Water, Water Everywhere
We are in the middle of a series of storms here which promise to give us about a week of heavy rain and scary wind. Yesterday Lisa and I awoke to a deluge outside, rain coming down in buckets— most of it going sideways at 45 miles an hour. So naturally, I decided to go swimming.
The pool at the YMCA has become like a second home to me. For an hour and a half, three or four days a week I can leave gravity behind: float, walk, swim and feel capable and confident. I've recently discovered the importance of having a physical activity I do well and feel good about. The water is a great equalizer. I can forget all about the things I can't do while on dry land.
I've found no other activity, even cycling, from which I can get an aerobic workout. I've likewise found no other activity which can relieve my muscular spasticity. I always leave there feeling hopeful, exhilarated and completely exhausted.
Now I just wish I could feel as positive about this rain.
Comments
Hope all the other Cali boxers are doing well!
Cheers!
Rhea
I still can't walk for now, but I have started pool therapy at the hospital. It seems like such cake when I'm in the water but when I get home, BAM, I'm wiped and only good for napping. But I know exactly what you mean about feeling capable when in the water and leaving your limitations behind. It's a wonderful, freeing feeling. Gravity is such a drag!
Here's hoping the water continues to help us both and facilitates our return to mobility on land, too!
Have a good day and take care,
Tere
By the way, our place is situated on the edge of a flood plain, and we have water problems of our own when it rains really heavily. I really don't have the right mindset for appreciating all this water. Perhaps we should all just join Homer Simpson in his desire to live under the sea!
Annalisa