Confession of a Walk-aholic

Hello my fellow PAD warriors.

So, Stella and I were on our morning walk.

As we got to about the middle of our walk, my leg started to hurt and burn.

I stopped for a moment and began to wonder about the pain I was feeling.

I wondered who or how… if I was in control… or how I was managing these feelings.

I understand I can’t control anything, but I can learn to manage things and what I go through and feel.

I wondered how much of everything I go through each day, both physically and mentally, effects how I deal with the pain.

I thought about how of my habits affect what I actually do feel… between my eating habits, stopping smoking, taking my meds as prescribed and doing what my Doctor requests of me each day.

I also had the idea, what I do outside dealing with my PAD, also has an impact on my disease both mentally and physically.

The word walk, walk, walk keeps running through my mind and hearing Dr Anahita Dua’s voice in my head.

I think about what she says along with collaterals and we how build them.

As I waited one more minute to keep walking, I said to myself, Douglas you are in charge here.

I just have to keep managing my daily habits to help with how much pain I feel and how it effects my life daily.

I need to work daily on my physical and mental health through what I manage each day.

I really do need to be my own best advocate, take responsibility each day in how I manage my pain.

Taking a deep breath, I start to walk again and knowing I will get home and keep managing the living with saving my life and my limbs always in mind.

Walk Walk Walk

~Stella and I.