From KT – Sept. 2, 2016

Yo DaVita !

It is Friday afternoon, almost 6 pm here at our cottage in northern Wisconsin.

The bad news about today is I had to do more work than I hoped, about 3 hours.  Sigh.  Stuff happens.

The good news is I did a strong 30 minutes of cardio, I am slowly building myself back up.  Plus I have already done 21 sets of PT exercises.  Re-establishing ROM (range of motion) is one brutal thing given how long we had to wait after my surgery, but I am on it like a dog on a bone.  I also actually had a strong meditation session in the bathtub at 11:30 pm last night, so maybe I am building a little muscle in that area as well.  Speaking of little muscles, it feels so funny to be doing things like curls with 8 pound weights, it will take awhile to get the muscles back.

My Thursday # of PT sets was 24, another solid day.

I have not sufficiently moderated my eating and drinking to lose any weight over the last few days.  Not that one can ever achieve monumental weight loss in that period of time, but one can establish a certain amount of positive momentum.  I have not.  On the other hand, I have not created negative momentum either.

One of my calls today was about some new opportunities in Saudi Arabia. It is a fascinating place to do business, we are clearly improving clinical outcomes and patient experience.  We are also doing healthy things with respect to the role of women in the workplace, although that is going to be a long journey.

One of my other calls was about a Joint Venture we have with a hospital system.  That one is frustrating, they move so slowly it kills us.

Time for me to wrap up and take our daily 45 minute walk, with Denise.

I was able to respond to a few teammates a day or two ago.  I am eager for an update on our total numbers.  I love picturing 3000 of us, linked arm-to-arm, marching as one team towards a healthier life.  Let’s Do IT !!!!

respectfully, your Mayor, KT