My liver functions continue their down-ward trend, as this week’s blood work puts my highest function at around 200, which is down from 530 last week! A nice drop, and continuance of the trend back to normal. We still have a way to go, as 37 is considered a normal level, but we are moving the right way. My tenderness in my side is gone, and there’s no major pain at all.
All good signs.
The blood and pains are improving nicely, but I will confess and say that I’m bushed!! For those of you in the St. John’s area, you know how amazing the weather has been in the past many days, and I will be honest… when it’s nice out I have real trouble staying in and resting. Especially considering that’s pretty much all I did for the past two weeks as I worked through my liver and flu symptoms, prior to this weekend that is. So when the temperature hits 30 or so, I definitely feel the need to get out of the house. And this summer, if the sun is out, or even if it’s not, if the weather great, or even if it’s not so much, you can be sure that I’m out on my bike running through the low roads just outside St. John’s.
I believe I wrote a while ago about the fact that so many people seem to think that I’m running off my head, working all the time, and keeping a very busy schedule. And the truth is, that’s definitely not the case. I am definitely productive and getting things done, but I’m also being very smart about it, and not getting myself into too much energy trouble by making commitments and over-extending myself. On one side I just don’t have the energy to work like the mad-man I used to be, and the other side is that I have no desire to get back to the constant motion state. And one great way I have discovered to keep me balanced between work and play, is to take advantage of the sun and do one of my favourite things in the world.
I have a friend who I was emailing back and forth a while ago, and she wrote this great line about being on the bike… “if I have to explain, you wouldn’t understand”. That is sort of how I feel about the past 3 days.
Awesome weather, connecting with some friends and doing something you wouldn’t understand unless you did it. I don’t remember having more fun. All day Saturday, again Sunday afternoon, and then until 11:00 last night, yes… I can’t quite find the words to tell you how much I enjoyed the past 3 days!!
The Challenge for me, is that I’m learning, or being reminded is more like it, that being out on my bike for long rides like that beats the snot out of me. When I’m out I never want to come in, but once I do I’m quite often spent. Such is the case today, while I’m still feeling very well, I’m a little on the tired side and some rest and relaxation is in order. Because some R&R is in order that’s what I’m doing this afternoon, and will do until my battery is charged. Though I will admit, if the sun continues to shine it will be quite tempting to get out and enjoy the day.
This Challenge, of balancing my energy, when I’m doing that by juggling riding my bike, doing some work, seeing my buddies, and doing some physical rebuilding, that is a Challenge that I relish to be here to tackle. It is one that I love being faced with, as it not only means I’m here to face, which is truly amazing in itself, but it also means that I’m here and feeling well enough to make the choices between working and playing. I love both, and I love the fact that I’m in a position that forces me to choose and balance them. I wrote to a friend the other day, “it’s all good, the shit and the sunshine”, and I mean it, it really is all good!
Always…
Live Life. Love Life.
Geoff
