by bethfituw | May 12, 2021 | Exercise, Lifestyle, Mindset
We all need hope. Today marks four weeks since my percutaneous (catheter based) pulmonary valve replacement and I have had many requests for an update on how I am doing. The easy answer is that I am feeling good. After a few rough days initially, it didn’t take long...
by bethfituw | Apr 12, 2021 | Mindset
Death. We don’t like to think about it. We certainly don’t like to talk about it. But it is going to happen to the people and things we love. And to us. It is one of life’s few certainties! Buddhist teachings remind us of the sense of impermanence and that nothing...
by bethfituw | Feb 24, 2021 | Exercise
Last week I reached level 50 in the online cycling app Zwift, a seemingly unachievable goal which I had set myself soon after I first took to the roads of Watopia on March 20th last year. Ironically, this means I have cycled thousands of miles which have taken me...
by bethfituw | Aug 25, 2020 | Exercise, Mindset
A few weeks ago, I saw an amazing lady posting in a Facebook group about using Zwift as part of her rehab from a traumatic brain injury. I found her story incredibly inspiring, and it made me feel more comfortable about sharing more of my own. For those who do not...
by bethfituw | Feb 14, 2020 | Mindset
Dear 21-year-old me I know you think you have something to prove, but you don’t. Those eyes of judgement which you feel nipping at your soul, they don’t matter. I promise that the heart condition which you were born with is going to become one of the least remarkable...
by bethfituw | Jan 12, 2020 | Mindset
I’ve always asserted that my health challenges have brought more positivity into my life than they have taken away, but I can’t fail to acknowledge the gaping hole under my life resume of success where a significant relationship could be. It has left me wondering what...
by bethfituw | Dec 23, 2019 | Mindset
I was reading the comments on a post in an open-heart surgery Facebook group earlier this week, relating to how people cope following a dramatic change in their health. It got me thinking about my own approach to my condition, which as much as possible is one of vague...
by bethfituw | Dec 7, 2019 | Mindset
We can all make a difference. On two occasions in just the last six-months, I have been moved to donate to a GoFundMe for someone who has met with massive physical misfortune. The first was someone I have known of for many years, but never met in person. He was...
by bethfituw | Nov 30, 2019 | Mindset
Contrary to popular belief, I am not always positive! Living with a chronic health condition can be hard and some days are a real f****g struggle. I feel rubbish, I flop around, my get up and go has got up and gone. Worse still, I then berate myself for my inability...
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