Guest guest Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 Just a quick note before I wander off to bed for a very early shift in the morning. About this time last year, and I made a trip to Pt. Reyes, just north of San Francisco. We were going to take pictures of the shoreline from the historic lighthouse. Well, that was before my DS and I was overly optomistic. When we got to the parking lot, we discovered it still had the better part of a mile hike ahead of us up and over a fairly gentle hill. I never made it to the top, much less to the lighthouse. Fast forward to earlier today, just over 10 months post-op and down about 135 pounds from this time last year. We had promised a day at Muir Woods, so with the really nice weather, we jumped in the car and headed over. Muir Woods is also located north of San Francisco inland from Pt. Reyes and on the side of a smallish mountain. It's a popular hiking area. Well, we started out on the valley floor planning to walk the looping trail on either side of the creek that runs through the middle of the park. Well, one of the bridges was badly damaged and unusable, so that section of the loop was closed. Hey, no problem, we'll take the " Ocean View " loop instead. just under 5 miles of hiking through the woods. Oh, yes, besides that, this partucular trail climbed nearly 600 feet up the side of the mountain and then back down to the valley again. Well, we got about 2/3 the way up the side of the grade when 's asthma kicked off, nothing really serious, but just enough to make us decide she shouldn't try to make the top. We told she could continue on the trail and meet us back at the gift shop and I'd walk back out the way we had come. was feeling better by the time we got back to the gift shop, but was exhausted by all the walking. I told her I suspected would be needing some water. I also said I planned to get a bottle from the gift shop and backtrack the section of the trail was coming in on, if she wasn't waiting for us at the gift shop. Well, did beat us back to the gift shop, but the hike totally exhausted her. She said she was just barely able to make it to the top of the grade before she started feeling really tired. She also indicated that it was maybe 1.5 miles from where we separated back down to the gift shop the way she came, but that was the steepest part of the trail, even though we were less than a quarter mile from the top, about 500 feet up the incline. So why am I so excited? Simple.. A year ago I couldn't make it 600 feet and up a 50 foot incline without getting exhausted. This time, I felt that I was ready and able to go another two to three miles up and down a 600 foot incline after I had just finished walking over six miles in under two hours, including up and down a 500 foot incline, all on hiking trails. And, in the process, I was not anywhere near as tired as our teenaged daughter who plays soccer and climbs rock walls!! Did anyone ever say that the DS gives you a whole new life? You better believe it!! Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Go Jerry, go Jerry, go Jerry!!!! Congratulations my DS brother. When I met wit the psychologist as part of the surgery process, his first question was, " What do you want to accomplish by this surgery? " I replied, " I was in an environmental biology class this past summer. Part of it was a lab and we had to visit a lot of different places. I want to go back to most of them and make it to the top of the hills and mountain and still be able to breath when I get there. " I know he feeling Jerry! I'm so very, very happy for you. Jim _____ From: and Jerry Lamb [mailto:sujerlam@...] Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 11:43 PM DS_Keshishian ; Subject: What a day!! * So why am I so excited? Simple.. A year ago I couldn't make it 600 feet and up a 50 foot incline without getting exhausted. This time, I felt that I was ready and able to go another two to three miles up and down a 600 foot incline after I had just finished walking over six miles in under two hours, including up and down a 500 foot incline, all on hiking trails. And, in the process, I was not anywhere near as tired as our teenaged daughter who plays soccer and climbs rock walls!! Did anyone ever say that the DS gives you a whole new life? You better believe it!! Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Go Jerry, go Jerry, go Jerry!!!! Congratulations my DS brother. When I met wit the psychologist as part of the surgery process, his first question was, " What do you want to accomplish by this surgery? " I replied, " I was in an environmental biology class this past summer. Part of it was a lab and we had to visit a lot of different places. I want to go back to most of them and make it to the top of the hills and mountain and still be able to breath when I get there. " I know he feeling Jerry! I'm so very, very happy for you. Jim _____ From: and Jerry Lamb [mailto:sujerlam@...] Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 11:43 PM DS_Keshishian ; Subject: What a day!! * So why am I so excited? Simple.. A year ago I couldn't make it 600 feet and up a 50 foot incline without getting exhausted. This time, I felt that I was ready and able to go another two to three miles up and down a 600 foot incline after I had just finished walking over six miles in under two hours, including up and down a 500 foot incline, all on hiking trails. And, in the process, I was not anywhere near as tired as our teenaged daughter who plays soccer and climbs rock walls!! Did anyone ever say that the DS gives you a whole new life? You better believe it!! Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Did anyone ever say that the DS gives you a whole new life? You better > believe it!! > > Jerry Thank you so much Jerry for this post. These are the stories that give everyone hope and make them dream of a better day!!!!! Love your enthusiasm. I went with my son and husband to Yellowstone before I had my DS over two years ago, it was the most amazing place I have ever been, but I couldnt make any of the hikes/trips around the geyers between the altitude and an extra 145 pounds it was all I could do to breath. Cant wait to go back and dash around everywhere. Love and Hugs.....a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Did anyone ever say that the DS gives you a whole new life? You better > believe it!! > > Jerry Thank you so much Jerry for this post. These are the stories that give everyone hope and make them dream of a better day!!!!! Love your enthusiasm. I went with my son and husband to Yellowstone before I had my DS over two years ago, it was the most amazing place I have ever been, but I couldnt make any of the hikes/trips around the geyers between the altitude and an extra 145 pounds it was all I could do to breath. Cant wait to go back and dash around everywhere. Love and Hugs.....a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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