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Map My Ride
and caring physician 

I love the Map My Ride app.  It gives me my route, distance in miles, miles per hour (even breaks down MPH for each mile).  When I bet a previous time (or even ride within one of my top ten times) for a segment of a route, I get and email with this information.  Today I woke up to an email congratulating me on my 150th workout since I started using the app (April 2014).  Celebrating small milestones is a good way to wake up in the morning.

Also, this morning I received a call from my doctor's nurse.  She wanted to know how I was doing with the new asthma meds.  Since my insurance deductible starts again tomorrow, she wanted to get me in if I needed to be seen.  I told her that I didn't need to be seen, but I wasn't quite sure and wanted to experiment today on my ride.  "What if I don't take my one inhaler before the ride to see if the steroid inhaler I have to take twice a day is helping?"  I asked.  Of course, she wanted to check with the doctor, but she did and called me back.  Her advice was to give it a try but make sure I had the other inhaler on my bike.  I'll say it didn't go to bad.  More importantly, I appreciate all the time this doctor spends with me.  For each asthma appointment this summer I've requested her.  Today I changed her to be my primary care physician being quite certain she was the right choice.

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