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Good evening everybody!

B: I am so glad you're home and doing well!!! You sure had us worried! Don't push yourself too hard until you get clearance from the cardiologist!

So I need to brag. My DH was on TV tonight on the news. He's been on before, but he is most proud of this particular field that he is in charge of! Here's the link if you'd like to see!

13abc.com: K-9 cops 4/29/08

~C

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B-

Dude, your body told you to settle the hell down. Glad you are listening.

I'm sure you scared the beegeeses out of your wife. And don't rush the recovery. There is time for that once you are cleared.

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Carol,

Cute video clip. Does the dog live with you? If so which one? And what's his/her name?

Good job to the DH and the pup.

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That would put me at 52. It occurs to me though that a person born now would be 40 years my junior.

Everyone, this comes from when we were riding and exhausted, I had been bemoaning my pending old age all weekend. At a stopping point, to said to BG, "One day when we are old, when I am 90 and you are 50, we will look back on this horrible day with fondness."

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hey tex

i'm heading to LA for the rest of the week. i wanted to wish you good luck on the MS150. i met quite a few people on my ride last week training and going up to dallas for it.

cant wait to hear how it is

may the wind be at your back.... :unsure:

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Welcome back BG!!

This is just a reminder.

I'm walking in the March of Dimes March for Babies this SUnday, May 4th. With the love and support of my family I've already exceeded my initial goal of $100. Now I'm aspiring to reach $200. Think of the babies.

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Oh, I am so tailgating on ZZ's solicitation! (On two threads!)

My big ride is this weekend (thanks Josiebies for the well wishes!) and I wanted to post my donation link within the post...sometimes the signatures become "invisible" to us since we see them with every post.

Donation Link: 2008 SAM'S CLUB MS 150 Bike Tour

This is from my donation page...

About Your Rider

Rider Name:
STEFANIE STANPHILL

Rider Message:
Thank you for supporting Multiple Sclerosis! I am so looking forward to this 150-mile bicycle tour during the weekend of May 3rd & 4th, 2008! Please contact me for details if you would like to attend...I would love to have you there, cheering for us all! There will be many people riding who actually have Multiple Sclerosis, so come show your support and enjoy the weekends' activities! Please let me know who you are so I know who to thank when the ride is over.

Thank you so much, Stefanie Stanphill

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I spoke too soon, and now I hate being unfilled.

Don't wanna talk about it, but my weight is climbing.

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Aww hang in there!! You knew it wsn't going to be easy.. there is a reason you got the band in the first place... right!! Just focus on working out. We love you!!

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Just got back from my echo stress test. Hopefully, this will be the last of the tests. I feel kind of like Cheech in last week's Grey's Anatomy. Maybe not $120K later, but many, many $K later, the cardiologist came to the same conclusion my mom did when the wife called her from the ER - Vaso-Vagal Syncope... Ya think.

On the other hand, he said that I was in great shape for someone who has been more than 100 pounds overweight their entire adult life. At > predicted HRmax, I could easily provide 1-2 word answers, and at >> HRmax, I still did not reach exhaustion after several minutes. The echo was normal. All of the hard work earlier in the year paid off - just need to get off my ass & back on the bike. No shower for 24 hours (Holter monitor), but after that - watch out :cool2: He told me that there was no restriction to exercise - ride as hard and long as I could.

He's also a bycyler - belongs to the Greater Dallas Bicyclists, which sponsored the Lancaster Country ride TX did a few weeks ago.

B

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