Well, for now, I ma going to try just posting to this thread, as they seem to go hand-in-hand for me.

I have realised, finally, that I DO have the time and HAVE to make the time to really get active. I have graduated from doing a qi gong for seniors, modified to do from sitting in a chair, to qi gong for beginners which is the same routine standing, to yesterday, getting back to my qi gong flow DVD which I had been unable to do for about 6-7 years. As I have devoted at least 45 minutes, first thing each morning, to exercise/meditation I find my body craving it by the next morning AND my day following with much more energy.(Of course, it helps to be over the pneumonia and all of the effects from it and medicine bs! Five months lost!) This is a HUGE thing for me, mentally, as for over ten years I had been in the mental AND physical state of "can't do that..not enough energy/oxygen/etc." They don't deal with the mental/emotional changes which can occur with heart surgery and it has been a struggle to not only realise that I DO have the energy and wherewithal, but also to convince my family, esp. my Rog, of this, too.

Because of this, I have begun photographing a bunch of stuff for eBay, did two weeks of dishes, a bunch of laundry and a lot of other cleaning. And, here I go, again...:-)

kat