My husband, my stepson and I went skiing yesterday and it felt good. It was the first time I strapped skis to my feet and took to the slopes since my VNS surgery and I did better than I thought I would. I have quite a bit of trouble exerting myself while the VNS device is active -- I feel like I'm having a panic attack and I find it very difficult to breathe so I wind up gasping for breath. During those moments, 30 seconds seems like.forever.
At one point I was trying to be funny gliding up to and slowly going over the jumps my stepson has so much fun on. He actually 'jumps', putting some air between his snowboard and the hill. I'm not quite that brave so I would just lazy over them. The second time I went over the hill I was going too fast and wound up sprawled in the snow. Laughing. My husband snowboarded to me quickly asking if I was all right. I sure was, I laughed. I'm sure the people on the ski lift above me thought I was crazy. My husband said the whole event looked painful but I told him that as I was speeding over the hill I lost my balance and sat down on my skis. When I landed on the other side I was laying flat on my back ON my skis and I had to wipe myself out to stop. My arms, legs and skis were going in every direction. I can only imagine how it looked from above.
A little while later my hands started getting cold so I opted to leave my husband and stepson to close down the place. All in all it was a great night and I'm glad I went.
At one point I was trying to be funny gliding up to and slowly going over the jumps my stepson has so much fun on. He actually 'jumps', putting some air between his snowboard and the hill. I'm not quite that brave so I would just lazy over them. The second time I went over the hill I was going too fast and wound up sprawled in the snow. Laughing. My husband snowboarded to me quickly asking if I was all right. I sure was, I laughed. I'm sure the people on the ski lift above me thought I was crazy. My husband said the whole event looked painful but I told him that as I was speeding over the hill I lost my balance and sat down on my skis. When I landed on the other side I was laying flat on my back ON my skis and I had to wipe myself out to stop. My arms, legs and skis were going in every direction. I can only imagine how it looked from above.
A little while later my hands started getting cold so I opted to leave my husband and stepson to close down the place. All in all it was a great night and I'm glad I went.
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