Retired

They Served Me Well...

My favorite Nike Shox have been replaced.

Good Bye Old Nike Shox...You took me so many places!

Hello to my New Nike Shox!!!

I have been looking and looking for just the right pair of shoes

to replace my well-loved Nike Shox. Finally at the Nike Factory

Store in Orlando, I found the perfect replacement. Love them!

Because of my recent exercise and fitness roadblock**, they are

still clean and shiny as new!

**An Exercise and Fitness Roadblock...
At the risk of sounding whiny, I have not blogged much about

my health challenges of the past 3 months. What was originally

diagnosed as pneumonia has not gone away (2 major antibiotics later)

and I am convinced

there is something going on with my sinuses that is draining into

my chest. I have a major "smokers cough" constantly. However, when

I exercise, it gets WORSE, much WORSE. As soon as my heart rate

gets up, I start with the hacking and coughing.

The pressure in my head breaks loose and so does the hacking and coughing.

More than once, I have been surrounded by a crowd of people

at the gym during one of my episodes.

Hence, I avoid the gym, even though I NEED the exercise.

It is a vicious circle. This has also put a serious damper on my fitness

and weight loss goals. I view it as a only a roadblock, but it will be

nice to see the scale tip down again and, most of all, to not hack

and cough when I exercise.

The hacking and coughing gets bad when I laugh or when I talk to

loudly or too much (so it happens ALL THE TIME)

Tomorrow, I have a very anticipated Doctor's Appointment. It is one

of those appointments where I have a list to refer to as there are too

many "things" to remember.

The fun is just beginning as far as tests, I am sure. I have a few other

health concerns in the back of my head and I am hoping to have

them all calmed in the next week or so.

I'll be off to the races in my new Nike Shox soon, I can just feel it!

As my side bar says, My Life Is Like Shoes...Made To Be Worn Out

In Service. I am ready to get charged up for the next 10,000 miles

of service to others!