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- Whatever happened in 2014, I can't change it now....I can only learn from it
- If I want anything to happen/not happen in 2015, it's down to me to make it happen
So what has gone well for me in 2014 then?
Mastering the pituitary condition
I think this year has been a massive leap forward for me. In 2013, it was all about diagnosis of a condition, having an operation and recovery....about the condition getting the better of me. In 2014 it was about me saying "to hell with this" and turning it around. I am very proud of the fact that I set out to get a lot fitter and get myself in much better mental shape than I was, and I think I have been largely successful. Without doubt physically I am much better, I still walk several miles a week, I've developed muscles that I haven't had for years and I can break into a run without it feeling like too much effort. I can walk up (almost two steps at a time on a good day) to the fourth floor via the stairs at my office building without gasping for breath.
Pilates
In addition to the above, Pilates has been a surprise hit. I started in January 2014 and went to the class almost every week in 2014. I am NOT good at sticking to stuff like this and to be honest I wasn't sure I would last very long. But my goodness me, what a difference it has made - simple things like sitting cross legged, couldn't do it....balance on one leg, couldn't do it....do controlled sit-ups, couldn't do it, and the list goes on. My balance is vastly improved, muscle tone has come on in leaps and bounds. We do a move whereby we do the 'plank' and then several reps of press-ups and walking back upright on our hands. Back in about March when we first did the exercise, I could do zero press-ups. At the end of the year our Pilates teacher tried to get us to do two reps of 20 press-ups, we all thought she was mad....I did 18 followed by 9, which was darned impressive I think. We restart our class next Tuesday, I'm really looking forward to it and I will be pushing myself harder in 2015 to achieve more.
Work
I've had a really busy year at work and achieved much. I'm not going to labour this point here, but I KNOW without doubt that prior to 2013 I could not have achieved what I achieved this year, I just didn't have it in me. I think it is this area the Pituitary thing has been most evident, you may expect that putting Cortisol and Testosterone back in my body would help me physically. However, I totally underestimated how much it would affect me mentally and how having the right hormones has enabled me to become more confident and assertive at work. It is a big win.
So what then for 2015? I think it is a simple enough story.....
- Don't take anything for granted in life
- Continue to work hard at both keeping the physical/mental gains from 2014, and improving still further in 2015
- Be the best husband I can be (I've a feeling 2015 will be another tough year for us)
I still consider myself to one of the lucky Pituitary patients who has been able to move on with life and not have undue complications. I just take the medicine and that's that.
So I wish you all a happy 2015 - rock on \m/
