Lets Post our Daily Exercise

Those are beautiful, Wonderland!

Glad you have an exercise schedule that will work with your schedule, TT.

Karen, thinking of you!

WWW walked out at a recreational area on a beautiful morning.

Wow, and just when you wished you had those spider webs for Halloween…but no…Labor Day!

Sad to see the sweatshirts and track jackets on the WWW ladies…summer is coming to a close.

Well, serves me for talking about the WWW in sweatshirts…given the cool side of the Hurricane came through SE Virginia…I am wearing long pants today for the first time since…April? No permanent fears though, Labor Day is supposed to be 93.

Happy Thursday, TT

We will be having nice weather this weekend - low 80s. 90+ days return next week.

Ruth: One month and a couple of days! Almost here. My friend's ds is getting married next weekend in Massachusetts. I've mentioned this wedding before. It's a weekend long wedding at a camp starting Friday night with a meal for everyone, Saturday lunch, wedding with dinner, and Sunday breakfast. Guests can sleep in a camp setting and are to bring their own sleeping bags. My friend has rented a house on the property for her family members (most older) that has regular bedrooms and bathrooms. There is also a 2 bedroom cabin that some of her family members have rented that is small and private. My friend who lives in my town has not been involved with the planning mainly bc of the distance and she is the mother of the groom. As a matter of fact she and her husband are hosting the Friday night meal and all she has to do is write the check. She keeps asking her future dil to let her know how much she owes so she can mail the check. I can't wait to hear all about it when she returns.

Walked this afternoon.

Beautiful picture, Ruth! Love the Carolina Blue sky.

Met a friend for a walk this morning. Later in the day I hard pruned one of our overgrown camellia bushes. My cats are unset bc they like to hide under the bushes and now they're exposed.

Nice!

No Wine, just design? That is faulty advertising! 🙃

It is very hot here. No formal exercise although I did a bunch of yard work & running around doing errands this morning. DS & fiance came over for dinner & we talked about some of the specifics for the wedding, which is now only 28 days away!

Hi all,
As you all know, I've been MIA. Thank you to all who asked about me and sent good wishes.  I needed a break from all things cancer.  The past 6 months have been quite a roller coaster.  It seemed like there was one thing after another health wise - or at least to worry about.
Regarding the MM - treatment was stopped early due to toxicity from the meds.  I'm not in total/complete remission :(  but overall my light chain numbers are okay.  My calcium is rising again so that is a concern if it keeps rising.  Due to the chemo I had for BC (TAC) I am limited on treatment options for the MM.  
DEXA scan - still osteoporosis after 4+ years on Prolia and two infusions of Zometa (while on chemo).  Endocrinologist is not going to put me back on Prolia.  She says Zometa lasts for a year - I see her again in May - she is not sure if she will continue with Zometa or something else.  I forget what the other category of meds she was talking about as I didn't write it down.  I will talk to my medical oncologist in October about this.  Hematologist said to talk to my  endocrinologist about the bone density.  I was hoping for improvement as after two years of Prolia there was improvement.  But both my PCP and my endocrinologist said stable is good - there was no change in my DEXA scan from two years ago.  Endocrinologist says after the first couple years there is generally no improvement so they look for stable.
I have a bulge in my right groin area - PCP thought it was a hernia - but ultrasound showed it was a cyst and evidently I had it in March (not sure what scan it was on as I've had so many) but it is larger.  No treatment.  I was really worried if it was a hernia and if so the need for surgery, so cyst is good news.
I will see my Nephrologist in a couple weeks.  My kidney function is more or less stable - stage 3 CKD.  Hope it stays that way.
Medical oncologist in October and Hematologist in November.  I'm hoping medical appointments are slowing down as I had so many in the past several months and too many scans.  I'm surprised  I don't glow in the dark.
My endocrinologist said I'm complicated and the transplant doctor said I have lots of nuances (I'm not a candidate for stem cell transplant due to previous chemo as too much of a risk for AML).  
In between all the medical appointments and treatments, we did get to Toronto twice to see our granddaughter. She is 3 1/2 months old.  My daughter updates us on changes - she found her feet yesterday!  We also spent 12 days in Israel.  We need to plan our next trip to Toronto (Israel too).  DD#2 is coming for the holidays and will go visit her sister and meet her niece while on this side of the pond!!
The school year is back in full force.  I went back August 14 and the kids started August 21.
Today is our 46th wedding anniversary.  We spent the week-end in the mountains hiking .  My husband grilled steak for dinner (with half a sweet potato each).  The weather was gorgeous and it was nice to get out of the heat.  
I hope everyone is doing well.  I'm still overwhelmed with everything but I'm okay.

Pound & Yoga yesterday. Here are the Wednesday Walking Women. We always have a big group if someone promises to feed us breakfast afterwards! 😋

Loving the WWW and all of those sweatshirts! Still in the 90's here, but hopefully will start to have a weather break to the 80's and then some 70's over the next ten days…I am over with summer weather. I want to be able to sit on the patio and not feel like the patio surface is reflecting the 100 degree midday heat index!

So glad to hear from you Karen, thank you for taking the time/effort to update us. So happy you got to Toronto to see your grand (2x) and also to Israel to see your daughter, Fantastic! Here's to a good school year for you!

Re school, I served as department head 20-21 and yesterday was asked to serve as head again starting in January 2025…I shook my head yes, but inside I'm like…will I even be here then??? Our culture is to NOT disclose potential leave/retirement until the decision has been made, but I have some serious decisions to make as Jan 2025 is really not that far off in "school" years…maybe sort of like "dog" years.😉

Those are beautiful, Wonderland!

TT, good luck with your retirement decision. I mulled on it for several years before I pulled the trigger.

We are having refreshing cool weather. Yesterday I finished dusting every single corner of my house & went to Dance2fit & Yoga. I am going to coffee with a friend today, dropping off a couple boxes of donations to Goodwill, take a dog walk & clean the kitchen appliances.

I always get hungry when I read your posts, Karen!

Yoga followed by a nice Dog Walk followed by walking to a football game and home again (1 mile total). Fall has arrived here!

More Dog Walking. I will go to Pound tonight.

Karen: Enjoy every minute with your dd!

Ruth: You and Bruno look fabulous!

Walked with dd yesterday. It's been quite awhile since she and I walked together. Planned to do it again this evening but it rained. Actually, it poured!