Deuce,

I agree about listening to your body. We are indeed the only one who knows what it is feeling, although not necessarilly doing. Having never been this way before some choices are a real crap shoot and you hope you made the best decision.

My male friends have had a difficult time understanding why I am not
Trying harder and pushing myself (so do I at times). I tell them this isn't like a broken bone or a sore muscle in which you can ascertain how much to push and when to rest etc. this head thing tells you what to do, quite the opposite of our American way of thinking.

Bud