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Edith Piaf Madam Motivator

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So much has changed and so fast. The weeks of treatment seemed unending but now seem so long ago.  Hanging out at Ninewells three times a week I was saved from boredom only by a succession of audiobooks. I started with Andrew Marr's A History of the World (good but not as good as his History of Modern Britain ), then made my way through the Hitchhikers Guide series narrated by Martin Freeman (great books well narrated) before goading myself with Christopher McDougall's Born to Run. Lying on my back in hospital pretending to be in a spaceship with Arthur, Ford, Zaphod, Trillian and Marvin the Paranoid Android was one thing. Listening to a book about how we are all, literally, born to run was another. As I've mentioned, on several occasions, I'm not meant to be able to run anymore. However it inspired me to change my diet, my shoes and give it a go. It feels like the turn of Winter into Spring... Lots and lots of strength training seems to be paying off. Actually so