Lets Post our Daily Exercise
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sigh.....snowing AGAIN here too, Ruth. Not sure if I can psych myself up to run outside...it might be the dreadmill today! Surely this will be your last shovel and sculpt of the season....RIGHT!!!!
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Welcome Cass! And it's great you're already aware of lymphedema. Have you seen the brochures about safe exercise and LE? Here's a link for the thread and I'll bump it for you as well in case you haven't seen them. https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/58/topic/... And of course now that you've posted you're accountable for your exercise! We have on this thread what we've dubbed The Voices - when you feel like slacking off, you'll think about having to post here and you'll hear our Voices inspiring you!
Ruth!
Beautiful sunshine this morning and above freezing so no ice left over from yesterday. Had my annual gyn appt this morning so had a bit of extra time before the appointment and went for a nice 3 mile run. Felt great! My gyn is a runner - when I saw her last year we discovered we were both training for the Nike Half. Today we both had our Tiffany finisher necklaces on. That was fun.
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Ouch!!! That is a hideous forecast map, Ruth!!
DD and I did our driveway run this morning. (5k training day 5). If Ruth can manage to shove that forecast north I'd appreciate it. If it heads east I'll be very sad!
30 degrees, sunshine, mud, melting snow, and wonderful bird song this morning. Will do some hooping later to try to eliminate the muffin top. ;-)
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Thanks for MD shout outs. NatsFan/Mary nice that your gyn runs and relates! Pleased to read that your DH is down to a 1-2 on pain and amazing what a good pt can do on a regular basis. MY DHsaw his ENT last Friday - remains all clear. No saliva so a bottle of Evian in his hand at all times and slim from the weight/muscle loss. Hang in there to those of you who are still snowed under.
Freestyle step, pilates and body balance at the gym.
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Hello Ladies
Sorry to have dropped out for a while but I have been lurking and reading daily and "the voices" have been keeping me keep up with my exercise.
Ruthbru - We are legends in our own minds. SO FUNNY. It has kept me laughing for days.
Just to let you all know I have always lived in places that don't get snow! Snow scares the cr#5a&*p out of me.
How do you survive snow and why would you go out into it for fun? I guess once you live in a snowy environment clothes and houses are designed accordingly.
So even though I missed a few more days of exercise than I wanted to I did manage 760 minutes of exercise in March (about half of what I should be doing but as much as I can do at the moment).
During this time I walked a lot and rode 120 kilometers on my exercise bike! (No vacuuming this month
- but my husband finally got worried that a dust bunny would engulf the cat and he vacuumed - bless him).My keep myself motivated quote for April is going to be:
“Strictly by accident, Scott stumbled upon the most advanced weapon in
the ultrarunner's arsenal: instead of cringing from fatigue, you embrace
it. You refuse to let it go. You get know it so well, you're not afraid
of it anymore[...]You can't hate the Beast and expect to beat it; the
only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and
geneticist will tell you, is to love it.”
―
Christopher McDougall,
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never SeenI am no ultra runner - not even a runner - hardly even a fast walker at this stage - so I am going to accept my physical limitations and "embrace fatigue" instead of fighting it. Lets see how that works for me.
Thank you all for being so inspiring.
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OK - no time to catch up right now, just wanted to let y'all know I got in to see my PCP on Wednesday this week at 1:30pm about my foot pain - YAY!!!! I spoke directly with a nurse this time instead of the doggone scheduling folks. The soonest the scheduling peops said they could get me in was May 1st.
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Good Lisa!
Did 30 minutes toning with Denise Austin, am cleaning out the furnace room, don't know if Zumba will happen or not.....it started snowing later than they predicted but looks bad out there right now.
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Hi Everyone
Thanks for all of the support. You guys rock! It has been a crazy week for me. But, I did keep up with my workouts. I ran the treadmill for 2 miles on Tues, 6 on Wed and another 2 on Fri. Then I ran 10 miles outside on Sat and just beat the heavy rain. We are back to snow this morning 
Nihahi - glad to hear that your shoulders have started to recover! I hope shoveling doesn't set you back.
Dulcigirl - I am with you about the snow and the cold. Good job sticking with your 5k training program despite the weather!
Ruthbru - so sorry to hear about your neighbor and friend. I also hope you weathered the storm. I wish you had kept it to yourself though. It took my 1 1/2 hours to get to my treatment this morning, it usually takes me 25 minutes
Sweet - I hope the visit on Wed help you find relief from your pain
Badger - I am glad you and your Mom had a safe trip & that she is settling in nicely
Pat - I hope your friend has minimal SEs and completes her treatments as easily as any BC fighter can!
LB - Happy Mothering Day!
Bluetail - YOU ROCK!!!! I would not be walking (or dancing the night away) if I had tried to conquer all of that in such a short span of time. It looks like you had an awesome time. I also love the pink
Natsfan - I am glad to hear that your ILs are ok. Too bad so much of their stuff got disrupted or broken though
Heidi - beautiful mountain top photo!
