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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 27/09/2026

In other #health news, this coming Wed I have an hours long (not sure how many hours) pre-op appt at the hospital re the kidney stone. Still no date for the actual op! Given the time specified, had to move dental appt. I think this is an "all surgery type template", seems complicated for a stone!

Extract from letter re Wednesday's appt. Weill see: nurse, pharmacist, abaethetics, surical tems and co-ordinator.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 14/09/2026

I can't wear makeup for another week due to the recent eye surgery, but when I can, I'll share! With my pink runners! 🤣

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 14/09/2026

#InvisibleIllness Sometimes we just need a lift! Yesterday I shocked myself - I bought a new liptick. That isn't the shock! The shock was the price. NEVER in my life have I spent $95 on a lipstick. Yesterday I did. Here's my thoughts on Invisible Illness ftom 2022. limberation.com/2022/09/13/w...

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 13/09/2026

Looks terrible but works! I DO NOT recommend doing this unless you have previous experience in taping operated areas of your body in the past. It is tricky to get right, you MUST have the right type of tape, and sealing around the nose is challenging.

Plastic taped over eye to protect it from hair shampoo, conditioner, etc

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 08/09/2026

Yesterday was rough. Could not see phone screen at all, today is much better. Also the eye was "scratchy", but not painful. This eye is much more bloodshot than the first one, i have attached a pic from yesterday but labelled it so don't look if you are squeamish!

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 07/09/2026

OK. Organised. Way too early, but doing laundry as well. Showered & dressed Fasting Taxi booked Nail polish removed from 1 nail

Nail polish removed from 1 nail for O² sat reader

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 02/09/2026

So last night the temporarily cemented-back-in-tooth/crown fell out again. Scored a cacellation slot at 2:45 today, nearly fell over! Not sure they'll try cementing it back in temporarily again, but will see. A bit over the whole teeth complications on top of all the other #ChronicIllness stuff.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 29/08/2026

On a pension? Nah, that ain't happening! Got there though!

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 18/08/2026

3km!! A couple of pics from my walk. I love the bushland. While not the same as NZ, it lets me escape from the city for a while. #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness

Bushland in the middle of the city. Love it.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 16/08/2026

Of course, this affects one's body battery! I woke up at a reading of 95 this morning. This has been improving daily since my sinus surgery. Rest is blue, orange is physiological stress. Took 5 years,to find the problem with my sinuses. I am so happy!!! I'm getting decent sleep & oxygen. 🧵 2

Body Battery today. 95 at wake-up, 83 right now.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 16/08/2026

#ChronicIllness #Sinus This is interesting and I will write an article about it soon. For YEARS I've been complaining to my GP about the physiological stress readings on my Garmin watch. Since I've had the sinus operation, I'm getting GREAT readings! There has to be a link! See the alt-texts! 🧵1

A typical day BEFORE my sinus surgery. Blocking nose at night, lack of oxygen etc

Yesterday! Lots more blue. Low stress reading for the day.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 11/08/2026

Slept like a baby last night! Body battery hit 93! Lots of rest (all the blue). Rarely do I get such a great sleep. Sinus surgery for the win! Just keeps getting better! #ChronicIllness #surgery #recovery

Garmin Body Battery, heart rate and physiological stress level readings this morning.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 09/08/2026

Today is worse and I have to leave the house twice in pouring rain! Once for osteopath, once for eye op. Been raining all night! Right now? ⬇️

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 09/08/2026

It is #MovementAsMedicine bragging time! 😁 At 71, with multiple #ChronicIllness conditions, 1 month after having my sinuses operated on I just walked 1 km of my 2.05 km walk in just 37 seconds slower than my walking pace at 40. At 40 my average pace was 10 mins per km. I'm pretty chuffed! 😊 🧪

Laps of 2.05 km walk. 2nd lap pace 10:37.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 06/08/2026

This is interesting! The kidney stone med? Is only to be taken by men. The last time I looked, I'm not a man. 😱 I assume there are exceptions to the rule...... #Medsky may I suggest explaining the exception, whatever it is, when prescribing to women!

