Lets Post our Daily Exercise
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Homemadesalsa, gorgeous photo! My parents live in Nampa and we'll be in Stanley for a family reunion over the 4th of July week.
Claire_in_S…, you sound like me! I would totally run in the rain, have it turn to hail and say oops
IAmACat, I'm looking forward to being cleared for planks (and down dog, hard to modify yoga to not include planks and down dog).
I'm off for a run in about 10 minutes. Thinking 4 miles again, although I'm doing my best to listen to my body. I'll wrap up my first week of radiation today. Things feel . . . weird. That's the best way to describe it.
Edited to add that my heart rate said no to four miles. I kept creeping up to threshold levels and that was my signal to slow down and cut it short. Legs and lungs feel great, and I'm sure the heart rate is b/c I'm 4 weeks out from surgery and a week into radiation.
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Yesterday I went to the gym, and did my whole routine. Today I will see my PCP and work in the garden. It is predicted to rain tomorrow, so I hope to be able to put another layer of newspapers down. I have PVC pipe from last year's garden to weigh down the newspapers while I am waiting for the neighbor to mow his grass and catch the clippings.
I have a month to concentrate on building up muscle; gardening, gym, and going to the pool. As all agree, It will be easier to rebuild if I am already doing well.
My feet are feeling better, avoiding weight-bearing. Was at Wal-Mart a few days ago and walked too much, I was at customer service, almost done, and they brought me a scooter.
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Awesome picture, Salsa!
Karen, in 2007 I had the honor of accompanying my dad and 200 other local WWII vets on one of those Honor Flights to Washington D.C. Being with them, hearing their stories, seeing the monuments through their eyes, watching them enjoy the honors which they so richly deserved, is one of the highlights of my life! So, from them, thank you for your donation.
Late yesterday afternoon my uncle, aunt & cousin rolled into town. They are their way back to Wisconsin after attending a reunion on my aunt's side of the family. They are the loveliest, nice, most fun people (and the closest to being with my mom that I can be on this earth), so we had a great time hanging out together. They left in time for me to get to Aqua Zumba this morning.
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Ruth - what a wonderful memory to go with your father on one of the Honor flights.
My 120# St. Bernard fell down the stairs (we think) - we have a ranch style home so it is the stairs to the basement. I ran to the store to pick up something and DH was out running - it was maybe 10-15 minutes that neither one of us was home. DH got home before me and heard Mischa wimpering. She couldn't get up and was breathing so, so heavy. We managed to get her up the stairs and into the car. Took her to the Vet which is around the corner from our house. The vet is a friend of ours. She may have pulled or strained something in her hind leg, but she has tachycardia. Vet gave us meds to give her and said we should take her to a vet cardiologist. Mishca's heart was beating over 220bpm. Her heart rate slowed down about an hour after we got home. I'm sure some of it was the lightening earlier, being at the vet and the heart. Mischa is a love- but she is 10 1/2 which is very old for such a large dog. DH and I were so scared - so anxious about what would happen at the vet. For now, Mischa is okay.
Signing off for the week-end/ . Shabbat is soon and then tomorrow night starts Shavuot which is the holiday where we were given the 10 commandments.
Have a great week-end.
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Karen- I'm so sorry to hear about Misha's episode. You guys must have been terrified.
Shabbat shalom.
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Sending healing thoughts to Misha. Give her a pat (and a little treat) from me.
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Claire - thanks for the warning. We will be doing American walks I'm sure!😉
Ruth - dad did honor flight from Philly and we met him in DC. A real highlight for him and us.
Karen - so sorry Mischa had a bad experience today. It's hard to see pets age.
Did a brisk 30 minute walk around our lake today. Loved to see the new goslings learning to swim.
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Hope Mischa is recovering from that episode, Karen.
Went to Zumba yesterday, then did weights and a long dogwalk. Going for a bike ride today.