Cass - welcome back to the endorphin rush! I know it has helped me deal with the SEs of my rads treatments
Bounce - Staying inside because of the snow just isn't an option for me. I am in CT and would go nutty if I stayed inside and ran on the treadmill all winter long. The right clothing makes all the difference
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NatsFan, wow I had no idea the quake was that powerful. What a mess for your in-laws to clean up. It must have been pretty terrifying. So far I've never experienced more than rattling and swaying in a quake.
Reporting for yesterday-- two mile hike, weights, and a tiny bit of hooping.
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45 minutes on the dreadmill, then later forced, and I do mean FORCED myself to go out for a 5km walk. Usually within a few minutes of being outside I'm "doing ok"....today, it was just put the head down and walk.....so ready for spring.
stillrunning...no shovelling for me anymore....we moved to a condo..thank god.
sweet...glad to hear you got that new appt. Ridiculous how long they expected you to wait, with an acute issue!!!
ruth...still sane???....hang in there.
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The view out my front door, and it's not done yet.....no, I am not sane!
Zumba was cancelled, so did the cardio section of the Denise Austin DVD & some stretching. Something tells me that my morning classes are going to be cancelled too. Boo hoo!
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O.....M....G.....
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Been eating well all week, but haven't been moving as much as I'd like. Today, walked for about 30 minutes. BMX surgery scheduled Thursday.
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Ruth, I can't imagine still having snow. Makes me crazy if they even hint that we will still get snow. I know it can happen but won't be happy. Looking at that picture I wouldn't even venture out to drive in it to work much less to something I have a choice about. I'm not one you want to be driving behind in the snow because I'm so nervous I put everyone in jeopardy!
Weather was absolutely gorgeous this evening. Was going to the gym to do weights but decided to go to the park and walk instead.
Nats, didn't send my regrets about your inlaws losses in the earthquake. Shame to collect things for so long to have them shattered in minutes.
Night my sculpted friends.
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Oh my Ruth!!
Glad you got in sooner Sweet...
Did 30 minutes incline training on the treadmill tonight plus some weights and toning exercises.
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I haven't posted for a week or so. Last week I spent three evenings shopping for a dress and funny thing is, I actually reached 10,000 steps doing that. If only I enjoyed shopping more! I did find my dress so that's good. Yesterday was warm so I cleaned up flower beds and dug up some things I hated last year, so an hour and a half of my first gardening in a year (chemo last summer) and I'm quite sore today. Today I walked with my son for 37 minutes. It's been good to see a little spring. Sorry for those who are still in the thick of it and sick of it.
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cdelv66 - These must be a difficult few days to wait through - hope you are feeling OK. Walking helps me a lot to calm my nerves.
Sending best wishes and hugs.
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Growing up in Vermont, we once had a foot of snow on the 26th of May! It was a VERY late spring that year.
Cycling this weekend, plus a 5k run earlier this evening. Trilliums and woodpeckers. Snow capped peaks in the distance. Stunning.
The ride I took on Saturday was "bracing" with sleet on the way back.
Off to bed as the AM beckons. - Claire
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Sh'bam this morning and Spin class this evening, boy did my legs feel it in spin I kind of regretted going and I am mad at myself as on the weekend when I was exercising like a fool and walking miles in the Aria hotel I forgot to pack my Fitbit grrrrrr.
Ruth that photo is crazy insane, it's bundle up by the fire and drink hot chocolate weather for sure. Cdelv66 the waiting is the hardest part and we're all here in your corner.
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Ruth, brrr! I'll bet you are getting tired of snow. Cdelv66, what a tough week. Exercise reduces anxiety for sure. For me anyway.
Just hooping today. Working on some hoop juggling stuff, really hard on my wrists and shoulders but fun.
Hey did everybody see the article Susan Love posted on facebook today about how chemo ages you 15 years? I've aged for sure but I keep blaming chemo-pause as opposed to chemo itself. It's a small difference I know. Here's her page, it's a post from today (3/31). Some interesting comments as well https://www.facebook.com/drsusanlove
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Ann- very interesting article - I feel like I aged a lot since dx as well, but like you I thought it was more chemopause plus the effect of AIs. Interesting that this study shows that chemo alone ages us 15 years. I wonder if future studies will bear this out. I also wonder if the effects persist? Are we always going to be 15 years older than our chronological age, or does our chronological age eventually "catch up" to our chemo age? The abstract of the study shows that they only followed women for one year. http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/...
Ruth - Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo! cd - we've been there so we know how rough these waiting days are. Hugs to you. Claire - your ride sounds beautiful with trilliums, woodpeckers and mountains - it doesn't get much better than that.
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patoo - too funny. Being born and raised in Michigan where, when I was younger, the winters were like this every year, and I learned to drive in snow, I'm the type that says 'damn snow's not gonna keep me from doing what I wanna do or going where I wanna go'! Quite the opposite of your mindset....lol!
