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Beautiful pictures, Wonderland! It's especially nice when there are few people and no bugs! The wood-ticks are out here. Yuck! Since Since we go hiking around out in the countryside a lot, Bruno has taken his flea & tick pill & I bought a can of bug spray for us humans. Although ticks are in town to as one was crawling across my arm last night when I was sitting on my sofa.😧
DS & fiance are out of town today for two graduations on her side of the family so we are the puppy sitters. I will get my exercise by herding dogs!!
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Treatment #7 is done. Only 9 more to go. Hematologist (and two other nurses) stopped by to see the reaction on me as well as the photo. Evidently, the reaction is unusual. If someone gets a reaction it's me. He is stopping the Velcade which is the med that is causing the reaction. My monthly appointment is next Friday. He can write a Rx a stronger anti-itch cream if it gets worse and also a stronger anti-nausea if I keep having nausea. Will wait and see. My weight is down another 1.2#. In tears when I get off the scale. My weight is way too low. I see a Dietician on Monday afternoon. I need some good suggestions. I don't think I'm eating any less at meals - just not snacking and I'm beginning to wonder if it's just not snack or the meds as well as the MM.
It's finally stopped raining after 2 days of rain. Supposed to start up again tomorrow and rain the next several days.
I have my end of the year evaluation this afternoon. I finally completed all my paperwork for it. I have to do a self appraisal - it is hard to rate myself - don't want to be too high or not high enough on my ratings The comments are easier to do.
Have a great Friday
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We got your rain, Karen. It is pretty soggy around here!
After the dogs left yesterday (about pm), I marched around the house until I got up to 10,000 steps. Today I went to a nice stretch class, walked a little & did a Denise Austin toning DVD. I need to vacuum & mop the kitchen floor to get rid of the mud tracked in by the dogs.
Karen, when I was marching around the house last night, I thought up a food suggestion (which may or may not be helpful). Maybe you should consider food as medicine. When I'm on antibiotics, I set reminders to take my pill every 4 or 6 hours (or however many times a day is recommended). Maybe it would help to set reminders to eat something every so many hours…..whether you are hungry or not…. just eat something with the same mindset that you'd use to take a pill 'I need to do this to get better'. That is just a thought anyway.
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Happy Mother's Day to all moms of humans and/or pets, to aunts, and mentors to young people. I had a nice day, I even had a dog chauffeur when I went plant shopping!
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Ruth - love the picture of Bruno
Took today off from work. Overwhelmed and exhausted. Just needed a day away. Only 3 weeks left, but it is a long 3 weeks.
It's been a hard two months. So much to process and understand. Still so many unknowns. I only got one of the two injections on Friday due to the reaction the previous two weeks. I felt so much better with getting just the one. Not sure if it is just a week break or will not get the Velcade anymore. I have my monthly Hematologist appointment on Friday so hope to have some answers then. Then is an oral form of Velcade, but serious nausea is a side effect - no thank you. Transplant oncologist said if take it at night, pre-med before taking it and then again in the morning, should be okay. Not Karen - I struggle with nausea with many meds and don't want to be miserable if this is presented as an option. The skin reactions are fading.
9 days till DD due date. She is feeling good but ready for the baby to make his/her entrance. We will go a week or two after baby is born as she is having a baby nurse when she first comes home. I'm limited on my travel as I need to be home for chemo on Fridays. I will go again after I finish chemo and hope to take a couple weeks FMLA when she goes back to work to take care of the baby before baby goes to daycare. Of course, I will need to work this out with work. I have plenty of sick time, so that shouldn't be an issue.
Rain last night, and more showers on and off this week. This is the wettest May in years. More rain so far for the first half the month, than the average for the whole month.
Going to go heat up homemade chicken soup for lunch. Have a good Monday.
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Karen: You have been through so much these last 2 months. Glad you only had 1 injection on Friday. Your precious grandchild is such a blessing for you. Did you go to the Dietician today? If so, I hope you received good advice on gaining weight.
Ruth: Bruno really looks like he's driving!
Ds and dd cooked dinner for me for Mother's Day. We celebrated on Saturday bc dd was going to her in-laws home on Sunday. Yesterday was our 40th wedding anniversary. Had a really good day just hanging out.
Push mowed today for 2 hours.
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Congratulations to you & DH on your anniversary, Wonderland!
Karen, if baby shows up on the 19th, he/she will share a birthday with my dad. If he/she waits until the 28th, that's my son's birthday!
