Lets Post our Daily Exercise
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ginger48- praying your results ate manageable. I heard Sarah maude say she was on this thread. As a California girl, outside is a great place to walk. So 10 000 steps or more a day. Cleaning up my back patio garden, cleaning one area at a time of un needed items. Also, baking good and tasty snacks. Also, a pot roast. At 61, I have never made one. I have not eaten much meat until my blood numbers dropped in November. I am trying different cuts. I have a degree in Hotel & Restaurant mgmt and I had taken a class called Meat Utilization IN 1984. Today, I am trying many of those cuts.
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Welcome, k-gobby!
Ginger, let us know what you find out.
It was a beautiful day for a wedding. My fitbit said I got 14, 000 steps, so you know I was on my feet all day. We got most of the cleanup done afterwards & I am hoping tomorrow will be at least somewhat relaxing!
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Ginger - I talked to my PS office a few months ago and they don't do MRIs unless you are having a problem. I stopped going a year after these implants - they are almost 14 years old. I'm thinking of getting a tattoo on my foobs and if I do, I need a letter from PS saying all is okay and granting "permission".
Two good walking days yesterday and today - Both days over 20K steps.
DH and I are going to see the new Top Gun movie tomorrow evening. I don't remember the last time we were in a movie theater - definitely before 2020 - I can't believe the price of movie tickets!!!
Ruth and Wonder - have fun getting together. It is always nice to meet BCO friends in person.
Have a great Sunday
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MRIs are funny in the varied access/use from either the side of insurance or the PS.
After my first "botched" implant...too big and textured even though I didn't consent to that!...I had an MRI at 1 year and the decision was it had to go, already showing signs of BII, yikes.
Switched PS, got the correct size and smooth...had MRI at 3 years (all okay) and now am on an every two year cycle for MRI...all paid for my by BCBS insurance with minimal co-pay.
All that said, when I busted my knee April 3, I was told it would be a min of 2 months of PT before they would even consider an MRI given the long wait list to get access...go figure!
Finally testing negative again for Covid despite a lingering cough and runny nose...
Glad the wedding was a great success and have fun visiting tomorrow. TT
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We tore down this morning, all the other guests are gone, and my sister & BIL are passed out on the couch......
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Top Gun:Maverick was fantastic! Going to watch the original tonight on Netflex.
Spent a couple or three hours on IEPs, reports and other paperwork for work and beginning to feel a sense of being caught up. I need to do my medicaid billing (which really should be done weekly) and write the report for the legal case - hope to finish it by Thursday which means I'll do some work tomorrow and Wednesday nights.
Three more days! Wednesday after work the central team are meeting for a VIP meeting for beverages. I'll have seltzer or ice tea. I don't like driving even with just one small beer.
Ruth - the wedding pictures were beautiful. How was your get together with Wonder?
Sweet dreams.
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The wedding was lovely......and also a LOT of work. I was glad to have a couple of days to relax there once it was over.
Alice & I had a great time! My sister & BIL took us for a ride around the lake on their pontoon. We docked at a restaurant & ate on a covered patio with musicians playing fun, summery music in the background.
I made it home with no travel delays, which is something of a miracle. I've been washing clothes, picking weeds, sorting mail etc. since I got home and will go to bed early. I had to be at the airport at 4:30 am so had a very short night. I will get back into my regular exercise schedule tomorrow.
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Walked with the Wednesday Women this morning, bought & planted flowers the rest of the day.
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Ginger: Have you heard results from your scan? Been thinking about you and hope all is well.
Welcome k--gobby! Meat Utilization sounds like an interesting class.
Karen: Hope you had a good time at your VIP meeting today.
TT: What a time you had with your first implant! I'm sure you were glad to have it replaced with the correct size and smoothness.
I had the BEST time with Ruth, her sister, and bil! They make me feel right at home. The boat ride and lunch was very relaxing on a hot day. So happy to see Ruth in person again!
Walked early this morning before the day started to heat up. It was 73 degrees when I walked. If I had waited and walked when I usually do I would have been walking in 92 degrees. I've got to get acclimated for the heat!
