Lets Post our Daily Exercise

1 week post-op ... 1 mile walk in.  Enjoying the blue skies and sunshine, plus the cookie I just scarfed down .

I did Core and Pilates this morning and I think I will go back and do Zumba tonight since there will be nothing fun going on at home in the Colonoscopy Prep Zone

Walked a mile at lunch today then went to the park after work and walked some more.  Have done over 11,000 steps today.  Thanks friends for the voices bringing me back and pushing me to get myself in motion again.

Night my sculpted sisters.

TwoHobbies, you have heard it's better to take a full dose aspirin? I'm researching now how much is effective. This article talks about the function of the aspirin being able to interfere with the cancer stem cell. They mention the overall benefit of it regarding cancer, as well as it's ability to help us TNBC patients and also that it can improve the benefit of Tamoxifen.

Here are 3 articles:  How much is everyone taking?  I have been taking 81mg a day.

"Low-Dose Aspirin May Halt Breast Cancer"

"Aspirin and Cancer Prevention: What the Research Really Shows"

"Aspirin holds promise for treating and preventing breast cancer, lab tests show"

PS - I ran into a lady on the trail who had an exercise gadget on her shoe.  It tracked steps, miles, calories, etc ... she said she liked it because if you are someone who doesn't swing your arms when walking, the wrist type might not be as accurate. She had it on the top of her shoe, over the shoelaces part.  It was interesting!  I want one but haven't decided on what type yet.  I don't know how effective the type she had would be on my high heels. No, I don't run the mountain in high heels, but everything else around town I'm usually in heels. )

Patoo - I have a fitbit Flex.  I just got it set up last week so have only been tracking steps since then.  And finally last night remembered to set it to sleep mode when I went to bed.  Now I know that my nights are just as restless as I thought.  The most I slept in a row was 2 hours and I was restless or awake every 30-60 minutes the rest of the night.....and that's with 10mg of Ambien.  Gads - I'd give my right tit for 6 to 8 hours of solid, no waking up sleep.  Oh, wait, I don't have a right tit!!!!   Or a left tit for that matter!!  What I do still have despite crappy sleep quality is a sense of humor ........

G'night all!

And humor goes a long, long way!!!! ROFL!! 

I think you may be my sleeping habit twin. I'm so sorry!! 

I think we are sleepless triplets.....I say that I sleep like a baby.....I wake up every two hours and fuss!

I take a low dose aspirin every day. Good for heart health and cancer reduction risk both. I will try to find my research.

Here you go, notice they are talking about low dose aspirin. Pretty exciting!

This article is from Healthline, July 17, 2013.

"A 2,000-year-old drug that costs just pennies could be the latest weapon against cancer. New studies link aspirin use to lower risk for at least eight types of cancer: those of the breast, colon, esophagus, stomach, prostate, bladder, ovary and skin.

Harvard researchers reported that women who took low-dose aspirin (100 mg) every other day had a 20 percent drop in colon cancer risk, compared to women who took a placebo, according to new data from the Women’s Health Study. The findings were published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

“Evidence that aspirin may have cancer-protective properties is both pervasive across medical literature and increasingly robust,” says Marc Penn, MD, PhD, FACC, co-founder and chief medical officer of Cleveland HeartLab.

Earlier studies have reported that 75 mg a day of aspirin may cut colon cancer risk by 17 to 28 percent, and also lower the risk of death after a colon cancer diagnosis by 30 to 40 percent.

The study adds to many other new findings suggesting that this ancient remedy may be a remarkably affordable wonder drug that could help prevent cancer or stop the disease in its tracks. Here are a few particularly noteworthy new studies:

• Breast cancer: In a Scottish study involving 116,181 women, those who took aspirin regularly for 3 to 5 years had a 30 percent drop in breast cancer risk, while a 40 percent risk reduction was seen after more than 5 years of aspirin use.

• Skin cancer: Women who take aspirin regularly have a 21 percent decrease in risk for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, compared to non-users, according to a 12-year study of nearly 60,000 women, ages 50 to 79, published in the journal Cancer. After 5 or more years of regular use, risk for melanoma fell by 30 percent.

• Prostate cancer. Taking aspirin may help men with prostate cancer live longer, by inhibiting the cancer’s growth and spread, according to a 2012 study of nearly 6,000 men published in Journal of Clinical Oncology. The ten-year death rate from the disease was 3 percent among the aspirin users versus 8 percent in non-users.

