Update:
Saturday morning I got my workout and my bike ride done early in the
morning. Although it didn’t feel too
warm with the breeze, the humidity was high.
My leg inside the silicone liner was sweating profusely. About half way through the ride (7.75 miles),
there was enough sweat inside the liner that it broke the seal. After that while I was pedaling, on every
upstroke air was sucked into the liner.
On every down stroke of the pedal the air was forced back out. It sounded like adolescent boys making the
armpit noise! There really wasn’t
anything to do until I got home, so I laughed a lot at the sounds as I rode
home.
After I got home from the ride, I needed to clean up before going to my
office. When I took the silicone liner
off, I had a puddle of sweat on the floor about the size of a dinner
plate. Ugg! After I washed my leg and put on a new dry
liner, I was much more comfortable and I no longer made noise!
I am amazed that I have still not needed to go into the prosthetist for
any adjustments for two full weeks. I am
walking and using the leg as much as I ever have now. The freedom feels wonderful. It is such a change from the way things were
going in late May and early June. My
hope is for many more days like I have been having.
On Sunday I decided to not bother with taking the wheelchair to church
with me. I went up and down the hallway
numerous times during the morning without missing a beat. I didn’t use the wheelchair until later in
the afternoon when I decided to take my leg off during a nap. Yep! I’m feeling pretty fine and happy right
now!
I don’t have any medical appointments scheduled for Monday. It’s my day off, so I’ll probably go into Eau
Claire to do a few errands after I take my bike ride and do my exercises.
Thought for the Day:
Remember the Tombstone Pizza commercial that intoned, “What do you want
on your Tombstone?” The double entendre
caught our attention in a playful manner.
Putting the idea of what toppings you’d like on your pizza aside; let’s
think of a more significant issue. What
do you want to be remembered for when you die?
What kinds of things are going to stick out to your family as they
struggle to write your obituary? What
will the people who knew you think that your priorities in life were?
“Almost universally, when people look back on their lives while on
their deathbed, they wished that their priorities had been quite different… Instead, they wish they had spent more time
with the people and activities that they truly loved and less time worrying
about aspects of life that, up deeper examination, really don’t matter all that
much.” [Richard Carlson, Don’t Sweat the
Small Stuff].
Why don’t you take a little time right now and think about your
life. Carlson suggests that you imagine
that you are attending your own funeral.
Do you like what you hear about yourself as others talk about you? Are you satisfied with how your life turned
out?
If you aren’t, take time right now to make the necessary changes in
your life so that when your life is actually over, you’ll be more satisfied
with the legacy you leave behind. And I
am not talking about the fortune you amassed or the possessions that you left
behind; I’m thinking about the relationships you formed, the people that you
cared for, and your character qualities that people will remember. Those things really define who you were as a
person (not the accomplishments that you’d list on a resume).
Someone has said that on a tombstone it’s the dash between the year of your
birth and the year of your death that is important. That dash represents all the days of your life
in between the dates. Make the choices
necessary today so that in the future the dash on your tombstone represents a
life well lived.
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