MAY 2015 - Move Your @ss Challenge
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so very glad your doctor found the clot .... And now you are on the road to recovery ....darkrider42 wrote: »sufferlandrian wrote: »darkrider42 wrote: »
Dean...I completely understand and I appreciate your input and concern. You'll be happy to know that I heeded your advice and sucked it up and made an appointment for this afternoon.sufferlandrian wrote: »You see Dave, it's not that we are trying to be your mother. It's that we would really miss you if something happened and let's face it. You and I are reaching the age where things break.
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And adding on after seeing the rest of the posts...thank you so much for the care from the rest of you too! I really do appreciate it. :flowerforyou:
Dave
@Dave - Thanks Dave. That does make me feel better. I'd really like to have you around for years to come on this sight. You're enthusiasm and cheerful attitude really do help motivate people and make their lives better. Every once in awhile someone comes along that is an inspiration to others. They aren't out there yelling or selling. They just be who they are and it inspires others. You are one of those people. Here's to a quick recovery and hoping you get to come back and tell us all, "I told you so!"
Thank you SO much for the kind words, Dean. I truly do appreciate them. I'm really glad I listened to you because now...here's where I get to say, "YOU told me so." I frequently am one to dismiss just about any symptoms and try to take care of them by myself and internally scoff when someone says "You should go see a doctor" over a cough or an ache...but you, Dean, said just the right things to snap me out of my eternal stubbornness. 
I went to my appointment and the doctor did an exam and I had an EKG which came back normal, then a chest x-ray which also came back clear, but the doc didn't want to just send me home with nothing while still having trouble breathing so he sent me to another facility for a chest CT scan which clearly identified a large blood clot in my lung that I've been carrying around for who knows how long! At least 3-4 weeks. So it's a really good thing I went in when I did because I was a potential ticking bomb waiting to go off. I see him again in about an hour to get started on blood thinners for however long he says. Probably a few months, maybe for good.
But thanks again, Dean. I owe ya big on this one.
And this one time I won't mind if you send me a bill. :laugh:
Dave
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I'm just glad they found something. I'm glad it was something they can treat. That will probably keep you off the bike for awhile but that's ok. As long as you continue to lurk and encourage, that's payment enough for me.
Here's to a speedy recovery with minimal problems.
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Finally adding something. I'm short one run. I have to find out the distance one of these days. Not doing as well as I had planned. The rain has put a damper on my running partly.0 -
4.4 mile run/walk
@Dave - so happy you went and got a diagnosis, especially one that's manageable. You probably helped save your own life by being so active and in better shape than most people in our age range. A pulmonary embolism (PE) can lead to sudden and more severe symptoms than what you described. And I think you got your money's worth on the $260. 
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sufferlandrian wrote: »darkrider42 wrote: »
Dean...I completely understand and I appreciate your input and concern. You'll be happy to know that I heeded your advice and sucked it up and made an appointment for this afternoon.sufferlandrian wrote: »You see Dave, it's not that we are trying to be your mother. It's that we would really miss you if something happened and let's face it. You and I are reaching the age where things break. :drinker:
And adding on after seeing the rest of the posts...thank you so much for the care from the rest of you too! I really do appreciate it. :flowerforyou:
Dave
@Dave - Thanks Dave. That does make me feel better. I'd really like to have you around for years to come on this sight. You're enthusiasm and cheerful attitude really do help motivate people and make their lives better. Every once in awhile someone comes along that is an inspiration to others. They aren't out there yelling or selling. They just be who they are and it inspires others. You are one of those people. Here's to a quick recovery and hoping you get to come back and tell us all, "I told you so!"
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Dave I'm so glad you went in and I'm so glad what you have can be treated. Now...ya gotta do what the doc says! No messin' around. And...get better soon.
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17.5/50 miles running complete for the month!0
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3.51 miles walked today
135.79 miles walked to date0 -
new ttd 62.4 miles
and Dark rider Dave so sorry to hear of your health problems and glad you got checked. Now do as doc orders and take care.0 -
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@Dave, we are all just worried about you and I am glad to read that you have made an appt (or already gone) to get checked out. Don't worry about miles, or us, just take care of yourself! Well I am 1 mile from goal, don't know how I managed that. Oh well.
05/15 - 9.0 miles cycling (Giro Challenge stage 7)
05/16 - 13.0 miles cycling (Giro Challenge stage 8)
05/17 - 13.0 miles cycling (Giro Challenge stage 9)
05/18 - 2.0 miles walking (Giro Challenge rest day)
05/19 - 2.0 miles walking
05/19 - 8.0 miles cycling (Giro Challenge stage 10)
Total: 199.0 miles
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anaconda469 wrote: »@Dave, we are all just worried about you and I am glad to read that you have made an appt (or already gone) to get checked out. Don't worry about miles, or us, just take care of yourself! Well I am 1 mile from goal, don't know how I managed that. Oh well.
