and left early Sunday morning. Needed to get back into the regular routine and get ready for the work week. By Wednesday, I was so exhausted, I called in to work and stayed home. We had wanted to go to the mountains again on the MLK week-end but decided not to due to exhaustion and now the weather is reporting to be bitter cold, single digits and 0F in Denver during the day so even colder in the mountains. Actually, it will be nice to have the time to relax.

It's been cold all week so at night, I'm wearing my snow pants and heavy coat on our walks. Mornings are around 12F. I walked with a gf on Friday morning and we were both bundled up!

I see my Hematologist tomorrow morning - CMP was better than a couple weeks ago for Nephrologist. But not sure about the MM numbers - have several questions for Hematologist. What do we worry if numbers are trending up/down and when is a change significant. I've been worried about this appointment so waiting for confirmation that all is good. I will have my labs repeated for Nephrologist on the 24th which will be a month from the last ones.

Not sure what our plans are for today, but going to ask DH if he was to go see the BD movie. I guess I should see what times it is playing. 12:50 and its a long movie - 2 hours 20 minutes. Who has seen it?

Well, best get moving - time to jump in the shower.

Have a great Sunday.

It's so cold here that we had 'sun dogs' in the sky today.

BD movie was great. It did not drag at all. I saw Joan Baez with my mother, but i no longer when.

The Bob Dylan movie was quite good and the time did not drag. I was telling my 26 year old that whoever played Dylan had him down quite well and she seemed to know who the actor was.

Saw the Hematologist this morning. I told him I was nervous about the appointment and he said, let me put your mind at ease. MM #'s are good, relatively stable, but creeping up ever so slowly. He is not concerned and if the increase to a point that treatment is necessary (agai), we will go that route. He thinks it will be slow. I'm not in remission (and haven't been), but stable numbers and smoldering.

My Potassium was high, but Hematologist was not concerned. He said to see my endocrinologist or Nephrologist if I wanted to.

Well, Hematologist was not worried about Potassium being elevated, but Nephrologist was worried. After three phone calls from them this afternoon, they want me to go have my labs repeated tomorrow instead of waiting to next week. She told me not to eat any Potassium rich foods - and there are a lot that are part of my diet. No tomatoes, no yogurt, no oranges, no potatoes are just the beginning of the list.There are no appointments tomorrow early in the morning, so I will go as a walk in and hopefully the wait won't be long. I wrote work to let them know I would be late.

I feel like I can't catch a break. Will keep you posted.

Lift this morning & Core tonight. I am going through old family pictures, letters etc. and trying to organize them into a system that will make sense. DS's gotten interested in family history so now seemed like a good time to do it. What a job!!! DH & I are also in the midst of updating our Wills, Health Care Directives & other things like that. Also a big job, but I know I sure appreciated my parents having everything organized long before they passed away.

Exercise has been zero since Monday as I have been under a stomach bug Tues/Wed…ugh. I hope to get out of the house today if only for a walk!

Good reminder to rework wills, etc. My DH and I need to do this as well. We did the full allocation 25+ years ago (we have been married 32, so sometime between those dates!) as my husband was a "young" naval engineer constantly on a duty assignment… somewhere. Having a POA has been really helpful over the years, but given our mid-60's ages now, a medical directive is probably more important.

Take care everyone, TT

Finally got out of the house! and some exercise! Artic weather coming your way Ruth, take care. TT