Good Day

I had a good day. I woke up after only 7 hours asleep, and felt ready for the day. I got to work earlier than normal, and put in a longer day than normal. I got a lot done, even though I had to rest in my car in the middle of the day. I felt upbeat all day. My BP readings were very good, too.

I decided 2 things this morning: I am going to lose weight and I am going to strengthen my core muscles. I need to slow or stop the further nerve cell loss in my lumbar. The only way to do that is to lessen the effect of the weight of my upper body mass - so I lose weight. I started Pilates again this morning in order to strengthen the core muscles, and take the burden off of my lumbar. I am taking this seriously. I have been very good about my diet for the last 3 weeks, so I am going to keep it up. I also spent time today memorizing the names and order of the basic 7 Pilates exercises, so I can do them without constantly glancing at paper to know what to do. I also decided to do 30 minutes of cardio everyday (or at least 5 times a week).

I did some web research today, and was very encouraged. In Sep 2007, a Canadian Research team successfully caused spinal nerve cell growth in rats using stem cells from their own skin. It will take 15 years for this to make it to general medical practice. But it is also possible for my own stem cells to wander down to the right spot and fix me up. That can happen, too, perhaps a lot faster than 15 years.