Day 64- I just did my 2 miles for today and I am sitting here with ice packs on my ankles/shins, scarfing down a few raisins, a banana, a ton of water.
I just looked at the date and realized how far I have come in the last 8 years
8 years ago I was leaving a job to deal with health issues.
April of 2002, at this point I had no idea what the problem was, I only knew my blood pressure was off the charts and I felt like total crud. I would get winded when I walked, and couldn't even make it up half a flight of stairs with out wanting to fall over. My doctors thought it may have been anxiety/panic from everything
I had been dealing with, work trouble, family stuff, etc. It would be another two and half months before we figured out the real problem. June 2002 I was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure due to Cardiomyopathy.
My heart was over worked and enlarged and the doctors said it wouldn't shrink back down and I would need a transplant to live. I was 26 at the time, and never in a million years would a half marathon or even running a mile have crossed my mind back then. Thanks to miracles and love of all my family and friends, here I stand at 33 turning 34 in May ALIVE & well. Training for what is the single biggest thing I have ever done. 13.1 Miles. I can breathe and run, and I am more alive then I ever have been. My heart has never felt better.
June 26, 2010 will be a date I never ever forget. I get to celebrate life and all my blessings by running a half marathon. Seattle here I come!
1 comments:
Runner,
It is amazing to me to see you running and letting everyone know that you are and just how far you have truly come. HE is GOOD. I remember your days of being on the transplant list My 26 year old daughter on a transplant list. I am overjoyed that you are no longer on that list and that you are now running.
You go Girl..
Love you, Dad
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