Comments on: Pep Talk https://livingwithscleroderma.com/pep-talk/ Reflections on the Messy Complexity of Chronicity Tue, 23 Jun 2015 02:42:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Evelyn Herwitz https://livingwithscleroderma.com/pep-talk/#comment-32563 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 02:42:36 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=3367#comment-32563 In reply to Kathy Pulda.

Thanks, Kathy. You’re very kind.

]]> By: Evelyn Herwitz https://livingwithscleroderma.com/pep-talk/#comment-32562 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 02:42:05 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=3367#comment-32562 In reply to Pat Bizzell.

Thanks for the encouragement, Pat.

]]> By: Kathy Pulda https://livingwithscleroderma.com/pep-talk/#comment-31875 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 12:39:40 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=3367#comment-31875 You look at the pictures at the gym and say “I’ll never look like that.”
I look at you and say “Look how “svelt” she is. It’s all in the point of view.

]]> By: Pat Bizzell https://livingwithscleroderma.com/pep-talk/#comment-31874 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 12:29:33 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=3367#comment-31874 Go, Ev! I fully support your desire to get exercise. I too am limited in what I can do for exercise, due to arthritis challenges in my knees and feet–long ago learned that a treadmill is impossible for me because the impact impacts my knees way too much. But I am devoted to regular exercise because it makes me feel so much better, physically AND mentally. “Move it or lose it” is definitely true when one is trying to keep arthritic joints from seizing up completely. And moving it first thing in the morning really clears my head and sets me up for the day. The difference is obvious–in a bad way–when I have to skip for several days, for instance if I’m travelling. By the way, given my limitations, I have found that the Nordic Trac works well. I don’t think these machines are manufactured any more, but loyal fans like me keep a lively trade in them going on the internet. Come and try mine to see if you like it, if you wish.

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