TAMSULOSIN-WGR SR is only to be taken by men.

Common side effects include: retrograde ejaculation (when ejaculation fluid isn't squirted out...

Serious side effects include prolonged painful erection of the peiis

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 30/07/2026

They eye guard in place for the night. So you don't rub it in your sleep

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 22/07/2026

I agree where he says not just ME. I'm an RA (plus other stuff) patient and my sleep is rarely restorative. I can and do exercise, which helps, but not always. I wear a Garmin watch which tracks sleep, body battery rest and physiological stress. Of course it doesn't know I'm chronically ill!

Body battery was a top of 29 this day. I wasn't climbing Mt Everest at 2 am, I was aslepp! Says non-restorative.

This night completely great! Body battery peak 96! Why the difference?

Last night, not good. Score 61. Awake twice, very little REM.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 19/07/2026

Two days in a row I've achieved my goals, after all this sinus saga! 🎉🎉 Now I'm on a mission! Did I mention my VO² Max has improved by 1 point? At this early stage that's pleasing too. AND the sleep improvement continues! My ENT surgeon has one very happy patient!

Finally some green bars on my Steps graph!

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 18/07/2026

And done!!! 🎉🎉 FINALLY back to some semblance of normality. Amazing what being able to breathe can do! 😁

Garmin showing 3 walks totalling 4.1 kms and I've done 8,035 steps so far today.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 18/07/2026

I think I'm getting there! 😁 Might even make my standard walking goals of 4 kms & 7,500+ steps today. Sitting on 6,630 steps and 3.36 kms now and it is only 1:45 pm. 🎉🎉 To celebrate, here's some pics from my creek walk just now. #ChronicIllness #surgery #sinuses #MovementAsMedicine

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 10/07/2026

🧵 3 Plus just noticed my sleep score from last night! Never had this high before! 😱 And that's without breathing properly yet post-op!

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 10/07/2026

YIPPEE!!! #surgery The benefits are starting to show! 🎉 I've not had a body battery reading of 96 for as long as I've been wearing a sports watch. Nor has my Pulse Ox (O² sat) been this high for years! Can't wait to get back to exercise & improve my VO² Max! BP is improving! So happy!! 🏋🏻‍♀️🏊🚶🏻‍♀️💪 🧵1

Woke to a body battery of 96! That has NEVER happened! Well, not since I've been unwell.

Pulse Ox reading this morning. Used to hang around 96%. Did get a 100% reading but didn't take a pic, stupidly. Not called O² sat on the watch as not a medical device.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 08/07/2026

Post-op report! Got home about 5:30 pm yesterday. Nasal passages completely blocked. Blood secretion so wearing nasal bolster (below pic). Then blood started oozing out of right ear duct. This was not mentioned in any paperwork, so rang hospital: happens to some patients. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #surgery #sinuses 🧵 1

Nasal bolster to catch nasal discharge. Hooks around ears, sits across nose.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 08/07/2026

Ohhhh! I did wonder! 🤣🤣 I will try my bed in Zero G position, but still likely to roll.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 07/07/2026

ready to rock 'n roll in the morning. Hoping I am not overestimating the expected positive results from this! 😳 I'm expecting: BP back to normal VO² max ⬆️ Fitness & strength ⬆️ Improved SLEEP! 😁 After the healing, of course!

Description of what they are doing to my sinuses.

Functional sinus surgery, complete dissection of all 5 sinuses and creation of single sinus cavity. unilateral.

The above is on each side.

This is both:

Turbinate, submucous resection with removal of bone, unilateral or bilateral

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 07/07/2026

I'm sure you'll all be pleased to know I'm negative for Covid, RSV and Flu A & B. Pre-admission requirement! #surgery

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 05/05/2026

Can across something quite interesting today. #RA #ChronicIllness #RheumatoidArthritis. This is a 🧵, by the way. So a friend and I were discussing psychosomatic conditions and I googled something and up this popped! 😱 My reaction was WTF? Go to Part II!, 🧵1

An out of date website citing rheumatoid arthritis as a psychosomatic condition

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 24/04/2026

This is the page in Medicare where you can check how you are registered. Being on the same card does not necessarily mean you are registered as a FAMILY. I have hidden my numbers for privacy. #australia

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 01/04/2026

Just for the record, I don't just do #MovementAsMedicine stuff! Here's roses 🌱 and nails. And I think I'm out of matching lippy.

