Victory week

This was a good week for me on the health front. First, I met with my primary doctor and the entire office (...of three people) were all really excited about my progress so far. I started seeing this doctor exactly a year ago, and my health has improved almost 100%. I'm in a completely different position, health wise, than I was this time last year. I haven't lost much weight since then (35.5 pounds), but I'm so much  more healthy. She managed to get to the bottom of my health issues, and at this point I'm 8 months from my surgery and my stomach problems have reduced dramatically. I'm no longer in pain every second of every day. I can work out for more than five minutes without running to the bathroom. I can bend over without crying. 

Even better- my second appointment this week was with the specialist I've been seeing, and I'm no longer anemic. This is a huge deal, because I've battled anemia for most of my life. Most doctors (until my current primary MD) have been really blase about it, but she actually wanted to figure out the cause and correct it. It's nice not being exhausted 24/7. No, it's amazing to not be exhausted all the damn time. To celebrate, I'm going to go give blood next weekend- something I haven't been able to do since I was a teenager. 

And the best thing that happened this week, in regards to my summer time goals, was I managed to actually do 5K this week. In crazy heat and humidity. I'm only on week five of couch to 5k, and I'm so. fucking. excited. I'm still 120ish pounds overweight- if I can fucking run, anyone with working legs can run. I actually look forward to going out and running. I don't even know who I am anymore!