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| Categories: Uncategorized I have about 8.5k left before my epic 
swim is finished, meaning I have done more than two-thirds in decent time. I should wind up the event in good time on Saturday, the day of the actual river swim.
Today I had a fabulous result because I was fuelled by anger and even grief a few times. I discourage the latter, because tears inside the goggles are not good.
These emotions and their effects will be in the new blog sometime next week.
Meanwhile, after I got home today, I sent messages to three corporate entities with which I have dealings, and have asked for some pledges there.
I never would have considered this (just dumb, I guess), but another member of the team got a large donation from a credit union, and I thought it was worth a try.
I have posters up at the Globe, but no one from there has responded. Posters are up at the Iroquois Ridge and Falgarwood pools, but no pledges have arrived yet despite some tabs being torn off for pledge-site info. There are two posters and tabs up at the Metro grocery store on Upper Middle Road, and several have been taped to those giant mail boxes in the pool area.
The lack of response from some of these has made me very downheartened.
And yet there is good news, as usual, from my female friends (and spouses) who campaigned for me to get the operation that has saved my life. It cost $16,500 for laprascopic band surgery on my stomach in March, 2009, and these women raised the funds with a rapid and mighty campaign. So far, I have lost 124 pounds.
They and their spouses are my church sponsors to date for the swim.
These women are always there for me, through thick and thin, with unconditional acceptance and no judgment. That is rare in my life and so I appreciate it for what it truly is -- a lifesaver and a Godsend.
Thanks to all who have donated so far, and please keep getting the word out.
I am going to leave this page up until the end of the month to catch those who have been on holiday.
And you all can help in this quest by passing along the link to this page so we can push well past my personal target of $3,000 and the team's aim of raising at least $20,000.
Bless you all.
by Debbie Shallhorn King on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 @ 3:50 PM. Please pledge by clicking on my personal page.
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Give yourself a well-deserved pat on the back ... that is, if you can still raise your arms after all that swimming. :-) You are an inspiration to all of us!!
One thing I've found is that it's harder to eat, which may or may not be a good thing.
I swallow a fair amount of pool water when it's busy with people who feel huge splashes mean you are working hard. Unfortunately, that means my banded area is filled quickly, and it's really hard to spit it out when your mouth is open to take a large breath. Breathing really is one of the things you can't eliminate, so I end up swallowing the water, grabbing what air I can, and then feeling pressure in my lower chest until I manage to get a burp out while in the air again. Burping underwater also works, but then I start coughing up the water I swallowed, and it's a bit like sliming: No one wants to be around to see it happen.
I'll have to wait a bit longer today to ice the knees. N has work at 3 p.m., so Andy's going to pick me up at 2, drive me home to hang up the wet stuff and then we all head out to get N to work a bit early so we can make a bank appointment just after 3. This is where we sign our lives away to arrange university financing for the next year or two.
We figure that we're now looking at Freedom 97, forget about Freedom 55. We've been there, passed it and not done that. :)
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