[Magdalen] R.I.P. Julian Bond

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Good to hear about the new exercise regimen for both of you !!
Lynn

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On Aug 16, 2015, at 7:28 PM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> 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.

> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Bob Rea <petard at petard.us> wrote:
> 
>> On Sunday, August 16, 2015 03:49:02 PM Sibyl Smirl wrote:
>> 
>> Same as you, Jay.  I'm shocked -- mostly because I realize anew that I'm
>> so old.  He was older than I, but not by much.
> 
> Three years older than I.
> 
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Allan Carr