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Well I haven't posted or read much in more than a month for which I apologize; Life sort of takes over and I've had to do some research and writing that with my daily exercise routine finds me asleep half the time over he computer at 9PM (after too many chocolate chip cookiesl; love that chocolate-induced seratonin).
To start - here are the long promised photos - a few anyhow - from my summer teaching and working in Prague. Hopefully I can do this
The first photo shows me (short, on far right) wih two Czech friends walking in our nearby park. Then my (new and typically European) apartment buidling in Prague 10-shot from our balcony; the Old Town section in Prague with the famous 16th century moving clock; and the Cesky Raj area in the northern mountains where I hiked for a day with my husband and friends; totally spectacular scenery and rocks.
As for me, back in New Jersey, I am spending as much time outdoors as possible, walking every morning as well as doing my normal weight workouts. A few weeks ago I started running a tiny bit again - maybe as much as a quarter of a mile at a time, then a long walk, then a repeat --and only on flat and only a couple of times a week. Very slow, careful running. But the knee feels fine. I am still in the "isn't it wonderful" stage and seldom forget the joy of being totally free again. My quad muscles are nearly as strong now on the operated leg as on the good leg and I can hike and climb almost anything. Is it perfect? No. But is the rest of me perfect at this stage of the game? Pick me up off the floor laughing hysterically! Oh - floor -- yes I can kneel with no problems and get up and down just fine. I have to invent walks with hills and uneven trails to try to approximate the everyday walking to get around in Prague which was so strength and confidence building this summer.
We are going back to Prague in November - just for 2 weeks to do some work and do a Spa Weekend in Austria I won... so I'll be back walking up my long hill to the apartment which will be great!
OK let's see if the photos work!
Stephani
To start - here are the long promised photos - a few anyhow - from my summer teaching and working in Prague. Hopefully I can do this
The first photo shows me (short, on far right) wih two Czech friends walking in our nearby park. Then my (new and typically European) apartment buidling in Prague 10-shot from our balcony; the Old Town section in Prague with the famous 16th century moving clock; and the Cesky Raj area in the northern mountains where I hiked for a day with my husband and friends; totally spectacular scenery and rocks.
As for me, back in New Jersey, I am spending as much time outdoors as possible, walking every morning as well as doing my normal weight workouts. A few weeks ago I started running a tiny bit again - maybe as much as a quarter of a mile at a time, then a long walk, then a repeat --and only on flat and only a couple of times a week. Very slow, careful running. But the knee feels fine. I am still in the "isn't it wonderful" stage and seldom forget the joy of being totally free again. My quad muscles are nearly as strong now on the operated leg as on the good leg and I can hike and climb almost anything. Is it perfect? No. But is the rest of me perfect at this stage of the game? Pick me up off the floor laughing hysterically! Oh - floor -- yes I can kneel with no problems and get up and down just fine. I have to invent walks with hills and uneven trails to try to approximate the everyday walking to get around in Prague which was so strength and confidence building this summer.
We are going back to Prague in November - just for 2 weeks to do some work and do a Spa Weekend in Austria I won... so I'll be back walking up my long hill to the apartment which will be great!
OK let's see if the photos work!
Stephani