Take That Gastroparesis!

Take that Gastroparesis!

Guess who made it to spin class two nights in a row?!

This girl!

That’s who!

I must confess that tonight I wasn’t completely motivated to go.  On the way home I hit a rather large traffic jam and was beginning to feel a bit nauseous.  Fortunately I had some time for a nap before spin class was scheduled to start.  I also knew that I was meeting a very good friend there and really wanted to say hi.  (Plus, she was making it to class at 8 months pregnant so it is a constant motivation that I can do this!)

I barely made it to class in time and within the first 5 minutes I was so glad that I did.  I was spinning out all of my frustration with Gastroparesis and how it has been dictating my life.  Then I began to think about how I was conquering it and that I wasn’t going to let Gastroparesis have the majority of my days.  I was becoming stronger and stronger as the class went on.  I was becoming more and more determined to show Gastroparesis whose boss and who was going to start reclaiming as much of her life as she can.  I was pedaling as fast as I could away from those pesky GP Elves!  (Seriously, I closed my eyes and pictured that at one point.  When I opened them, my RPMs were the highest they were all class!)

Now I am exhausted, but so glad that I accomplished something two days in a row.  There is a storm brewing outside that rivals that of the Wizard of Oz and I’m clicking my heels saying “There’s no place like pre-GP life, there’s no place like pre-GP life”.  Although I don’t want to go back to pre-gastroparesis life.  I want to continue living my life with a purpose and that purpose is to continue to educate and advocate for Gastroparesis.  I couldn’t imagine life without all of my GPer friends.  Life is so much more interesting with my fellow GPers and so much more fulfilling sharing a clear purpose with them!

~Millie