[Magdalen] R.I.P. Julian Bond

[Bob Rea]

On Sunday, August 16, 2015 05:28:23 PM Allan Carr wrote:
> I'm always shocked by people's young deaths. At 84, I'm nine years older
> than Julian Bond was when he died. I started getting depressed with my back
> and Camille's Alzheimer's a month or two ago, but it pretty much lifted
> after we joined a gym and I also re-began physical therapy. Camille is in a
> one hour seated exercise class and I'm attempting to bike in a recumbent
> bike for a half hour and to get to a medium level incline. When I started a
> few weeks ago, I could only bike for about ten minutes at the lowest
> incline level and everybody said I shouldn't exert myself. I'm done with
> that kind of advice. I've quit too many times when I had some pain and I'm
> not letting it stop me..
> 
> I've managed to get to level 2 on both the Matrix bikes at Gold's gym and
> on the True bikes at physical therapy. Level 2 is much harder on the True
> bikes than level 2 is on the Matrix bikes. I'm pretty much free of pain as
> well, although I do feel the burn.
> 
> Onwards and upwards. I still can't walk without a walker but I know I'm
> getting stronger. I hope that this strengthening will extend to my back as
> well as my legs.
> 
> I'm also in a better mood.

So glad to hear that. Keep on truckin'.

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