Driving to Barwis is now an hour-long ordeal because I-96 is closed and it will be for a while. As I am driving to Barwis it begins to rain. In spite of the rain, my body feels okay. I had already made the decision to make the best of things in spite of the weather last week and I also believe it that I felt good in comparison to how I felt the previous weekend. I had the flu. Bodyache, headache, sick to my stomach, the whole 9 yards. I spent Sunday in and out of coherency and I went to work on Monday, yesterday. I was also going to Barwis. But I was feeling good so BRING IT! I get into Barwis and Phil begins stretching me and tells me that I feel pretty good to which I reply, “RAIN-SHMAIN!”
We head over to the Keiser machine and I get set to stand. I stand and give it my all. When I finally sit, Phil shows me the timer on his phone which reads 40 seconds and some change and he tells me that it was over a minute because he didn’t start timing it right away. My second stand was over a minute as well so I am feeling pretty good. But then comes my third stand in which I feel GREAT!!! I stood and my legs were beginning to shake and I thought I was going to fall into my chair but then I got my second wind and stood fully upright again! *BINK* after which I made some kind of excited yelp! I thought I was collapsing again but then I see Backey come in and I got a THIRD wind! How unheard of!!! Phil timed me and when I finally sat, he showed me the timer and it was 2:38 and some change! I was SUPER excited and Phil had his hand palm up on his thigh. I told him to give me his fist and he just shook his head and smiled. I told him that he stinks and he said it was because he was ,”smart.” I stood over a minute two more times and then we were finished.
I felt REALLY good! After my last stand, Phil put his fist out so OF COURSE I grabbed it and yelled, “Joystick!” As he pulled his fist away he told me to, “Get out of the gym!” He smiled and Backey congratulated me and told me what a good job I did and Phil agreed and said that he was “proud of me.” Thanks Phil!!! I’m proud of me too!!!
Backey took me out to my car which I got in ALL BY MYSELF!!! EVEN MY LEGS!!! Backey DID have to help me adjust my feet a little bit because I was tired. I texted Phil that I got into the car ALL BY MYSELF!!! RAIN-SHMAIN!!! Leaving Barwis, I have to turn left instead of right. Right gets me onto the freeway and left gets me into a subdivision in Plymouth. I TOTALLY got lost. It was raining, Onstar had to reroute my car TWICE, and my butt really hurt from standing but I still was smiling!!! Phil sent me these:
2nd stand
3rd stand
4th stand
5th stand
That’s A LOT of standing! No wonder my butt hurt! It STILL hurts as I write this. I still am smiling about my stands and am excited for “Walking Wednesday” #23. I think it really IS starting to happen and that feels REALLY GOOD!!!