My mom is definitely my biggest supporter, and she has been pushing me to exercise regularly to help build my strength back up. She just made me go to her gym yesterday for me to join and she's paying for it. She even bought me 4 personal training sessions (with the trainer she uses, who is amazing! and she also went to school for physical therapy, so she knows how to be careful with my condition).
I just went for the first time this morning, and it was tough for me to climb onto the bike (it's as if my legs have forgotten how to function), but I did that for 15 minutes, sat down and rested for a few minutes, and was able to walk on the treadmill slowly for another 15 minutes! This is so huge for me! Now that my foot drop is gone, I can do more! I have a treadmill at home and the last time I used it, my foot would start dragging around 8 minutes into it, so I only went 10-14 minutes on any given day. With the weakness in my knee area, I still have to be very careful, but it really felt great to see how I tripled my workout time from a month or two ago when I still had the foot drop!
Last week really was not a very good week for me (multiple things I really hoped were going to go my way, but they didn't), so I feel like this is a wonderful start to the new week.
I just went for the first time this morning, and it was tough for me to climb onto the bike (it's as if my legs have forgotten how to function), but I did that for 15 minutes, sat down and rested for a few minutes, and was able to walk on the treadmill slowly for another 15 minutes! This is so huge for me! Now that my foot drop is gone, I can do more! I have a treadmill at home and the last time I used it, my foot would start dragging around 8 minutes into it, so I only went 10-14 minutes on any given day. With the weakness in my knee area, I still have to be very careful, but it really felt great to see how I tripled my workout time from a month or two ago when I still had the foot drop!
Last week really was not a very good week for me (multiple things I really hoped were going to go my way, but they didn't), so I feel like this is a wonderful start to the new week.
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