Hello my fellow Pad warriors!!!
Well mercy me, let’s have a confession this morning!

Confession of a Walk-aholic
Get er done!
Got up, sore as hell in my left leg, like I worked out to hard lol
But felt good actually
Cause I knew the work we been doing paid off this time!

The staying busy and active and walking!

Thursday went as planned, the doctor was able to get through my blockage on my left leg

It was 80% blocked.

He used the biggest ballon he could and got through the blockage, just look at that beautiful blood flow now below!

Thank you Dr Bonilla in San Antonio, Texas and his amazing staff here in sequin for not giving up|!!

So Stella and I just took a short stroll, 1200 steps to keep this restored blood flow going

Doctors can only do so much

It’s up to us to do our part

So we walked

Really sore, though, where the doctor went through but we made the block slow and steady 

Walking daily with what I was able to do and staying busy as much as possible really helped distract me from the soreness

Some extra flow restored in the main artery by the doctor and those collaterals we build by walking are a life and limb saving difference 

The doctor even made a comment after the procedure how much that my walking and pushing it helped him do his part!

He could see the extra vessels my body grew to try and reroute blood flow around my narrowed artery as my body tried to still make sure I was getting at least some oxygen and other nutrients blood cares and my muscles and stuff need to function.

It wasn’t enough to take me out of pain

But it made it so the doctor only needed to open up my artery a little bit more to make a difference and help me get rid of some of the pain so I can now walk more

So the simple truth is I took own my responsibility on taking part in my care and being active and walking, even it was to the end of the trailer inside or the driveway or end of block or around the block!

And now it feels better to be walking even further

Not as much as I’d like yet

But now I have to learn patience again, let this heal properly cause I woke up fired up and ready to keep living my life, keep working on doing my part for my mental and physical health!

I’m ready to go go go

Never never never never ever ever ever ever give up!

You gotta start somewhere

You gotta just take one step

Even one step matters

You are always just one step away

So, I dare you to walk to the end of the bed, the end of the hallway, the end of the driveway, end of block, oh hell go around the block!

Take on that responsibility you have for your emotional and physical health!

It will pay off in one way or another I promise!

Hell if you don’t want to alone, holler at Stella and I and we will stop what we’re doing and walk with you!

Get er done just keeps rolling through my head this morning!!!