Wednesday, October 30, 2013

A month without doctors

Aside from a couple of physical therapy appointments, I made it through my first month without any doctor's visits.  Feels pretty darn good!  But, I am far from being 100% healthy.  I am still pretty tired most of the time.  It could be that I might be pushing myself a bit though too.  Besides going back to work, I have been increasing my physical activity.  I have been playing pick up basketball games twice a week (with a few nurses so I feel protected in case anything goes wrong) and softball once a week.  A couple of other days I try to get in a short jog on the beach.  My breathing is much better, I don't get as winded as I did back in July (I can run the bases now).  This is a big improvement.  I still have to compression wrap my arm every night before I go to bed.  This seems like it will be my "normal" as long as I keep on being active.  All, in all, I feel pretty good about how far I have come considering this time last year I was going through my last round of chemotherapy.