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Last day!!! This has been a looooong school year. I'm so ready to be done. Finished all my paper work for the year yesterday. Just have to finish reports for the legal case. What I don't finish today will get done next week and comp time for next year. Shouldn't me more than a day unless attorney makes a lot of edits. Going to the school I've been covering (normally not there on Thursday) to see 5th grade continuation and will hang out there and write my report. It will be nice to be there for the last day. The gal I'm covering for is coming with her two kiddos so it will be nice to see her. After school my team go together and it was so nice to see everyone and not talk work!
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Sounds like I got out of there just in time, Wonderland. It was a beautiful sunny, 69 degrees here. Very refreshing!
Karen, congratulations on making it to the end of another school year. Let the Summer Fun begin!
I ran around doing a bunch of 'stuff' today & went to Dance2fit. I'm trying to get organized to be gone again. My 86 year old uncle died few days ago and we are going to make a quick trip over to Wisconsin for his funeral on Sunday. He was such a fun, vibrant, 'alive' person that it his death will leave a real void in our family.
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Ruth - sorry to hear about your uncle. Hope your memories bring comfort.
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Enjoy, Karen! A well deserved break for you.
Ruth: I'm so sorry about your uncle. He sounds like such a wonderful man.
Walked early this morning. Tomorrow is mow-day. It's supposed to be a tad bit cooler. But I would rather have Ruth's weather!
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School is out for the summer. 10 weeks to not think about work and well deserved R and R. Lots of reading and long walks.
Have a great Friday and weekend.
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Just checking in on all of you. I’ve been reading posts. I’m envious of Ruth and Alice’s meetup. Sounds so nice and relaxing! Karen, that is one great advantage of teaching: summers off. I haven’t had a summer off since 11th grade and I didn’t even know it was my last. Dad insisted right after HS graduation that I had to work or take classes year around. That summer I took two college courses. After that, I did both.
This chemo cycle hasn’t knocked me down as hard. Still neutropenic. But less so. I am having some neulasta bone pain though. It’s not bad if I don’t move around too much. It hadn’t started on Saturday so that day I got steps in with our amazing dishwasher replacement. Between dear husband and I we made 7 trips to either Lowes or Home Depot. Way too many unforeseen steps, but we were thrilled when we were able to run the first cycle in our new dishwasher. It’s much quieter and cleans much better than the 25 year old one it replaced.
Hopefully next week weather and better blood counts will make exercise doable again.
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sarahmaude, Claritin (not Claratin D) can help with the Neulasta bone pain. It's a treat to get a new, upgraded appliance.
I want to get a lot more yard work done today. Tomorrow will be spent in the car. We will drive to my brother's house (he lives on the Minnesota/Wisconsin border), stay overnight, get bright and early on Sunday, drive a few more hours into Wisconsin, attend the funeral, jump in the car & drive all the way home. Yikes! Karen, he was such a fine example of a decent, loving human being, and such a fun/funny guy, that his memory will truly be a blessing to all who knew him.
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Ruth: Safe travels on your unexpected trip.
sarahmaude: My Kenmore dishwaster is 22 years old and I wouldn't take anything for it. I don't rinse dishes and they usually sit in the dishwasher for several days before turning on the machine. They come out completely clean! Hopefully your new one will last a long time.
Karen: What a wonderful time of the year for you!
Mowed 80 minutes today. It was much cooler than yesterday. The grass is getting thicker which makes it harder to mow so getting a better workout.
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I’m finally feeling better today. Bloodwork on Wednesday showed severe neutropenia, but based on last cycle, next Wednesday will bring me way up. Neulasta bone pain meant it was working. Yesterday I hardly moved, today I will do something.
Wonderland, there is something powerful in the old appliances we can trust. Just knowing how to efficiently load my old dishwasher was comforting. 25 years for my KitchenAid definitely swayed my decision on getting another. Of course this one is different, but we’re adapting well.
Ruth, I’m sorry for your loss. I’m glad you have such good memories of your uncle. I think that means he had a life worth living and you can celebrate that. There is actually joy in that grief.Lost my father-in-law in February. He was a bitter and miserable soul. Made my sweet mother-in-law live way below the level of happiness she deserved for years. I can say that neither my husband, my kids, nor I grieve his passing at all. I guess my sadness is that he lived such a life of misery and never saw the goodness all around him.
