Thanks to everyone who has been reading along with me and watching me recover.
As a recap:
- I had a heart attack on Nov 22, 2015.
- After four days in the hospital, I got to go home on Thanksgiving day. I went back 2 times for little scares, but was cleared both times.
- My wife, children and wonderful friends have taken care of me since day 1 giving me the ability to recover quickly.
- I started Physical therapy/Rehab at the end of Deember, and have been reaching every goal set for me. In fact, I began lower body resistance training today. that rounds out the program with cardio for 30 minutes on a treadmill, upper body and lower body weight training. I am now pushing my heart rate to between 150 and 160 beats per minute every session.
- I went back to work on January 4. My client has been unbelieveably supportive during my recovery.
It has been very helpful to post these entries each day. I can just dump my days feelings and reflections into the computer. What I have noticed over the last 2 months, is that each time I sit to write, I am forced to remember how lucky I was.....how lucky I AM to be in the position I am in. I don't just mean surviving the heart attack, I mean my place in life in the larger sense.
I have a beautiful wife, inside and out. I have 3 children that bring such warmth and fullness to my heart it is unbelievable, and I have family and friends that have gone well beyond what I deserve in the support department.
To top it all off, I have had 2 people tell me directly that, because of me, they are taking better care of themselves. SO...it is working, this blog is starting to do what I wanted it to do when I decided to write it....it is helping me recover and, much more importantly, it is helping others to live more healthy and hopefully fuller lives.
Tomorrow is a new day, and thanks to a miracle, a knowing wife, and EMTs that really know their stuff, I will be around to see it. Let's see what I can do to make it a better day for someone around me and earn the right to call myself a "heart attack survivor".
I am working with someone to begin the final goal of this blog; to raise money for the Forsyth County EMTs. In the coming weeks he & I will set up a "text to donate" phone number and a FundMe web site. Look for the information soon.
I have a beautiful wife, inside and out. I have 3 children that bring such warmth and fullness to my heart it is unbelievable, and I have family and friends that have gone well beyond what I deserve in the support department.
To top it all off, I have had 2 people tell me directly that, because of me, they are taking better care of themselves. SO...it is working, this blog is starting to do what I wanted it to do when I decided to write it....it is helping me recover and, much more importantly, it is helping others to live more healthy and hopefully fuller lives.
Tomorrow is a new day, and thanks to a miracle, a knowing wife, and EMTs that really know their stuff, I will be around to see it. Let's see what I can do to make it a better day for someone around me and earn the right to call myself a "heart attack survivor".
I am working with someone to begin the final goal of this blog; to raise money for the Forsyth County EMTs. In the coming weeks he & I will set up a "text to donate" phone number and a FundMe web site. Look for the information soon.
Appreciation, education, and donation; the goals of this blog, the reasons I am writing to you each day and three of the things I believe God expected of me when he decided to let me stay around a little while longer.
Thanks for the support. Talk to you tomorrow.
Good night & God bless.
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