at this moment 7 years ago, my life and future were in the hands of a very capable doctor; it's the anniversary of my brain surgery, when I had the right temporal lobe removed, which became the day of my last seizure. This date always hits me pretty hard...
I shared my story on Runners' Lounge in July, for which I won a gift certificate at Onlineshoes.com. Since they don't ship to Canada I had to find someone to ship it to in the US, and while I contemplated hitting up another blogger to send them to before forwarding to me, I contacted a friend/coworker who I know won't decide to hold onto the running shoes for herself... LOL!!! Kidding.... They were delivered to her place yesterday, so I should get them in the next few weeks. Yay! Shoes!
Looking forward to tomorrow, as I'll finally be meeting Marlene! It's crazy how small this world is, especially within the running community! See if you can follow this... lol. Marlene is friends with someone who I met at a local Running Room store. All 3 of us sync our runs on the Runner+ site, which is where I initially linked up to Marlene's blog, way back in the winter. Anyway, Patricia (the friend) and I happened to be at the same place at the same time, and because of the comments on our runs that day, we happened to figure out who each other was! We had parked beside each other that morning... and actually exchanged a few words without knowing until later the next day! It wasn't until a few weeks later that I found out that her and Marlene actually knew each other outside of the virtual internet world! So tomorrow, we're all getting together for a bbq!
oh, and to follow up on yesterday's post... don't worry, I'm not rushing my recovery, and I won't be running until i get the green light. I'm only recently starting to walk without any pain, but fully know that walking, with or without the boot is much different than running. Just wanted to clear that up.
hope everyone has a great weekend, and for those of you racing this weekend, good luck!
4 comments:
Congratulations on your 'anniversary'. I still feel emotional on the anniversary of my car accident - it's pretty weird knowing that your life totally changed (for better or worse) on that same day so many years before. Now, if only I could find some cool blogs locally, maybe I could meet some bloggers too!
Congrats on your anniversary, your story is so inspirational. Have you ever thought of giving motivational speeches to people?
What an inspiring journey indeed. It is strange how we accustom the word anniversary with such terrible things. But looking at it that way, it really makes us appreciate what we have at our reflections at these times. I know I do.
Happy anniversay, that's a hell of a journey.
It's a small big world thanks to the internet thingy!
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