05/15 - 9.0 miles cycling (Giro Challenge stage 7)
05/16 - 13.0 miles cycling (Giro Challenge stage 8)
05/17 - 13.0 miles cycling (Giro Challenge stage 9)
05/18 - 2.0 miles walking (Giro Challenge rest day)
05/19 - 2.0 miles walking
05/19 - 8.0 miles cycling (Giro Challenge stage 10)
Total: 199.0 miles
It's the Giro challenge and the new bike. You put the two together and you can really pile on the miles. 0 -
Adding 16 miles to get myself up to date. Spent a lot of time in the car the last few days moving my daughter and her husband from Minneapolis to Lincoln. Moving them from an apartment to a house got me lots of stairs but not a lot of miles! LOL! I'll play catch up this week and next and hopefully keep my streak going.
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@Dave, OMG that is exactly what my SIL died from last week ( & she had been in the hospital for 3 days!) I'm sooooo glad you listened to all of us who worry about you! Now listen to the medical pro's & get yourself well so you can get your @ss moving again! LOL
I did not get to go clean for my friend (tomorrow now) so I walked my clean cut furries 3 miles & did another 6 on my ex bike! Whoop whoop I passed my goal!!!
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5/19- 6.2 miles walk/run
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Adding 36 miles for 241 out of 300.
Can we start donating miles for Dave so he can still hit goal? Like donating sick leave when someone is out with a long term illness? 0 -
5/19 5 mile run / 4 mile walk
188.5 miles of 250 miles
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@Dave: I am so glad you listened to Dean. We just lost a Special Ed. assistant last week while at work. He refused to go to the hospital and a principal called 911 and they took him. He had a blood clot in his lung and did not make it. Praise the Lord they found yours and the doctor was wise to send you for more tests. My husband finally got the insurance okay to have a lung CAT Scan and that has been our concern. You be a good patient and let them work on reducing that clot. I know all of us are so glad that they found this in time.0
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@darkrider42 I'm sorry you haven't been feeling well but am super glad you went to the doc for some answers! Hoping you have a super swift recovery.
I am adding 4.2 tonight for MTD of 64.7
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May 19: 9.5 miles walking 4 and cycling 5.5 milea
TTD: 179.15 miles
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Dave...you better be doing what the doc told you to do.
Dean...I like the "donating miles to Dave" idea. Would we donate Bonus Miles?
We walked w/Bean this morning then I went off by myself. It was a beautiful day here. Sunny and breezy!!
Tuesday - 12.04 miles
I hope everyone's Wednesday is terrific!!
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So much more activity with the doctor, nurses, lab and trips to the pharmacy, but it was a good day. I got to see the full CT scan report and feel even more fortunate for finding this out when I did because it was not just one clot. The report said, "Multiple bi-lateral (both lungs) pulmonary emboli with a greater number on the right."
All the people I met with today were so nice and caring and a true pleasure to be around. Which is a good thing because I'm going to become good buddies with a couple of them as I have to go back in regularly for them to check my blood "thinness" as they dial in the dose of my medicine. I also learned how to give myself the injections I'll have to give myself twice a day for the next week, and also learned about the foods I need to be moderate with as they will offset the effects of the blood thinners.
Yeah, it's an understatement to say that the last 36 hours have been quite the crazy, unexpected ride! A real wake-up call for me too. I am so grateful for all of my friends here and to have been blessed to be able to share in each other's lives. I hope you know how much you've touched and enriched my life, especially in the last couple of years. You sure do mean a lot to me. Thank you.
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@KAR328 - Karen, funny thing is I think I heard the *whooshing* sound as we flew by the $260-mark a lonnnnng time ago yesterday! :laugh: I think conservatively, we're probably up around $1500 minimum now, but you won't hear me complain about that one bit because that's still a bargain considering the alternative. :flowerforyou:4.4 mile run/walk
@Dave - so happy you went and got a diagnosis, especially one that's manageable. You probably helped save your own life by being so active and in better shape than most people in our age range. A pulmonary embolism (PE) can lead to sudden and more severe symptoms than what you described. And I think you got your money's worth on the $260.
Dave
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adding 11.77 miles
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@Chris - I think donating the bonus miles is a GREAT idea! Heaven knows he'll be burning plenty of calories between stress and visits to the doctors. That's a lot of walking to get from one office to the other when you only have part of one lung to use. I'll donate my bonus miles. 0
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Since I hit goal yesterday he can have my bonus miles!
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May: 175 miles
Yearly Challenge: 454.5/1500
May 1 - 3: 12 miles
May 4 - 5 miles
May 5 - 4 miles
May 6 - 4 miles walking, 6 miles biking
May 7 - 4 miles walking + weight lifting
May 8 - 10th: 11 miles
May 11 - 3 miles
May 12 - 2 mile walking, 8 miles biking
May 13 - 5 miles
May 14 - 17: 14 miles
May 18 - 4 miles + yoga
May 19 - 4 miles walking 8 miles biking
94/175 I have to average 6.75 miles each and every day for the rest of the month to make my goal....please...no...rain!0 -
Sounds like @darkrider42 and @Lovemyalex could both use our bonus miles this month! Glad you found the issue Dave and are getting treated!
I rode 26 miles yesterday afternoon-
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Added 3.5 miles AND worked 8 hours too. I have to get better at doing both the same day.
May total 72.25 miles.
I'm happy to donate miles to both Dave and Lovemyalex. But we do know you both will be back and adding your own miles as soon as you are able.
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