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Ran four miles this AM. Tomorrow is a rest day
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Last week I visited the plastic surgeon's office, to see about reconstruction. They also went into surgery on lefty to make her match righty. Two weeks no going to the gym at all, then 6-8 weeks no upper body work. I am unlikely to ever get married again, and vanity is for fools. All I want is to have equal weights hanging off both sides of my chest, and no fooling around with prostheses. I don't want a protracted time for healing, I am going to also need foot surgery soon. Again, upper body work will take the place of the recumbent bicycle.
So, for a simple exchange, with maybe some fat grafting for the divot next to my armpit, what is the recovery time? What are the restrictions on upper body work?
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I had restrictions for 6 weeks after my exchange/implant surgery. After that, I resumed exercise very carefully and gradually.
For six weeks, I wasn't allowed to lift more than 5 pounds, and I couldn't do anything aerobic/raising heart beat for almost that long. All of that is to give the best chance for good healing, and also to reduce the risk of any infection or other complication. I adhered really strictly to exactly what my PS instructed, because I didn't want any extra challenges! No sit-ups, and no upper body work.
UNLIKE after the BMX + TE surgery, I WAS allowed to lift my arms a bit above my shoulders immediately, so the restrictions were less, and the healing was faster for this surgery.
About 3 weeks before implant/swap surgery, I had a small foot surgery (hardware removal) which gave me some mobility restrictions. Therefore, for the healing weeks after my implants surgery, I really couldn't do much walking, and I was still in a surgical boot for the first week after the implant surgery. !!! So, I got down on my mat at home and did a lot of leg lifts, butt squeezes, chair/sitting yoga leg exercises, and some wall sits; whatever I could do without walking and within my restrictions. And, I worked my good leg, doing some balance and strengthening work.
At about 8 weeks I was cleared to go back into a swimming pool. For most people, that's more like 6 weeks; depends on incisions and on PS. I am a bit special. Right side had a slower time healing after BMX and after implant surgery, because it had radiation 15 years ago, and there's (invisible but compromising blood supply) scar tissue. I had no complications, and healing went well. I had post-surgery pain for just 1-2 days.
I had no fat grafting. The look of my foobs is Adequate. They especially look just fine in a bra, and they seem pretty settled into their final shapes. There's a flat place that suddenly goes ROUND, and fat grafting would certainly make that rise from Nothing to Foob look more sloped and gradual. Also, my right side is smaller; stretching didn't go as well on that side because of previous radiation. But, in a bra, they look fairly matched. I'm a small B cup now. I'm 61, and will not choose any more optional surgery; I'm just at my psychological limit for dealing with all this.
Because of my foot challenges, my daily exercise is deep water "aerobics." I am vertical in the deep end of the pool, head above water, with ankle resistance cuffs + foam barbells. It's possible to work every single muscle group, and I do one hour there every morning, spending maybe 5 minutes on each muscle group. I prefer the ankle cuffs to the waist belt, because additional core work is needed to balance. Sometimes, I swim 10 or 20 laps while I'm at the pool. It's good aerobically, and works slightly different muscles, but I get a little bored doing laps. Recently, I've added bicycling into my exercise routine, and am working on distance and some hill work, preparing for a biking trip soon to the San Juan Islands in WA.
After three months of my workouts in the pool, I regained most of the strength I'd lost over 13 months due to exercise interruptions: foot pain due to arthritis for the past two years, foot surgery (five joint fusions & rebuilding of arch) in February 2018, then BMX (spring) + chemo (summer) which all reduced my fitness level a lot. At the end of chemo I got a chemo-induced lung inflammation (fall), which took 3 months to resolve. So, my cheerful news is that NOW I feel strong again, and my foot works pretty well, and my upper body strength is pretty good, and my workout plan is working really well. My foot doesn't have unlimited walking in it, so I do my pool workout every day, and save hiking for fun, special dates with friends and family.
Here's an image of a skinny person (NOT ME!) doing my type of deep water exercise.
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HikingLady you are an inspiration!
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Hiking Lady, yes, I will have my arch rebuilt. I would almost prefer to be recovering from both at the same time. Foot surgery is generally done with local anesthesia, isn't it?
