Cardio rehab involves a lot of walking. It started with two six-minute walks on the first day I was released from hospital, and now I’m up to nearly an hour a day.
It’s necessary, but oh so boring for someone who loves to do other activities that aren’t yet permitted. Especially with the cold, damp spring we have been having. I’m getting flashbacks to the COVID lockdown days when we all walked because that was what was available.
I have mapped out various routes around the neighborhood and am slowly checking them off as my distances get longer: grocery store, pharmacy, church, community garden, the Pond, the cemetery (it’s huge and full of trilliums this time of year). Tonight I am seriously considering walking downtown to see a ballet, if it isn’t too rainy.
The best was going to the tulip festival with my friend Florence. It was delightful to get out of my immediate neighborhood and see something new.
Thanks Florence!
Oh, what a pain to have to keep adding to something you don’t really like! Maybe you can think of some sort of goal (other than doing what the doctor orders) as you walk? I’m a birder, and some I know are fascinated by the plants. Or sometimes I just give myself a think-it-over project to do as I walk. Best wishes for a speedy recovery leading up to getting back to your real favorites!