First off My friend Karen has entered a blogging contest to be a blogger in a Canadian Running Magazine called iRun. She will blog for a couple of months as will 10 other people. He who has the most Unique IP's accessing their blog will win a spot in the magazine...Please read her blog and pass the link to her blog on to as many friends as you can! We need lots of clicks. And please if you like her blog? Keep reading it :) It would mean a lot to me. Thanks! here it is

Well February was one heck of a rough month! My INR was all over the place and in some pretty dangerous areas... Hopefully by the time you read this it will be calmer again! My bad leg is no better which sucks but is no surprise. I realized today I am creeping up on 8 months of DVT, Only 4 months short of a YEAR. Oddly enough the time flew by - you would think it would drag when one is in hell but nope. Well ok that is a lie ;) in many ways it is dragging but in others it is going fast. I figured by now I would be back to running and normal life. I guess it is time for me to think about believing the doctor when he said this will never get better. Hopefully by this time next year I will have found ways to deal with it and gotten stronger and be able to at least LEAVE MY BED. Sheesh. I miss going OUT.

I spent a lot of time in February going to Physical Therapy which seemed to help me feel stronger... It did not help my bad leg but made a difference in the rest of my body such as my back, good leg, arms and core. Right now every single bit of mobility helps. I need to get stronger.

Speaking of mobility I have put in the requisition for a wheelchair (( my own to keep rather than the loaner I now have )) and am waiting for them to bring me one :) it seems to be taking forever but I guess I am just being impatient. I will start to chase them for it over the next few weeks. They also will be supplying me with a cushion for it which will be really nice - for the last 8 months I have just gone without and man you can sure feel it after sitting on the chair for more than 30 minutes!

I put some pictures up from Christmas and Valentines day - Not many though, Sorry. You can see them here. I hope as I begin to get out of bed more the urge to take pictures of things will come back. I am pretty camera shy these days too - so hang in there :)

I have been feeling creative lately and so I have had the urge to sketch and paint and color. Mom went and got me some wicked awesome art supplies and a little table that I can even use in bed! So hopefully soon I will be turning out some art! At the very least having some creative outlets will cheer me up. Though truth be told, I have been pretty positive lately. I am learning that this dvt shit is with me for life and learning to accept it and do what I can. Granted at THIS point in the game it is not a half marathon and catching the bus to meet up with friends for coffee but maybe in a few months it will be. For now I will settle for what I have. Good friends on the net, good friends to game with on the XBL and the best mom fucking EVER. :)

Spring is on it's way and I am looking forward to that. It is hard ( and not all that safe ) for me to be mobile outside on the cane and or wheelchair. Of course it doesn't help that my apartment is really not set up for those with needs. In fact it is one of the most anti-accessible places I have had the joy to be in. Maybe I will become a crusader for accessibility ;) Make a change lol

I wanted to remind you all about blood donation! Many of you ask me on a day to day basis if there is anything you can help me with... or you comment that you wish you could help me. Well guess what? You can! You can donate blood.

It may not be my life that you save but it might be someone just like me. Or who knows, one day I may need blood too! I am after all on blood thinners and they say that most people on them do end up needing blood at least once in their life.

This is something that would be greatly appreciated not only by me but by millions of lives you could save or change by a simple act of blood donation.

Blood donation does not hurt any worse than a normal blood draw but it DOES take a bit longer. Your reward? Juice, A cookie and knowing that you have changed lives.

You can become a regular donor too! AWESOME!

So please, if you have a thought toward my health and what you can do for me? please give blood. I will even make it simple for you. Below you will find links to Canadian, American, UK, Australian and Swedish blood centers! you can use them to find a local donor clinic. (( Most of my friends are in these areas )).

Please - Give.

Canada

America

Sweden

UK

Australia

xoxoxooxxoxox
Jayde