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edj3 ha ha ---at this stage, after what I've been through, apparently I get extra Points In Life just for getting through it! I'm not climbing Mt. Everest. I weigh 15-20 pounds too much. I do one hour of medium-hard exercise every day, but you won't see me in triathlons. Especially, because I can't run (bad knees and one bad foot), and also because I've been Fairly Fit my whole life, but never Super Fit!
Biking Exercise Week Soon! In two weeks, my friend and I will bike around 4 different islands in the WA state San Juan group, each day going about 20-30 miles. A 13-year tradition for us, which wasn't possible in 2018, because of my---ahem---Health Challenges. Grrrr.. We manage to make that number of miles last 4-6 hours each day! The secret to that skill is to stop often, to eat and enjoy nature. We're not in the Warp Speed Lycra-Clad group. She's 72 and I'm 61. We have upright handlebars on our bikes, and we are constantly passed on every route and on all hills by a blur of Real Bikers. They whoosh past us while we're smelling the roses, noticing eaglet nestlings, catching moments of whales spouting, and enjoying our delicious and all-day-long fueling snacks. My saddlebags are full, with wonderful binoculars for birding, and a serious amount of food and drink, so just hauling my fun stuff around adds to my exercise! We stay in a cabin that we rent for the week, so we have a shower at the end of the day.
Open Water Swim Planned for September: Each Labor Day, for 26 years, I swam across the Columbia River from Washington to Oregon, at Hood River. This is a nice local event, sponsored by the Hood River Chamber of Commerce--about 1.4 miles distance, and it starts at 7 a.m.. An open swim, not a race. About 300 people jump off a boat on the Washington side, and swim to Oregon; usually at Hood River, but this year, it's moved to Cascade Locks. We wear bright lycra caps with safety numbers. Many systems are in place to ensure everyone's safety: A sheriff's boat, volunteer kayakers and motor boats lining the course, and we jump off in groups of 10 ("flights") and sign in on the other side once we've gotten out and finished the swim. I couldn't do this swim in 2018, of course, but I'm signed up for this year, and expecting myself to be fit enough to enjoy it again. This goal is slightly frightening: what if I struggle because I'm not fit enough? I'll be safe, there are boats to pop into if I feel unable to make it.... but I'd be slightly embarrassed, and disappointed in myself! My experience doing this is that if I'm Medium Fit (muscles + aerobic) I always do just fine, even without practicing laps at all. My swim stroke for this event is always the breast stroke, so I can see ahead well, and that's a comfortable stroke for me for that distance.
After my exchange surgery, I worried about upper body fitness returning. My implants are behind my pecs, which are stretched, and they don't love that. I am finding that my upper body strength is coming along just fine, and that swimming is comfortable, and all torso muscles are regaining perfectly good strength. Yay! I think my swim goal for September is going to be realistic, and it will feel like quite a triumph, after what I went through last year.
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MCBaker Re: foot surgery and what type of anesthesia....
I had general anesthesia + nerve block and was completely 'out' for my MidFoot Fusion + Bunionectomy in February 2018: it was 5 fusions and 5 screws + a remodeling of my arch + a fixing of bunion/shaving of bone spur/ re-alignment of first toe joint which meant cutting the first toe bone diagonally, and re-setting it to be straight. That was a day surgery in a hospital. I was not allowed any weight-bearing for 14 weeks after that surgery, and then it took about 1 more month to wean from slight weight bearing with crutches to more and more weight bearing and finally walking okay in sneakers maybe 5 months after surgery. I was in a surgical boot for 4 months. The reason for all this was severe 'midfoot' arthritis (caused by the bunion moving the force to the wrong joint in my foot), and the solution was this complex surgery. My new, slightly fussy foot requires a specific orthotic, doesn't like walking on concrete, doesn't like walking barefoot, but has no severe pain. It's willing to walk 5 miles or so without too much complaining.
I had local anesthesia when I had a screw removed in my surgeon's office in December 2018----one of the screws in the 5 fused joints had started backing out of the fused bone/joint into soft tissue, and OUCH that hurt, so it had to come out.... fusion was complete without the screw, and the hole in the bone healed up okay after that.
In 2018, I found it helpful to amuse myself whenever possible, so I found it humorous that I LITERALLY 'had a screw loose.'
