My Supportive Husband

Yesterday, I found myself caught up in work and before I knew it, it was 5:30 and Dave was home. He asked me if I had done my work out and the answer was a meek, "no."

I expected that he was changing his clothes to go running like he usually does, but to my surprise, he said, "Come on, let's do your DVD together." WOW! I didn't expect that but I was so pleased he offered. I'm also glad he did the work out with me so he could see how intense it really is.

We both did it, added in the abs work out and viola, we were done. Both soaked in sweat and smiling. It really does make a difference when you have the support of your loved ones. Do you?

What Do You Know? I'm Not Crazy!

I saw the pain management doctor yesterday with regard to the episodes of back pain. We went through all the initial appointment formalities when he sat down and read my MRI results. He asked, "Did anyone go over these results with you?" Well, over the phone. They gave me the some of your nerve tissue is exposed... "You have a compression fracture in L1." He chimed in.

Well, okay then. Exactly what does that mean? I didn't need to ask, he could see the look on my face and went on to say that we could leave it alone as it seems to be healing, or we could be aggressive and do surgery. Surgery?! How the heck does someone who gets by really well for the most part need back surgery? He went on, in his calming doctor voice, that it's not necessarily the answer, it's just something to be informed about, and if this doesn't get better, it may be what's needed.

Well, I gotta say, that was a shot out of left field. I like his recommendation for aqua therapy, and for now, he's with Dr. D, no running. I'm gonna keep doing what I'm doing since it's working. I'll let you know what a surgeon thinks. I certainly know what I think! Surgery hurts, not just me, but the family members who have to take care of me. Uh, I'm thinking, "NO!"

I Actually Made It To The Next Level!

I'm doing the BeachBody Slim in 6 program and though I've attempted it before, I never got to the second work out, Ramp It Up (48 minutes). It turned out when I was attempting to complete this program, I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, Mason was a baby, and Dave was deployed to Iraq, lots of stress. I tried to do that workout but just couldn't physically do it. Today I did, all 48 minutes of it. Even better is that I gave it a go a few days earlier than prescribed.

I wanted to do something different so I thought I would do some of it, and work up to completing it. I did it. And I'm going to do it again, for two more weeks when I will then be confronted with Burn It Up, a whopping 55 minutes of sheer, muscle burning hell! Laughing!

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