I went to Zumba this morning and cleared out my flower beds. It really seems like spring has sprung
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Another beautiful day here (although the sky is very mysterious because of smoke drifting down from wildfires in Canada). I started planting flowers (hoping it doesn't freeze again, I usually wait until Memorial Day), went to Zumba and Yoga (which was held outside.....lovely
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Our Wednesday Walking Women picture is kind of lopsided, so here's a picture of where we walked instead. Still nice but supposed to rain tonight and be 20 degrees cooler tomorrow!
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Beautiful picture, Ruth. And your trees are leafing out!
My exercise today was cleaning out the garage for hours. Over 12,000 steps! I'm guessing the garage has not been cleaned out since last summer. We had new floor laid in the basement along with other construction last spring so things were moved to the garage (which attaches to the garage) and most stayed there. I have lots of excuses why the garage has not been touched but today I woke up and said it's being done today! It's not completely done but I'm really happy with what we did today. And I have the dirt all over me to prove it. Now if I can just get dh to keep things organized (a wife can dream, can't she?)
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Busy day here. I cleaned the house this morning. Went with DH to get the car serviced in a nearby town (we bought this car when the inventory was very low & there was nothing in our town to buy! We still had a free oil change, which is why we took it back there). Anyway, there is a nice, quaint downtown about 1/2 mile from the car dealership so I walked over and did some window shopping while the car was being worked on. When I got home, I finalized the plans for a trip to see my 89 year old aunt in Wisconsin in July. I went to Dance2fit & Yoga tonight.
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I'm finally a member of the grandparent club! DD#1 and SIL had a girl Tuesday evening. I can't wait to hold the little one. We hope to go the last week in May or first week in June. Air fares are outrageous!! I want to see if I can move my chemo from Friday to Monday so we can stay a week instead of 4 days.
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Congratulations, Gramma Karen! Hope
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How wonderful Karen! So exciting! Hope your dd and granddaughter are both doing well. Congratulations!!! 💕
Walked late this afternoon. Had a quick shower then off to a dinner meeting.
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Mazal tov! how wonderful Karen, hope you can slide the chemo appt so you can stay a full week.
Beautiful pictures all…so nice to see spring again in full bloom in ND! and Wonderland, those NC state parks are fabulous. My DH is from Wilmington so we have done a lot of the state parks down that area.
We are in graduation mode Th/Fri/Sat..last year it was 100+ degrees all weekend and I melted underneath my academic robes…so happy this year is mid-70's.
Went to a pilates/yoga fusion class yesterday that I love but haven't been strong enough to go to since I hurt my knee (last year!), so good to do, but also so disappointing to see how much strenght I have lost, ugh! Oh well, nothing to do about that then to keep at it!
Take care all, TT
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Hi everyone, I am new here and glad to know that there is a chat group running on daily exercise. I was recently diagnosed with DCIS on my left breast and will get a unilateral mastectomy. I am leaning towards no reconstruction. That means I will live with one breast. I have small breasts (a cup) and living with flat chest on one side is okay to me.
My question is on the daily mobility. I have daily jogging routine and I hope I can return to jogging routine after I recover (for my mental health). Has anyone gone through a similar phase? I constantly wonder if I will feel imbalanced when I job or walk with 1 breast? What if I cannot run? It will really suck if I lose my only hobby.
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Welcome, jt24! You will for sure be able to walk/run. If you are small already, I don't think it will affect you one bit
I have a good friend who was more busty who had a unilateral mastectomy without reconstruction. She is an avid exerciser (mostly bouncy things like Zumba, Kickboxing etc.). She wears two sports bras to smush the boob side down and hasn't had any problems. You might just have to experiment at first to find what works best for you.
I went for a Dog Walk this morning. Then made dinner for a sick friend, and then went over to DS's to babysit dogs. I bought some more flowers & vegetables I want to get in the ground once I get home
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Thanks a lot ruthbru! It is comforting to hear your friend’s story. I am still slowly accepting the diagnosis. Some days I feel better than other days. I had a dinner with family tonight. I count it as a good day.
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jt24: Welcome! I had a uni mx and wore a prosthesis for 2 years before I had recon. But for those 2 years I walked while wearing it and had no problem. I don't recall walking without the prosthesis. The only time I went without wearing it was at bedtime. Sounds like Ruth's friend has a good idea with wearing 2 sports bras. You can always start with 1 and see how that feels. Good luck with your surgery.
