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After the initial examinations and doctor's consultations, there is a treatment plan for the first week. The density of appointments makes it clear that rehab is NOT a vacation - at best a journey to yourself...

Daily blood pressure measurements, blood sugar protocols and controls, exercise, gymnastics, relaxation painting, body awareness, aqua cycling, physiotherapy and psychotherapy (group and individual) as well as endurance and muscle training are now just as much a part of everyday life as various lectures on medical, nutritional or social topics. All of this usually begins at 7 a.m. with breakfast and ends between 3 and 5 p.m. with the last therapy appointment... I am happy when I can go for a walk or a bike ride on my own initiative and I am happy when I have another day off...

Well, thank God there are a few of them during my rehabilitation period, as both the Thursday holidays (Ascension Day and Corpus Christi) and Whit Monday fall in this period. So the first two trips on my own take me on a tour with the e-bike I brought with me and on a walk in the forest. The area here is similarly hilly to the Eifel and I am grateful for the electric support. However, the bike battery is no longer the newest and after 10 km it is completely worn out. So am I, too, as I have to climb the last hill with the heavy bike without help... - I order a new battery on the same day...
There was also an opportunity for the first Nordic walking walk to the gnome caves. After such a strenuous effort, a visit to your favorite ice cream parlor is of course obligatory!

I'm on leave for an eye treatment over the Whitsun weekend and am spending a lovely long weekend at home. There's a bit of work to do in the garden and on Whitsun Sunday we'll harvest and spin the first honey: 65 kilos - that'll be enough for a while... On Whitmonday I'll be driving back to Bad Kissingen after a morning Nordic walking tour with Kerstin in the Eschweiler city forest. BTW: the eye treatment ALSO worked without a problem. ;-))