Resurrection?

Today I had to walk up and down a corridor, very similar to this.  I had 6 minutes, could stop, collapse, at any time.  

There were markers, big round circles, two placed on the floor, and I had to go from on to the other and back again.  I did it!  
And was then informed I had walked 363 yards.  

Now this may not seem much to most of you fit people.  But, hopefully, none of you have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) which I do.  I was diagnosed about three years ago.  Given various inhalers and have six monthly blow jobs/tests and struggled (wo)manfully on.  

Discovered I could not walk very far and certainly could not walk and talk at the same time.  My life became very minimal, when family came I declined to accompany them to the beach, the play park, anywhere as I would have to sit and wait for them all to go and come back againl

Then I was invited on to this Physiotherapy Boot Camp.  Must have decided I was worth saving.

I was asked "What would you like to do that you feel you cannot."  

No.  Never ever wanted to do that.

But I do want to run with my grandchildren on a beach, or even just walk to the waters edge and back again.

 
 I want to get up a ladder and paint ceilings, walls, for longer than 5 minutes.  In fact I cannot even lift the ladders out to even start...

 
I want to walk there and back again.

 

 Climb to the top of the Lighthouse again.

And I want to have the wellie to get out in my garden again and do more than just yank out a weed and then collapse like a weed pulled out!

Well - it would seem that I shall be able to do all this.   

I am to be taught how to breathe, cough, never knew there was a style in coughing, I will ride a bike, step exercise, etc.  

Why oh why have I just wasted 3 years thinking this was  slow suffocation????

When is the next Olympics?