• Other common cancers. Daily aspirin use for prevention of heart attacks seems to have an extra benefit: lower 20-year risk of developing or dying from several common cancers, including a 42 percent reduction in colon cancer and reduced risk for esophageal, gastric, biliary, and breast cancer, according to an analysis of more than 41 trials published in Lancet.

Warning Signs of Breast Cancer

Why Does Aspirin Reduce Cancer Risk?

Also known as acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin has two effects that may explain why people who take it regularly for heart attack prevention are less likely to get cancer, says Dr. Penn, who is also director of cardiovascular research at Summa Cardiovascular Institute in Akron, Ohio.

“Aspirin decreases inflammation, which has been shown to play a role in cancer development, and also blocks platelet function,” reports Dr. Penn. “Platelets carry significant amounts of growth factors that may contribute to tumor growth in areas of tissue injury.”

Slowing Down DNA Damage in Patients at High Risk for Cancer

Another new study offers surprising insight into how aspirin may combat cancer. The researchers discovered that the headache-and-heart-attack prevention pill may slow down DNA mutations in abnormal cells in people with a pre-cancerous disorder called Barrett’s esophagus. People with this disorder are at increased risk for esophageal cancer.

In a new study published in PLOS Genetics, the researchers analyzed biopsies from 13 patients with this disorder and tracked their health for 6 to 19 years. The scientists found that on average, in years when the patients took aspirin daily, they accumulated new DNA damage ten times more slowly than they did in years when they weren’t taking the drug.

The team plans additional research to explore the theory that aspirin’s anti-inflammatory powers are why it reduces DNA mutations that could lead to cancer."

Trying to do this on my phone. Aspirin article. 

http://ww5.komen.org/KomenNewsArticle.aspx?id=6442452008

Like everything else, you would want to talk to your doctor about your own personal risk/benefits ratio. There surely are people who shouldn't take a daily aspirin, but it looks like it might be beneficial for many.

Patoo I have the Fitbit One as well and I really like it except for one darned thing, I wear it to work then when I come home and change into my workout clothes I tend to forget to put it on, you know like I did tonight, I was sitting on the bike when I remembered it was on my bed where I'd thrown it after I'd taken it off my jeans oh and add me to the bad sleep pattern club I stopped using the sleep portion as I already knew I was a crappy sleeper, and honestly I would love 8 hours but my bladder has a 4 hour hold only

Tonight Spin class and then totally undid any god my having delicious Mexican food for dinner 

Someone needs to invent a new word for what some of us do - because sleep is not it.

I wake up twice to go to the bathroom, twice more because I am overheating, at least once because of the cat (sometimes it can be 3 times if kitty is being crazy) and at least once when my husband either snores/groans/talks in his sleep,etc.

I also can't sleep late anymore on weekends as by early morning my boob and body in the rads field are sore and I need to get up and stretch.

No wonder I am tired in the afternoons.

We need a new word.

SlowDeepBreaths, welcome!  There's excellent advice and motivation here.  Every little bit counts.

Warrior_Woman, welcome back!

NatsFan, so sorry you have to have another colonoscopy in only a year.  I thought if they saw anything suspicious they just removed it then and there.  Crud!

Ruth I love your DH's selective misreading :-)

Bounce, for hooping wear start with shorts and a short sleeve t-shirt.  Nothing too baggy and the more skin the better because it helps the hoop stick.  But really you can wear anything.  I hoop in pajamas, skirts, hoodies, whatever.  Then it feels magically easier when I actually wear more fitted clothes :-)

Got some disappointing news at my MO follow-up for my Dexa baseline.  I have significant bone loss, almost officially osteoporosis. I really hoped it would be improved due to my exercise, vit D, and calcium but instead it has progressed :-(  She wants me to follow up with primary care and I suspect they may recommend those bone-building meds that scare me.  I know on the scale of follow-up events this is minor one but I was so hoping for improvement before starting AI's next year.

Hooped today. Looking forward to a workshop in LA this Sunday.

P.S... posted before fully catching up... Heidihill, Claire, Ruth, NatsFan, thank you for the inspiring comments about rebuilding health.  It helps to hear that it can take two years.  I am almost one year post treatment and not where I was hoping to be.

Cdelv66, I think you are doing terrific and did you notice a postmx change in weight? Grateful to have an ocd border collie that never wakes during the night.

Freestyle step and body balance at the gym this am.