@parus Thanks for sharing the Don Fiore Youtube videos. I love Tai Chi and those quick Youtube videos are perfect. Short and efficient, but also effective. I think I will share them with my Parkinson's discussion group as well. I love Tai Chi - the gentle flowing movements are just great.

If you live in NE Indiana you must be close to the Michigan border. I live in SE Michigan. I'm glad that you dug out your car - it is really starting out to be a difficult winter.

Teresa

@parus It sounds like you are having these horrible temperatures there too, they themselves are depressing since it makes us stay in so much.

I am right now feeling very good, I pushed myself to go to the pool despite the 5° temperatures outside and my husband telling me I must be crazy. The pool was surprisingly comfortable, sometimes the structure does not battle the outside temperatures well. I did 20 minutes marching -- I do two laps marching, then two laps in sort of a faux breast stroke with my legs kicking up behind me but never with both legs off the bottom, and then two laps going backwards. It was worth it, I came out of there feeling somewhat buoyed - tired too of course, but a good tired. Before my knee replacement in October I was doing at least an hour in the pool. On the days I went to class for 45 minutes I would then do another 30 - 45 minutes afterwards of my own thing. I felt like I could have done more but am now feeling the tiredness in my legs so I am glad I stopped when I did. When I go to class everyone else goes into the hot tub after but I do not. I'm sort of afraid of hot tubs now anyway, having such compromised immunity.

I definitely want to check out that youtube you mention. You also mention creativity. What area are you creative in? I envy creative people, I do not have a creative cell in my body. I love to cook but even with that I pretty much start with a recipe and perhaps make minor alterations. These days I cook much less.

JK

SE Michigan? I'm in Port Huron. Yes it does seem easier both physically and mentally to "work-out" /exercise in warmer weather. I started going to a gym with a close friend but honestly the main reason I don't like to go is because I don't like that particular gym. The the motivation of having a "buddy" helps. If this post nerve biopsy pain would go away a bit quicker, I'd actually like to get back to the gym with my friend. I kinda miss it.

Hello @michelewithonel

Yes, we are almost neighbors (give or take about an 1 hour drive). I recently met someone on Mayo Connect who just lives a few miles from me!

I have been reading your posts and see that you have made several trips to Mayo in Rochester. How are you doing now following your nerve biopsy?

Teresa

@michelewithonel I know what you mean, I have been missing my club since I had not been able to go since mid-October. I finally went back on Monday and plan to go today. I really hate the going, but I am happy I did afterwards. I have to force myself but if I don't I regret it afterwards. Thankfully my club is really nice and has a lot of very nice people. I don't have any real friends there but many people that I do speak to, some whose names I don't even know. It's a friendly place.
JK