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Sarahmaude: Sorry about your neutropenia.Thank goodness for the Neulasta shot. The pain it produces is horrible but the shot is much needed.
Yesterday I marched in a Gay Pride Parade and attended a wedding. Busy, fun day! I'm on our Girl Scout Council's Gold Award committee and a Girl Scout who has been assigned to me organized the parade and reception afterwards as part of her Gold Award project. She lives in my city and I've known her for a long time. it was the first pride parade ever in my city and it was organized by a teenager in Girl Scouts. Amazing! There were about 200 teens, children, and adults in the parade. We walked on sidewalks with police presence to let us cross streets as a group instead of waiting for traffic lights to change. Only had one heckler. Everyone else was very receptive.
I woke up early yesterday to get my fast walk/run in before the parade. The wedding was lots of fun. I like to dance at weddings but I didn't know ANY of the music the dj played when the dance floor opened. Not one of them! Even a young guy sitting at my table who was 25 didn't know some of the songs. I felt old lol.
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Sorry you are having such a rough time with chemo, Sarahmaude. You're halfway done, correct?
Sounds like a fun day, Wonderland!
We got to my brother's in the late afternoon yesterday just ahead of my sister & BIL. The guys & I walked to the restaurant (the other ladies drove), which was a couple miles and going down a steep staircase. We also walked home, so got lots of exercise. Today consisted of driving a couple hours into Wisconsin, spending about 5 hours with the funeral & visiting, and are now almost home after 7 hours in the car! The funeral was wonderful. My uncle would have loved it; a full house, fantastic music, funny and heartfelt stories. He was a person who, despite many hardships and sadness (including the loss of a child), CHOSE to feel that he had been lucky and blessed. A great example for us to follow! Anyway.....no exercise for me today.
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I went to Dance2fit this morning (the instructor, who is a school teacher, is off for the summer so has added a morning class, did 'dog stuff' this afternoon & went to Pound at 4:30. I SHOULD go to the grocery store as I have no food in my house after basically being gone for 2 weeks!
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Ruth: It's hard to get into the routine of grocery shopping and cooking when you've been away!
I let the garden weeds get away from me. Pulled weeds for 90+ minutes. Not fun but necessary. Picked my first cucumber and have a few zucchini that will be ready in a day or 2.
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Walked early this afternoon. Then grocery shopped. Not a whole lot going on today. Yesterday I finished my book about Gettysburg and it just makes me want more!
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I did yardwork, Barre Sculpt, and Zumba. I told a friend who's having some family problems that I'd bring her dinner; and now I have been sitting in her driveway for 20 minutes waiting for her to show up. She isn't answering her phone and I am about to eat it myself!
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Hi everyone,
Ruth-sorry for your loss; your uncle sounds like he was wonderful. Glad you got to celebrate his life. Your boat ride with Wonderland sounds like it was a great time.
SarahMaude- I hope the bone pain is settling down for you and your treatment is helping.
Karen- congratulations on making it to summer break! We are done on the 20th.
TT- I have been reading about BII and feel like a lot of it applies to how I feel. I have not spoken to dr about it yet. I feel like it will be similar to discussions of fibromyalgia years ago since it's not a recognized diagnosis yet.
Wonderland- the parade sounds amazing; what an accomplishment for that Girl Scout!
Results from my catscan showed there's a 4.5 cm cystic lesion on my spleen that's favored to be benign. Recommendation is a follow up scan in 6-12 months. They sent the results to my oncologist in case he wants to do anything else so we’ll see.
I had an appointment with my GP and talked about my ongoing Covid symptoms that have not resolved. My positive test was 2 months ago. Fatigue, shortness of breath, brain fog will not let up. Sounds like rest is the only answer. So frustrating. Her recommendation was to take the rest of the school year off but anyone who has been a teacher knows how impossible that is at this time of the year. So much to do. I took this morning off but need to be in this afternoon.Just need to make it to the 20th.
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Ruth - I hope you just left the food outside her door - unless of course you enjoyed it.
Been doing really well with steps that past several days.
