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Marathons and hysterectomy surgery
I've run two half-marathons in the past year and this IS going to be the "full" year....or so I hope. I have a half signed up for early May and a full for mid-June, and was doing some mid-distance (8 miles) training runs in Sept. and Oct. when I started having "feminine issue" bleeding. Heavy feminine issue bleeding. My…
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Rant about learning CPR
Yesterday I performed CPR. Not on a mannequin. I performed it on a local businessman, husband, father, grandfather. Yes, I'm an EMT. I'm trained to do CPR. However, I'm three weeks out from a hysterectomy. I wasn't riding on the ambulance yesterday. I'm still another week before I'm allowed to work on the ambulance again.…
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Make your doctor a partner in your weight loss...
I've been on a nearly two-year weight loss journey, and I have a fantastic relationship with my general practicioner. I've always struggled with my wieght, but an illness I had three years ago that needed high-dose steroid treatment was where most of my weight was piled on. My doctor guided me through that, then introduced…
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Advice on adding weights to running regimen
I've gone from being a couch-lounger to regularly competing in 5 and 10Ks and completing two half marathons in the past year and a half. I run four to five times a week and still have about 30 lbs I want to lose, but at this point I'm not concerned about the weight loss - it'll come with the running. However, my next goal…
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Asking for prayers
I'm the editor of the local weekly paper, and an EMT for our rural ambulance service. It's been a way crappy week so far. On Saturday I was paged to an address I knew — a 20 year old friend of mine killed herself. Monday, my dad was hospitalized. Today, one of my good friends, only 56, died of a stroke. Again, I was on the…