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Mine is not that bad, BUT my right foot has a different problem, and shouldn't be stressed, so better to have it done now than later.
And if I could get my foot fixed and my implant exchanged at the same time, my insurance provider would be very happy.
Just got back inside from working in my garden. Will take a shower and do some sewing. An old friend is in town, and a group of us will be going to dinner with him.
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Yesterday I went to Yoga and a Strength & Conditioning class. Yard work for me today and 45 minutes on the treadmill.
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HikingLady, lol and ouch on the loose screw. The pool workout looks fantastic. Kudos to your dedication.
The planned bike ride turned into a 3-hour hike instead because of the threat of rain. Today looks the same weatherwise so I may end up in the gym.
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the dogs woke me up at 5 a.m. this morning due to severe thunderstorms. This is day three of thunderstorms and my fur babies are not happy campers. Hopefully the Benadryl will kick in soon. As soon as things settle down here I'm going to workout with weights and a balance ball. Have a great Monday
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Two hours, 26 minutes of activity this past weekend, in some combination of bike ride, weeding, lawn mowing and walking. I was planning on resting today but I am 16 minutes from having 5 hours this week, so I will probably do some activity just to hit that number! It is also a gorgeous dayana I hate to be inside.
Hiking lady, your swim seems like a good goal to have. You will feel so accomplished.
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Afternoon!
Ran 4 miles this morning and did 20 min of strength...pushups, planks, glute bridges, supermans, squats and lunges. Took the dog for a 2mile walk after and then took our 15yr old son shopping for dress clothes for his cousins upcoming wedding this weekend. I was thinking that was going to be the hardest workout of the day but we actually made it in and out of Kohls with no arguments, something we both agreed upon and had a laugh or 2.
Not sure if any of you have heard of or followed the story of Gabriele Grunewald these last few years. I had heard of her 2yrs ago this month shortly after being diagnosed. At the time she was competing in the USATF championships. She is a cancer warrior who was dealing with recurrences and going thru chemo while running professionaly and training for the Olympics. She grew up in a small town an hour away from me, walked on at a university 4hrs away and when I heard the announcers talking about the scar on her abdomen it caught my attention. Her story gave me so much inspiration to continue to run while going thru my surgeries, chemo and radiation. She taught me to how to brave when faced with uncertainty and to show up and continue to live life during those dark days. She was originally dx with a rare type of adenoid cancer but had several recurrences. Her husband announced yesterday they have started end of life care. She is so young...early 30s. The news broke my heart yesterday. She is my hero and taught me so much. Wore my brave like Gabe shirt on my run this morning in her honor.
Here is a story that Sports Illustrated ran a while ago.
https://www.si.com/more-sports/2017/07/10/gabriele...
"Being brave, for me, means not giving up on the things that make me feel alive" Gabriele Grunewald.
#bravelikegabe
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I've been following her story too. Where did you get your t shirt? Because that's marvelous in the face of this horrible disease.
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One more question for you, how did the sizing run? Looks like these are made by Brooks?
NM, I went to the Brooks site and looked at the size charts
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runnermum-A while back, I had the pleasure of hearing Gabriel speak on a talk show. I'm very sad to hear she's receiving end-of-life care. I will go on to the online site to purchase a shirt. She will remain an inspiration. Thank you for letting us know.
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Ordered mine, I will definitely keep her and her family in my prayers.
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I saw a story about Gabriele on the news last night. She is truly an example of bravery, and grace, and true grit under the most difficult of circumstances.
I went to a mat pilates class at noon, then did tons more yard work. We had 50 mph winds the other night so have branches all over the place, plus our silver maple trees are dropping millions of seedpods (I am not exaggerating!) and you have to rake/mow/scoop them up quick or you will have a silver maple forest in your yard! I then walked puppies & went to Zumba. DH is out in the yard again and I do NOT want to join him!
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Her story is inspiring, but too sad, Ugh. She is so young.
Didn't get to the gym yesterday but walked with the whole family (including dog) along the lake in the pouring rain. Today did an intense cardio workout at home from YouTube.
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