A local Spark Person has died.

Monday, June 13, 2011

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Fredrick Ranney Lewis

Geneva; Fredrick Ranney Lewis, 51 of Yale Station Rd. passed away Sunday June 5, 2011 at Geneva General Hospital.

Funeral services will be determined at a later date by the family. He will be greatly missed.

Fred was born in Geneva on December 6, 1959 the son of Trudy Suppes Lewis and the late Richard Lewis. He was an intelligent and compassionate man who touched many lives, while working as a Respiratory Therapist for over 10 years at Geneva General Hospital among other local hospitals

Fred leaves three children; Katie, Fred and Sam Lewis; a grandson; his mother, Trudy Lewis of Geneva and his former wife; Sandra Lewis.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the McGuigan & Bero Funeral Home.

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I met Fred at church. That's how he found his way here.

One of the people in church announced it today. We were surprised; we didn't know he was unwell, although we had not seen him lately.

I didn't know him well, but the few conversations we did have were genuine. The last time I saw him he said he'd turned a corner in his life, in a good way. He didn't go into details, but I was happy for him.

I'm sorry he's gone and hope he is content where he is now.

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Providing water to the thirsty, LOL

Saturday, June 11, 2011

I'm still unable to ride outdoors but I got to see DDOORN as he went by on his 79-mile tour today. Their route went right through my neighborhood.

Apparently he lost a water bottle at the beginning of his ride this morning so I brought out a big pitcher and topped off riders as they went by.

We chatted for a while and then he continued. I'm looking forward to reading how the rest of his ride (and weekend) went!
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Later today I'll head down to Ithaca with my violin for a fiddle workshop to find out if:

1) Any of my bows have any hair left on them.
2) Whether I still remember how to play.
3) Whether my shoulder can even handle bowing, 6 weeks after rotator cuff repair.

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1 Week under 160. Back in maintenance mode.

Thursday, June 09, 2011

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I'm WORTH living at a size where I'm comfortable. Where my favorite clothes fit. Where movement is unencumbered. Where my strength to weight ratio facilitates the sports and activities I enjoy. Where I actually LIKE what I see in the mirror.

7 days ago I finally dropped back under 160 on the scale. This is the absolute top of my "maintenance" range. What some people call the "scream weight." My "happy" range is between 155 and 145.


It's taking a little while for the trend line in Physics Diet to catch up, which is fine.
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I attained this range in January 2010 and proceeded to get side tracked by other things (like camping every weekend on the road in search of white water for kayaking), stopped tracking food regularly, and got complacent. The result was a 30 lb gain.

Having finally gotten most of that back off and sidelined from kayaking with rotator cuff surgery rehab, I'm determined to get back into my "happy" range and figure out how to stay there.

My % body fat is higher than I'd like. Right now it's around 25%. I prefer it at 20% or below. Usually when I'm around 155 or below on my normal cardio and weight lifting regime it's around there.



I'm losing muscle mass in my upper body because of the shoulder restrictions. So I'm "lifting" using the leg machines 3x/week. I'll be damned if I'm going to let all my lean mass go.

In the meantime I'll keep doing spin class twice a week for cardio, and the occasional walk in the local state park or elliptical in the basement depending on time, ambient light, and energy. Once my shoulder is strong enough I'll go back to road cycling outside.

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Onward. And downward.

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First post-op visit with the surgeon was today. They are mad at me.

Monday, June 06, 2011

I had my surgery follow up today. I can't say it went well.

The PA was shocked and horrified to see me raise my arm while describing a sleeping position. The look on her face was really weird - like I was a mutant, or something. She repeated herself, "No one - NO ONE raises their arm like that, only a month after surgery." And frowned at me. I could have corrected her, that it is 5 weeks as of tomorrow, but the look on her face stopped me.

She also scolded me for using it for daily things like cooking. I protested, "But I live alone! How am I supposed to EAT?!" (I didn't bother mentioning that I have also been driving standard with my right hand ever since I got my Matrix on Thursday.)

Then after she left the doctor came in and said it sounded like I needed lecturing. I guess she told on me. He told me I was supposed to be wearing the sling full-time for another week. I explained that my shoulder feels confined and cramps up in it and so I've been adapting to supporting my arm other ways (like stuffing my hand in the opposite sports bra strap during spin class.)

I forget which one told me that just the weight of my arm alone can tear out the stitches. They both repeated that my injury was a "huge" tear. He said we're not even going to discuss riding my bike outside for another three months. My next follow up is in August.

I'm scheduled to ride a century in September.

I guess that means I'll be spending a lot of time on a trainer indoors to get used to the hours I'll need in the seat for the century in September. (spin classes only last about an hour)

Bah. This recovery process is so soooo painfully tedious. I'm not even going to go into (again) how much I miss boating. It hurts just to mention it.

Maybe I'm taking unnecessary risks. But I'm not doing anything that hurts.

I have switched to offering my left hand ever since in church two weeks ago one of the women grabbed my right hand and pumped it vigorously while passing the "peace."

Ironically the doctor stuck out his hand for a shake at the end of the office visit. I wanted to ask, "Is this some kind of weird test?"

I shook with my left and told him about Church Lady and he just laughed.

Honestly, it seems like they'd prefer to just stick us in suspended animation or an artificial coma or something, to immobilize us.

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Today would have been New Boat Day :(

Friday, June 03, 2011

Here was my goal:


Here was my reward:
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Bah. Now I have to keep the number here until October?! I want a Jackson RockStar kayak now, and I want to spend the summer playing in it!
[insert small pouty tantrum here]

I have my followup appointment with the surgeon on Monday. I hope hope hope he'll tell me I can at least get on my road bike...

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