ChiKat

I survived the MS 150! Actually, last year I survived. This year I did fantastic. The first day was comfortable, but a little hot and humid. I averaged around 13 mph compared to last year’s 9 mph. So I was really pleased. The second day, it was cooler and magically I was averaging 15.5 mph on most of the segments.

At this time last year I couldn’t walk due to the horrible joint pain in my knees. This year, I’m a little sore, but overall I feel great! I’m so pleased. I attribute it all to my diet changes. I have an RA doctor’s appointment this Wednesday. I can’t wait to hear what my doctor has to say about things. He told me that he saw some people improve a little bit with diet changes, but only if they had mild RA. I have severe RA, so he didn’t believe diet changes would have any impact on me.

I decided to try them anyway, because what could it hurt? I’m so glad I did. I can’t tell you how demoralizing it was last year to be so crippled by the bike-a-thon. This year, I felt like superman.

Edited to add: Forgot to mention the bike-a-thon raised more than $1.75 million for MS research!