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I really need to come here more often - so hard to catch up if you miss a few days. I wish they had an app for BCO, then I would check in more regularly. Thank you all for the kind words about my friend - she had her appt. with surgeon yesterday, and will get a second opinion next week. But probably looking at lumpectomy in May after her family vacation. Some friends are urging her to do surgery sooner, but I told her if you are comfortable with waiting, then May isn't going to make much difference. Her boys are both in college, so this might be her last vacation as a family (that sounded bad, not because of cancer, but because they will have their own lives), and I'm all about the memories.
Whoever was at Navarre - love that place! - that is such a beautiful section of Florida, did a couple of trips down there when my son was stationed in Milton.
I have been exercising even though I have not been on the boards - cut my trainer down to twice a month (cost more than anything), but still faithfully doing my different routines 3x a week, watching my diet, walking/jogging, etc. And I still look exactly the same! Middle age or anastrazole, this tire around my middle does not want to go anywhere. My abs are screaming after I do my ab routine, but they are so far buried in a roll of jelly that no one will ever see them! But I keep on plodding away, because I know that all the soreness is a good thing, I feel so much better exercising regularly, and hey, I have a mother of the groom dress to shop for! Finally after our miserable winter (with sleet yesterday), this week promises highs in the 50's, so it is fun to get off the treadmill and outside to exercise.
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I am sorry, but I don't agree that I look 15 years older than my chronological age which would be almost 80! I do look older, but I ended chemo exactly 4 years ago this week. I have friends in their 40s who went through chemo and look vibrant and wonderful. They look more 35 than 55.
I do believe that all this goes back to my comment "none of this happens without exercise". Or perhaps, it's because all of us drink wine?
Anyway when the 30-something in the leasing office takes one look at my corset photo and says "OMG, your upper body looks better than mine", I think I must be onto something. - Claire
p.s. Abs and butt are complaining after my weekend rides followed by last night's 5k trail run.
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Cdelv, waiting is not easy and wish you a speedy, easy recovery. I did not have chemo yet my husband did and I think he looks older than he did 6 months ago, before chemo but not 15 years worth. Funny though, he did not go bald, thinned a bit and became bald where the radio machine went around the back of his head (for throat cancer) and his hair is now growing back very dark black actually, and has been silver hair for, quite awhile.
Body balance and yoga at the gym this morning and 5k run this afternoon.
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I'm there with you, Claire. I do think that "going through" chemo can take it's toll. It is a regimen that taxes our bodies, our emotions, our nutrition, etc, etc, etc. Put all those factors together and "yup" coming out of chemo time, I bet almost everyone feels and "feels they look" older, less well, less vibrant....whatever.
BUT....I think when we are able to get our focus back into the nutrition, exercise, positive mindset of looking forward to the future way of thinking, we have the ability to "heal" from those effects too. The farther out we get, the better we can look and feel.....and....YES....it doesn't happen by wishing, but by doing.
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I'm absolutely in the 'it doesn't age you by 15 years unless you let it' camp........chemo is rough, and it takes the combination of time (I'd say 1-2 years) and WORK to bounce back to 'normal' (whatever that means). But, if it makes you more aware of the brevity of life and preciousness of health, and gets you out there trying/doing/experiencing/appreciating more of the fun and interesting things that you've been putting off (or just taken for granted)....well, then it can actually make you younger (in spirit anyway).
Shoveled, will do a DVD at home because classes at the Y are cancelled this morning. It has stopped snowing, but the roads aren't cleared out yet....hopefully they will be soon as I promised to go check on a friend's dog today & that is way on the other side of town).
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Hi Ladies
I haven't had chemo but I want to add that you ladies set the bar very high for the rest of us. You are an extraordinary group of individuals and you inspire me every day.
Not every one however has the right set of circumstances that gets them through the cancer experience well.
Many ladies have horrible medical teams or doctors they don't relate to well.
Some don't have enough emotional support.
Some have too much work to do and don't have the time or energy or brains or finances to help themselves.
I could go on and on but you ladies get the idea.
I am not saying any of you had it easy or that you didn't go through hell.
I think you are truly the exceptions who prove the rule.
Just taking Tamoxifen has aged me. I am hanging out with the group who seem to be coping really well in the hope that what works for you will work for me.
More strength to you ladies.
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bounce....I didn't mean to sound "preachy or be like me"...I set the bar high for no one but myself. Posting my daily "stuff" is meant to be a way to keep myself "accountable" to no one but me. I definitely am not trying to be an example for others.When I was doing some volunteer work, my "daily exercise" certainly was subdued.
I also speak from a looooooong way out from active treatment. I clearly remember the days, when it was truly, all I could do, to push my toddler around the block, or some days, to make supper for my family, much less find the energy to ensure it was "nutritious". We ALL have different challenges, and I truly believe that "comparison is the thief of joy".
I think there are many more ways to age, than just physically, the most debilitating aging is when it affects our "outlook" and appreciation of life. Your path of coping with tami as best as you can, and looking forward to it helping you live a long life....to me, shows a healing spirit. You may find that time/circumstances give you opportunities to add in "other stuff" like some of us are doing, for you too! Or not!!! It's your marathon of life to run....all any of us can do, is find the best way for each of us to get to the finish line.
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