…..for rain in San Francisco that is. As for me… I’ve had worse , but for now it looks like I’m pretty much back to “normal” ( or as normal as I can get) . March has been a long and difficult month for me, but somehow I still managed to put in more miles [...]
Barry Manilow
Music & Passion DVD bonus disk, truly a Bonus
This is slightly off topic, but I just had to Thank Barry Manilow , Stiletto and all musicians , performers and behind- the- scenes personnel, for putting together the bonus section of the new Music & Passion DVD . I just received it today. Definitely a treat for his die hard fans and anyone else [...]
Air-trapping
A bad patch or something else ?
I haven’t had an decent walk day ( or breathing day for that matter) in nearly a month. I did manage to squeak out 15 miles last week ,but they were very unpleasant. I huffed an puffed my way through every single mile. As a person who has dealt with this disease for more than [...]
Air-trapping
Half way back
Either the steroids kicked-in and did their job OR , it was just coincidence and whatever was aggravating my symptoms, finally ran its course. In any case, I think I averted a costly hospital visit. I’m still really fatigued, but I’m certainly breathing better . I plan to do a rapid taper and hopefully come [...]
Asthma
Greener days are ahead ……..I hope
I don’t know what’s causing it , but I’ve had an unusually long string of bad breathing days lately. For the past two weeks , my peak flows and my dyspnea levels have been all over the place. Maybe its due to environmental stuff, like the weather, high pollen and mold counts….That sort of thing. [...]
Asthma
Cutting back
One of the reasons I started a fitness walking program in the first place, was to loose some of the weight I had gained from the inactivity of being sick and from years of steroid use. The idea was simple… If I could loose a few pounds doing some relatively easy exercise, maybe I’d be [...]
Asthma
Putting the pieces together
I’m up a notch to the yellow now …..And despite the fact that my peak flows are still down, I had a pretty decent walk today. I was only able to do 5 miles, but I got to do a lot of racewalking drills in those miles. At one point in my walk , during [...]
Air-trapping
The red zone
Yesterday I was in the green and walked 6 miles. Today I’m tittering on the red and I’m unable to do much of anything . I usually don’t post when I’m in the red zone because even typing is a chore , but I wanted to document just how fast things can change when you [...]
Asthma
Just what the Doctor didn’t order
In a typical month I use somewhere around 550 puffs of albuterol via the inhaler. That equals about 18 puffs a day. (Not a huge amount for a hardcore asthmatic .) Anyway, each inhaler holds appx 180 puffs which means I need appx 3 inhalers per month. Well, today I went to the pharmacy to [...]
Racewalkers
Introducing the Walking Faster Club
My racewalking friend, Vickie, came up with a new message board.We’re calling it the “WalkingFasterClub” For more information just click the purple icon and enter your Yahoo ID or sign up directly from the link on my sidebar.
Asthma
Worse leg cramps ever
Wow……I’m on a roll. I’m excelling in the stupidity category this week. Seems I’ve been doing one crazy thing after another lately. I had just finished posting about yesterday’s walk from hell , when out of the blue, I developed the worse leg cramps EVER !!! I mean the kind where your whole lower body [...]
Asthma
Life after Racewalking School
Not much has changed on the walking front since my racewalking debut last Saturday. I’m still walking the same course in nearly the same manner with maybe just a bit more flare. I think I had this crazy notion, that after I took racewalking lessons, I’d somehow be out there racing all over the place. [...]
Barry Manilow
ALERT ! M & P on San Jose PBS March 9th
We’re there! Here’s Mom . Its no secret that I’m huge Barry Manilow Fan. Back on December 12th 2005, my Mom and I were lucky enough to get tickets for the taping of this incredible show at the Las Vegas Hilton. We got to sit through 4 hours of nearly non-stop frenzy. Boy..what an amazing [...]
