Running 20 min... without a lung!!!!!!!
CatarinaF
Posts: 34 Member
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so sorry, but I'm simply super hyper happy today...!!!!
I don't have a lung (it was removed when I was 2 and a half years old...), and I always had this complex about not being able to run at all... That was what doctors had always told me, and I kind of got the idea into my brain... Anyway, it was so much easier to say... "Yeah, I won't try running because they told me I can't. So I'll just walk".
Well... not anymore.
I tried to run in December, and because of this damned British weather, I got pneumonia...! :sick:
So, for 45 days, no gym for me, again it would be too hard on my lung to even try to go to the gym, let alone run...
On January 21st I joint MFP thanks to a beloved friend's tip, and after the first week I'd lost 2 pounds.
I went back to the gym when my lung got better and started trying to run...
I remember the first day I ran for 2m34s.
Today I ran 11m, walked for 1m8s, and ran an extra 9m.:bigsmile:
I know it's not the same, but anyway... I ran 20 minutes altogether, and I'm so proud of myself !!!
So, if there's anyone out there with a problem like mine, just try hard...!
:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
And Happy Valentine's for everybody!
I'm so sorry, but I'm simply super hyper happy today...!!!!
I don't have a lung (it was removed when I was 2 and a half years old...), and I always had this complex about not being able to run at all... That was what doctors had always told me, and I kind of got the idea into my brain... Anyway, it was so much easier to say... "Yeah, I won't try running because they told me I can't. So I'll just walk".
Well... not anymore.
I tried to run in December, and because of this damned British weather, I got pneumonia...! :sick:
So, for 45 days, no gym for me, again it would be too hard on my lung to even try to go to the gym, let alone run...
On January 21st I joint MFP thanks to a beloved friend's tip, and after the first week I'd lost 2 pounds.
I went back to the gym when my lung got better and started trying to run...
I remember the first day I ran for 2m34s.
Today I ran 11m, walked for 1m8s, and ran an extra 9m.:bigsmile:
I know it's not the same, but anyway... I ran 20 minutes altogether, and I'm so proud of myself !!!
So, if there's anyone out there with a problem like mine, just try hard...!
:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
And Happy Valentine's for everybody!
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YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so sorry, but I'm simply super hyper happy today...!!!!
I don't have a lung (it was removed when I was 2 and a half years old...), and I always had this complex about not being able to run at all... That was what doctors had always told me, and I kind of got the idea into my brain... Anyway, it was so much easier to say... "Yeah, I won't try running because they told me I can't. So I'll just walk".
Well... not anymore.
I tried to run in December, and because of this damned British weather, I got pneumonia...! :sick:
So, for 45 days, no gym for me, again it would be too hard on my lung to even try to go to the gym, let alone run...
On January 21st I joint MFP thanks to a beloved friend's tip, and after the first week I'd lost 2 pounds.
I went back to the gym when my lung got better and started trying to run...
I remember the first day I ran for 2m34s.
Today I ran 11m, walked for 1m8s, and ran an extra 9m.:bigsmile:
I know it's not the same, but anyway... I ran 20 minutes altogether, and I'm so proud of myself !!!
So, if there's anyone out there with a problem like mine, just try hard...!
:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
And Happy Valentine's for everybody! 0 -
WTG!! Very inspiring!!! :drinker: :flowerforyou:0
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Congratulations!! Isn't it a great feeling??!!!0
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Awesome - you should be very proud of that achievement - what an inspiration to us all!0
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Congrats that is amazing0
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way to go - that is great - you believed in yourself and did it. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:0
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Congrats that is amazing
That puppy of yours is sooooooooooooo cute!!!!
Thank you !!!!
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congrats, and your story is so inspiring, thanks for sharing it. Keep up the great work.0
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that is wonderful!!!0
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Yee haw for you sweets!0
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Way to go! I had my left lung removed in 2006 and have found that I can still do a lot of things that one would think you could not do without a lung! I even met a dance instructor who only had one lung. So good for you. Keep up the good work!0
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wow, you rock....20 minutes is great!0
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im hoping to just be able to run for 5 mins again ...
and i have both lungs i keep trying though..
congrats and good luck0 -
That's fantastic! I knew of a Marine who was allowed to stay in the USMC after having a lung removed due to an injury he sustained serving in Vietnam, but he had to prove he could keep up with the "rest of the pack" during PT - and he did!
So, good on you, and congrats on joining the "What do doctors know!" club.0 -
well, I was gonna brag about running 3 straight minutes on the treadmill yesterday, but after your story I now want to wait until it is 10!!:blushing:
:drinker: to courage
:drinker: to trying
:drinker: to achievements!
I raise a glass to you for all of your goals and achievements!
Hear Hear:drinker: :drinker:0 -
Hi there! I too have only one lung having one removed in 2006 from lung cancer. You can run! silly doctors. I went camping and hiking 5 weeks after my surgery. I don't run because I am too fat but I feel I could if I was thinner. I have met a dancing instructor who is physically fit and has only one lung. Keep up the good work and don't be scared! forget that dumb doctor. Have a great day. Teri0
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Sorry, I guess I posted twice. I did not realize I had already left a post. Embarrassing!0
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Wow - you are an inspiration! Keep up the good work. You can conquer anything you set your mind to.
If you can do it with one lung, I can do it with a couple of black ones right? Your motivating me to go run.. and push myself more.
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I have two lungs and I don't think I can run that much. :bigsmile: VERY COOL! I'm working on increasing my running time because I know it is such a good exercise!
I'll have to tell my sister your story. She has a really bad lung capacity and says that she can't run. Excuses Excuses!!!0
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