Physical Therapist Builds Aged Superwoman

Gradually Rebecca, my magical therapist, added new exercises for me to do every day. My desire is to walk like a human being, not a Weeble. We concentrated on the knee and leg before branching out to core exercises for general strength. The ones I found hardest to do involved a mental hurdle – going up the driveway backwards and sideways. I did them today, quite furtively. I doubt anyone would see me, and why should I care if they think I’m crazy? I still resisted exposing myself to public scrutiny.

Last night I did an exercise that Rebecca gave me yesterday. She wanted me to do a “plank” on the bed, but it hurt the skin on my knees and shins. She traded that for leaning against the sink, like doing modified push-ups, but without moving the arms. Shortly before I went to bed, I stood well away from my dresser, then leaned on it, keeping the back and arms straight. All of a sudden I realized that massive dresser was moving slightly! Three burly men would have difficulty shifting it, and here I was just leaning on it and could feel it going away from me. Amazing! Rebecca had made me an aged Superwoman! There might be no stopping me now. As you might guess, there was more to the story than that. I looked down at my bare feet and saw they were slipping on the carpet. It was fleeting fame, gone before I made a complete fool of myself and tried to fly.

March 2010

My First Ebook is Published

Everybody's doing it, so why not me? A few weeks ago I decided that come hell or high water I WOULD put up at least one ebook. I researched on blogs and forums. I asked questions. I watched video tutorials. I wrote.

My awesome writing partners helped with the edits (sadly I forgot to run the cover by them, and managed to mess it up). But I got it online and it's now in the store at Amazon in both the United States and the United Kingdom. It's entitled Beyond the Bed: Ways to Help Others When You Are on Bed Rest.



Now I have a lot of people telling me they want to read my book but don't have a Kindle. No worries! You don't need one. The Kindle program works on Macs, PCs, and numerous other devices. Simply download it from the Amazon site.

The experience taught me a lot, and I am looking forward to trying different ebook companies to see what happens to sales. It's a good start though, and I know at least one sale is from a non-relative :-)

Feel free to share your own e-publishing experiences. And extra bonus points go to those who see the error(s) on my cover. I will fix it in a few weeks, but don't want it disabled as I work on the fix since it's freshly publicized. I'm gonna turn my shame into a game...