Finally planted the garden today. Lots of bending. Dh had already planted potatoes a month or so ago. We compost. For a few meals when we ate potatoes he decided to plant the potato skins that had eyes on them instead of taking them to the composting bin. The plants look fabulous and we will get a lot of potatoes for our peelings!
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Today my exercise will be prepping for my routine colonoscopy tomorrow. I had a delicious bowl of blue jello for breakfast. Lunch was a delightful bowl of green jello. The "fun" all begins in 3 hours. 😜
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Good luck with the prep, wonderland. It's not as horrible as it used to be, but still no fun!
Yesterday I took a walk with a friend, went to Yoga Strength, and worked in the yard. I went to yoga today & ran around flower shopping. I'm definitely stimulating the local economy!
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jt24 welcome! I just removed both my implants (had them for 12 years) and am now flat. I follow a Facebook group of women who have gone flat and many of them are able to walk/run with no problem.
Wonderland- I hope your colonoscopy went smoothly. Your hikes sound wonderful.
Karen- Congrats on your new grandchild! I am sorry you keep dropping weight; it must be exhausting. Any suggestions from your appointment with the nutritionist?
I am having the opposite issue over here. Recovery has meant limited exercise and I think I am snacking for both of us.
I have been walking and am back to school now so hopefully getting back into a routine will help.TT- I hope graduation weekend went well.
Ruth- I hope dog sitting and planting went well. The temperature has been all over the place. DH had just planted vegetables in our raised bed and a few days later we got a freeze warning. He had to cover everything and luckily we only lost one tomato plant.
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We went straight from winter to summer. It's predicted to be 90 here tomorrow so we are watering like crazy. The dogs get tired out pretty fast when it's this hot (which is a good thing!).
I went to Zumba this morning. Watered my flowers, picked some weeds, met a friend & her dog at the Dog Park, and worked on a project. Next I plan to take a shower, sit down, and read a book!
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I went to Zumba. They are resurfacing the floors in the gym of my exercise center…horrible smell…..by the time class was done I felt sick and high. Thank goodness the yoga class following was held outside!
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Here's the Wednesday Walking Women enjoying the great outdoors.
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Nice picture, Ruth!
Well, my colonoscopy prep was NOT fun. But, I did get good results and I don't have to have another one for 10 years.
Walked this morning. Tomorrow I'm the host for a Red Cross blood drive at our church. Hopefully all goes well with the donors. The very first time I did it a woman got sick at the snack table where I was in charge. Luckily the RC people jumped into action and helped her. Another woman turned white but she was still laying down so I didn't have to help her. May tomorrow be uneventful.
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Last day of the school year for me - taking FMLA next week to go meet my grand daughter. We can't wait to hold her. My team had our last meeting of the year and they gave me a gorgeous plant for the yard and a gift card. So many sweet notes on the card. Really touched my heart. They went out for a celebration after the meeting, but I didn't join them as my son was coming to dinner to see how his mother is doing. What a great young man (what is the correct term for a 34 year old) - love him to pieces.
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My DS turns 34 on Sunday and his still a young man to me!!!! 😃
What day do you leave, Karen? You MUST send us a gramma/baby picture! I am sure she is the cutest, most cunning baby in the world (at least that is what my friends with grandkids say about theirs). What an exciting time!
I skipped class this morning to play in the dirt. A friend of mine is thinning out her daisies and gave me some. I needed to move some annuals to make room for them and then water good. It's supposed to get hot later so I was out at 7 am. I'll go to Dance2fit and yoga this evening
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My son is also a May baby - we now have 4 May birthdays and Mother's day in a 13 day time span (Ma 3 to 16)- before grand baby it was 3 birthdays and mother's day in either 9, 10 or 11 days depending if Mother's day was after my son's and my birthdays or before.
I'll be off line for the next couple of days - religious holiday starts tonight and ends Saturday night - probably won't get online again till Sunday.
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Karen: I know you can't wait to hold your precious granddaughter in your arms. How wonderful that you are taking time off to go visit. Sounds like the perfect medicine for you. What a nice thing your team has done for you by giving you a lovely plant and gift card.
Ruth: Have fun playing in the dirt. We finally planted the garden so produce will come in a little later than usual. It's supposed to be rainy and in the 50s for the weekend. Sounds like I'm having your weather and you're having mine.
The blood drive went without an incident, thank goodness. The goal was 20 units and we got 26. That makes me very happy.
Mowed this morning for over 90 minutes. I could mow all day in this nice, cool weather we are having. Then I met a friend to walk and talk.
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