Yesterday was really my first day of summer vacation as Sunday and Monday were a religious holiday. Wasn't top productive but it felt good. Need to start making a daily list or summer list of what I want to get done in the. house before we travel. Also plan on lots of walks, reading and getting together with girlfriends.
Have a good Wednesday
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Just catching up. I am sorry SarahMaude, but I think you said this is the last round of chemo. Wonderful news, and it gets better from here.
My weekend activity was binge watching the Platinum Jubilee as there were intermittent downpours here. Just loved it, especially HM The Queen having tea with Paddington Bear. Now we know what she keeps in her handbag!
Padding Bear was created using a hologram and so were some of the other special effects. I was just reading in The Economist how complete performances can be created that way. It looks like you are seeing the performers, but it's all virtual reality. Fascinating, but also a bit unnerving. One way of keeping the Elvis franchise going in Las Vegas.
Anyway, the other performers were very real other than Elton John which was pre-recorded because he had a conflict.
My garden is flourishing with all the rain. I had intended to do a long ride yesterday but had a nasty headache, so I retreated and finished the pots at my entryway. I may add a white geranium to each; they didn't have white, and I just couldn't do a red with the two pinks. I was trying a different place which is not easy to find as the sign (or rather the top sign) says Huckleberries and it's not listed online. Cash or check only. Good prices. I think I can guess which fruit they sell in season. Right now, it's jam.
My kayak comes tomorrow. I went the cheap route in the end. Life jacket will be here Sunday. I did this after my test run last Thursday to be sure that I could paddle without sinking. I went for portable and inflatable as so much easier to carry around and store. My friend Susan got the same model, but with an extra seat for her dog.
All booked for my August trip. So glad that I am finally getting to Scotland, not to mention seeing my friends in London. All that's left is an Airbnb in Glasgow, but that can wait. I am doing the London to Glasgow and back leg by train which turned out to be a lot cheaper than flying and getting from Heathrow to Euston Station by Tube is easy enough. I am actually looking forward to traveling through the Lake District and seeing the Scottish Borders again.
I have gorgeous lupines on my dining table appropriated from a vacant lot. Just the blue ones but glorious anyway.
I am so enjoying my patio. I can read out there or just listen to the birds. I think the neighbor's dog has figured out that this is my territory as well. Just a joy and I am surrounded by herbs and flowers. Loving the scent of the Sweet Alyssum that I planted.
I found the discussion on bitterness interesting. I don't have time for this. All it does is consume you and prevent you from enjoying life. My exes' late sister collected injustices which she had no difficulty finding. Less than wonderful stuff happens to all of us - it's part of learning. But it's easy to get sucked into the culture of victimhood which I have had more than one opportunity to join.
Much more fun to try your hand at kayaking! Or at least, that's my theory.
Have a wonderful end of week! - Claire
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Sounds like your new digs are amazing, Claire. Your upcoming trip sounds wonderful too!
Ginger, hang on until the 20th (as a retired teacher, I know it is much harder to do all the planning to be gone than to just stick it out....which is why I worked through chemo and had a baby three days AFTER the school year was done!). Then really plan a good month of doing nothing but to rest and rejuvenate! Glad your spleen issue seems to be benign. Hopefully you don't have to do anything else with it.
Karen, my friend finally showed up. She is under so much stress that I couldn't be mad, although I did bawl her out for not answering her phone!
The Wednesday Walking Women wandered around a Frontier Village (tourist site) that is now open for the summer.
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Finally cleaned the house. Barre Sculpt & Dance2fit tonight.
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Ginger: Glad you found what was on your spleen. Hopefully it will resolve on its own. So sorry about your lasting covid symptoms. I'm sure you're doing what you can to reserve your energy. It's exhausting to be exhausted.
Ruth: Fine looking WWW picture. Looks like cool weather.
Karen: I always have a To Do list. My mother did and I learned it from her.
Claire: Have fun kayaking. We used to have a double kayak and it was so much fun!
Walked early this morning. Cooked the first zucchini from our garden for dinner. We compost and today I spead some in different areas around the house. Plan to seat back and watch what grows, if anything. The first year we used the compost, we had volunteer pumpkin plants to grow. I want my prediction of more pumpkins to come true.
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