Okay, so tonight should be a WHOLE LOT BETTER than last night.
It isn't midnight & I am not exhausted from watching kids and fighting them into bed.

I am not sure if my writing will be any better tonight than in the past, but the information will be MUCH better. Tonight, I will channel Charles Dickens and I am going to use the opening of his book, A Tale of Two Cities. I am going to take a LITTLE bit of literary license though.

It was the worst of times, it is the best (or close to it) of times.

Tonight I want to talk about my progress and show you pictures of my progress. I don't have good pictures to use of MYSELF, so no selfies in this one (yes, you can all clap).

I wanted to show you the progress I have made at rehabilitation, and discuss what that has meant to my health.

The first two pictures are my progress cards from physical therapy:

The first card is just that...my first card of progress; day one.
That day, I weighed 157.5 pounds, my heart rate was 86 and my BP was 104 over 68. Also, that day, I walked for 30 minutes and got my heart rate to a high of 112.

Now let's look at the other picture.
That card is the 3rd card I have had, and shows where I am now.
Notice that my heart rate, and BP are not that much different; 65, and 108 over 66. That is a testament to the hard work my pharmaceuticals are doing keeping my heart rate and blood pressure consistent.

What IS different is that I weight 131 pounds less, and I am RUNNING for 30 minutes. And, I am consistently getting my heart rate into the 160's.

In 36 sessions I went from worrying about walking too fast to worrying about making sure I actually hit my goal of 3.1 miles (5 kilometers) and getting my heart rate HIGH enough.

One more picture for tonight:

This is the important one. This picture shows my cholesterol numbers both on November 22, 2015, and April 6, 2016. I am VERY happy to be able to show you these numbers.

My cholesterol has dropped by more than HALF. In fact my total cholesterol is less now than my "bad" cholesterol was on the 22nd. All of my numbers are within the good limits and my "bad" cholesterol (LDL) is almost 1/3 of what it was.

I feel so much better than I did 3 months ago and I can't wait to tell you all how things look on November 22, 2016.

Thank you all for sticking with me & supporting me. Believe it or not, knowing that someone reads this blog MAKES me keep going to rehab, and MAKES me continue to eat right & watch myself.

Thank you all.

Good night & God bless.