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This morning went so much better than expected![]() But yesterday morning I felt way way WAY better, well enough that I was able to keep an appointment to have blood drawn to see if I've developed the appropriate antibodies and spike-protein response to the Covid vaccine. It's part of a study to see how my peeps (those with various types of blood cancers) have reacted to the vaccine; apparently some types of cancers, or the treatments for them, render the vaccines ineffective. It's a first for me, actually volunteering to to have blood drawn! I had concern that the weight I'd lost, from dehydration, would make it difficult, but I drank a lot beforehand and had no issues. I'll post the results when they become available. But this morning, as soon as I actually got on the bike and started heading up over Jefferson, I felt pretty ok. Almost normal. Not what I expected. I had no problem holding Kevin's wheel heading up over Jefferson, and while my ribs let me know they were there, they didn't tell really crimp my style. We had both Kevins today; the ex-pilot had just returned from a month or two in Switzerland and wasn't scared off by my warning that we'd be riding slow. It would have been nice if he'd texted me how warm it was up on Skyline (where he lives) though; we didn't have to dress nearly as warmly as we did! Kevin (younger) decided he wanted to charge up the hill, which came as a bit of a surprise to me. He hadn't been on his bike for a week, but I guess when you're younger, you can do that. I rode with him as far as the park entrance before easing back a bit, surprised at how quickly we'd covered that distance. Maybe that 6 pounds I lost from getting sick had a small silver lining? I drifted back to ex-pilot and we rode at a reasonably-decent pace the rest of the way up the hill. It was a super-pleasant morning to ride; hopefully Thursday will be similar and we can dispense with base layers, leg warmers and long-fingered gloves! |
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