Better and Better and Better

Over the weekend I went to the swimming pool and I got in and I swam 550 meters before stopping for a short rest.  I swam 1000 meters all total again, with minimal downtime.  The pool was filled with lap swimmers, and no open swimmers, so they never started open swim, so I didn't do any water treading.

Since my last update I have more than 84430 steps.  I say more than, since I kept walking after I updated, but reset it the next day.  Those steps are lost.

I haven't ridden my bicycle much in months.  But as of last week I on it again and while the first day was hard, I quickly got in the feel of things.  My strength is improving rapidly.

Lifting has been very hard.  But with my newfound sense of feeling good, I think it shall continue again.

My impression is that last year was pretty much a wash in terms of my health.  Finding out towards the end of the year that my lungs were inflamed appears to be the turning point.  Once that started to get better, everything got better.

I'm feeling highly motivated to get back to doing things I like.  Such as biking, and hiking, and trying again to return to running.  And I want to float down the Rio Grande from Escondida to San Antonio.  I've never done it.  I've gone whitewater rafting in the Taos Gorge, but never a leisurely float.

So much failure

I show 922685 steps over 168 days.  That's pretty good I guess.

I still have pain.  I don't have as many bizarre side effects.  Lots of pain.

Months ago I gave up trying to exercise because of the pain and complications.  My health has gotten worse as a result.

But now I'm trying to give up trying to give up.  A week ago I felt good enough ride my bicycle a few miles, something I hadn't done in months.  I've gone swimming twice.  Today, for 1km and then I treaded water for 30 minutes.  I had intended to tread water for 60 minutes, but it was boring.  Really boring.