Month: February 2021

Prosthesis

Definition: an artificial body part, such as a leg, a heart, or a breast implant.

I have some cheapos, but I have not moved into prosthesis world. I cannot say what it would be like to wear one, since I haven’t tried to this point, but I have a feeling that I would dislike it. A lot.

 

Why? A few reasons. 

 

First, I am perfectly content in my own skin. I feel like conforming to society is not a thing I can or want to do anymore. Societal norms and expectations steal the joy from you if you try to comply. I’m over that. I want the joy without expecting to look or act a certain way. 

 

Second, would you want to strap something on your chest and carry it around with you if you didn’t have to? I don’t. From what I’ve heard, they’re heavy. I think it’s an attempt to make them look as much as possible like real tatas. Great! Except, see above. 

 

But… I don’t have tatas anymore. And… I’m fine with that. I’ve barely been in public in the past two years because cancer and then pandemic, but the times I have been, no one seems to notice I have nothing there. Yes, I wear layers a bit, but even my regular doctor office didn’t notice. You can leave your bra on! Ha! I don’t have one on! Take that, societal norms!

 

There is nothing wrong with wearing a prosthesis. It’s the same as reconstruction vs. no reconstruction, or any other personal choice a person makes about their body. You want to wear makeup? Great! I don’t. We can still be friends. 

 

My thought process for my decision is pretty basic. Will I fall over if I am not wearing a prosthesis? No? No prosthesis. Yes? Prosthesis. I haven’t fallen over yet. No prosthesis. If I start falling over a lot? Probably still no prosthesis because it’s probably something else.

 

In other news, Valentine’s Day was a rest day for workouts. The next full rest day is February 26th, although there are days in there that are just yoga stretches. No problem! 

 

I hope you are staying safe and healthy. Hopefully vaccines will be here soon! I really want to get one in the next 14 weeks so I feel more comfortable going for my walk. Enjoy your day!

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Oh! Snow!

I mean, I love the snow. But… apparently my pining for it a few weeks back worked. We’ve now had snow on the ground for the longest stretch of time that we can remember since moving to Pennsylvania.

 

Oops. 

A snowy road with one set of tire tracks down the middle. Pine trees are to the left of the road.
Isn't it pretty???

Sorry for anyone who hates snow, but… I love it! It’s so pretty. It really helps me in the winter to just look outside at the beautiful snow, look for the tracks of wild critters or Edie trails in the backyard. It’s wonderful. Arthur hates it though. He requires a shoveled path for outside wee time. 

 

It made it tough to walk yesterday. I did manage a mile in the slop and snow, but then came home and did a 2 mile/30 minute walk in place to finish my three miles. That one mile outside took 24 minutes, which for me is a very slow walk.

 

It’s okay. It’ll be spring before we know it and then I’ll have zero excuses.

 

I have been staying on top of my workouts. I haven’t missed one since I started the actual training plan 1.5 weeks ago. Even on rest/stretch days I do yoga or stretches as indicated on the training plan, so that’s good. I’m hoping to have no issues doing my 5 mile walk on Saturday!

 

Other than that, I’m just working too much again already. The pandemic is hard for way too many people, but I’m happy that accessibility is getting a boost. Not just because that’s what I do as a captioner, but also that more people are getting more and better access now. That’s a good thing. 

 

Well, I’m off to work! Oh! It’s snowing again. Hahhahaha….. And this is my 90th blog post. Impressive or insane. One of those. 

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Let the Training Begin!

This week is the official start of training! It appears I am probably ready, although I am sure I’ll be hurting by stretch day next Sunday. I only have 7 miles of required walking this week, but I also need to do arm workouts, yoga, cross-training and the aforementioned stretches at the end of the first week. 

 

I’m tired thinking about it already, and will probably be more tired by the time I actually post this. But. As much fun as sitting around knitting or reading or watching TV is, it’s not going to get me to my fitness goals. Drats.

 

One thing I have been using to advance toward those goals is our Switch. We managed to bag a Fortnite edition because we play Fortnite so much. (We don’t) I have Just Dance and Ring Fit Adventure. My dance moves are very flail-like, but are getting better. I’m pretty good at “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd. In Ring Fit Adventure, I made Dragaux fly off to the next challenge! Yes! Dragaux is a really muscle-y black fire breathing dragon who you have to do workout battles with.

 

It’s all very reality-based. Yes. But it is a decent workout. Except it told me I’d been working out for 11 minutes and I’m sure it was not telling the truth. I was much more tired than 11 minutes of workout!

 

I’m going to have to get out of bed early this week. My work schedule is asinine and does not leave a lot of time during normal daytime hours to do much. Hopefully I don’t get too crabby. I’m used to sleeping basically until I wake up these days, except last week we set alarms at 7am all week, and then I woke up Saturday and Sunday at 7am as well. Not that I got up - it’s the weekend! - but it’s good to know I can do it.

 

I hope you are staying safe, staying healthy, and wearing 2-5 masks every time you have to be around anyone outside of your bubble!

 

Cheers!

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