Freshly painted nails. Don't quite match the roses!

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 30/03/2026

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Strength Training
Exercise Physiology
Exercise Groups for 50+
Balance Training /Falls Prevention
Pre/ Post Surgery Rehabilitation
Diabetes Management
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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 27/03/2026

I am finally getting there. Today I got my 4 km walking goal for the first time since my December 2nd ankle fusion surgery. Will probably hit 8,000 steps by the end of the day. #ChronicIllness #Arthritis #surgery

Todays 3 walks total 4 kms. Yay. Step goal exceeded.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 02/03/2026

(2/3) I will write a proper article about this shortly, but at the moment still getting back to normal. Just for a very quick comparison, here are 2 Garmin physiological stress graphs. Left: the day I was hospitalised. Right: so far today. Blue is REST, orange is body under stress.

Thursday, the day I was hospitalised. All orange.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 26/02/2026

(2/2) infection prior to surgery. So not sure when, or where, surgery will be yet. I was just cleared to go back to normal exercise regime, now this. 🙄 I'll add updates as I go.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 08/02/2026

I decided today's the day! Will see how I go! Have drive my car around the block to make my foot works the pedals OK. #surger #postop

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 06/02/2026

Slowly but surely... steps graph on the left, weights graph on the right. 4 moon boot days to go! 💃💃 #surgery #postop #recovery

Lifting weights (upper body) every 2nd day, plus rehab leg exercises that I'm allowed to at this stage.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 31/01/2026

#ChronicIllness adventures. My BP's gone weird again so back on BP med. 🤬 This has only happened post surgery, no idea, what's going on. Looks like I'll be doing a 24 hour BP monitor gig. 🙄 Then I have a weird bruise that's appeared out of nowhere, but have been off anti-clot med for 2 weeks now.🤷🏻‍♀️

Weird bruise on left wrist. Not sure about the red spots either.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 23/01/2026

My most steps in a day since surgery! 2,001. Mind you step counters have issues being accurate when crutches, walking sticks and knee scooters are involved. But i'm getting there! 4 more days with walking stick!

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 22/01/2026

Given I'm down to 1 crutch, I've retired the crutches and brought out my fancy, flowery walking stick! Of course the pic is just a section of it, hard to shoot the whole length!

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 19/01/2026

Still working at it. Have added a few things like push ups and calf raises. Nearly fell taking the moon boot off for the calf raises. I should have been sitting - I wasn't. Surgeon will smack me! #Surgery #PostOp #ChronicIllness #Arthritis

Today's workout. Unfortunately I can't copy the text today for some reason. Sorry!

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 18/01/2026

How's my brother-in-law's head? I forgot to mention him.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 14/01/2026

So here's my next 6 weeks. Obviously still can't drive, whereas with the left ankle I could now drive. I have one less bit of metal this time, but the screws are the same. Very happy with progress! 😁

4 Weeks in boot (Weeks 6-10)
Sleep out of boot Shower out of boot Seated calf raises out of boot, wearing boot at other times
Week 1: 10 - 20% body weight only in boot
Week 2: 50% Bodyweight using crutches as support in boot
Week 3 & 4: Full Bodyweight in boot -
Weeks 5 & 6: Wear shoes/Joggers and walk

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 14/01/2026

UPDATE on the ankle fusion! What a day! Returned knee scooter Got cast removed Wheelchair across to hospital for x-ray Back across to see surgeon Surgeon happy with x-ray OK to graduate to moon boot + crutches Visited friend who had hip replacement on Monday (same hospital). Got home, am zonked!

