Got good news today

Had my six month checkup today. Everything was sounding good to Dr. Mitschke but he wanted to do an echo to make sure. The echo showed us that the valve is doing great and my heart is actually beginning to return to it's normal size. The pressure the leak was putting on it had caused it to start enlarging which is what prompted the surgery. The fact that it is returning to form is very encouraging and means I am well on my way to a full recovery.

We have the six month check up with my blood doctor on Friday. Praying for good news from him too.

No running for me tonight as I am under the weather a bid with sinuses acting up.

Have a good night.

Run 2

Got over my lazy moment tonight and ran again. Felt great, another 2.5 miles behind me and many more in front. Realized that I can only use the "tired from the surgery" excuse for so long and figured now is as good a time as any to put it to bed.

One big difference I did notice is that my muscles are sore to the point that I know they're still there but not so sore that I can't use them. That is how it used to be and now is the first time I have done enough to notice the difference. It feels great, so good I am going to keep them sore until they stop on their own.

I'll probably take a running break tomorrow night to stretch and do some core work and start up again Friday evening.

Have a good night.

Up and running

Now that I have a goal in sight to prepare for I got up and ran tonight. Didn't know how far I was going to go, just went. 2.5 miles later I got home. I probably could have gone further but I really wanted to be able to get up in the morning, I'm not that far along yet. I am blown away at how easy it came compared to how it was a year ago.

You people have had it easy ;).

Watch out, I'm on your heels.