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 07/01/2026

I am by nature a barefoot person. I knocked my little toe on a wheel of the knee scooter and now have a rather dirty looking bruise. This is a toe I have a screw in (where don't I have screws?🤷🏻‍♀️) so I hope I haven't damaged anything. *sigh*. I broke the nail (scooter again) a couple of days ago.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 02/01/2026

Now, where was I? Keeping my exercise up! I will point out I could NOT have done this when I had the first ankle done at the end of 2023. My shoulders & wrists were not great: then in 2024 we discovered WHY! (See post below). Now my CRP is 1! 💃 Inflammation under control #ChronicIllness #Surgery

The sets. Sorry, is hard to alt-text this, but trying!

Set/Name
Time Reps Weight kg
Lying Straight-leg Raise
1:56 60 Body
Knee Raises
1:24 30 Body
Side-to-Side Leg Swings
2:08 30 Body
Suspension Glute Bridge
1:38 30 Body
Side-lying Leg Raise
0:52 20 Body
Clams
1:21 30
Side-lying Leg Raise
0:28 10 Body
Side-lying Leg Raise
0:52 20 Body
Clams
1:18 30
Side-lving Leg Raise
0:26 10 Body
Dumbbell Biceps Curl
0:30 10 14.0
Dumbbell Biceps Curl
0:32 10 14.0
Dumbbell Biceps Curl
0:31 10 14.0
Dumbbell Shoulder Press
0:30 10 14.0
Dumbbell Shoulder Press
0:30 10 14.0
Dumbbell Shoulder Press
0:29 10 14.0
Seated Dumbbell Overheac Triceps Extension
0:50 15 7.0
Seated Dumbbell Overheac Triceps Extensior
0:43 15 7.0
Dumbbell Bench Press
0:58 20 14.0
Dumbbell Bench Press
0:59 20 14.0
Dumbbell Bench Press
0:58 20 14.0
Lateral Raise
0:30 10 5.0
Lateral Raise
0:30 10 5.0

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 31/12/2025

Thankfully the temp has dropped. Saw GP yestetday as my BP is still fluctuating more than I'd like. 😣 However, the exercises continue! Today's effort below! I also have a program from my exercise physiologist, but not doing all of it yet. I'll get there! 2 weeks today the cast goes! 💃💃🎉

Muscles used: red = primary, yellow = secondary

First 14 sets. First 11 rehab leg stuff, 12 - 14 Bicep curls.

Sets 15 - 22. Shoulder press x 3, Tricep extensions x 2, Chest press x 3.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 28/12/2025

I have nothing interesting to report! 😅 The boredom continues! Hot day here (34⁰ C) so it will be an a/c day so the leg in the cast doesn't cook! 🤭 I'm going to battle the "bag the leg & shower" routine shortly. 🙄 I did eventually find a name for the lateral leg raises yesterday!

Yesterday's lower body rehab and upper body strength workout sets.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 26/12/2025

No idea what's going on, think it is lack of movement/exercise. My body is reacting badly! A sleep score of 48 is the lowest I have EVER had! Usually in the 70s-80s. Oh well. My BP is fine, so just soldier on!

Body Battery chart showing very little recharge overnight and high stress while asleep (the orange). Woke at 6.51 am - the blue tick.

Non-restorative
You slept long enough, but not well enough to bring your stress levels down overnight.
You've had high stress days and poor sleep recently. You may feel very tired today.

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 26/12/2025

🧵 3 I'm trying again. Situation: ankle surgery (so temporary for me), cast (pictured), knee scooter. Strictly non-weight bearing on right foot. Task: go to the toilet! Simple thing we all do several times every day right? Not so simple! 1. From lounge chair, mount scooter

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Limberation - Limber Up To Live Life @limberation.com · 24/12/2025

Today's effort! Recording the lower body post-op stuff now as best I can. Garmin doesn't have a seperate exercise (or I can't find it) for lateral straight leg raises. Getting down & up off the floor using arms & 1 leg is a challenge, but managing it! Changing weights is time-consuming, so ⬆️ reps

List of sets of post-op lower body and upper body weights today.

Illustration of muscles used. Red = primary, yellow = secondsry.

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