Motivation

Goodness, I'm all teary eyed at Meg's and Ainm's posts!!....first for Meg, I can't imagine what you are feeling, the apprehension of it all, but I hope you feel us all with you tomorrow.  I wondered what you did for a living, with all the traveling you do!  Are you ever out in Calif?  second for Ainm, you have come so far and are doing so well.  You always say you take more than you give, I don't believe that for a second, you give more than you think, you are such a kind hearted soul...I was just wondering how you were doing on my lunch break, and there you were here when I signed on!

Here's to ovaries being history and exercise and portion control and undying support 24/7! 

What Kari said!

Meg ~  I will be thinking about you tomorrow, praying for a picture perfect surgery and very speedy recovery.  You're in such great shape, you should sail through this.  Does it require a hospital stay?  Time off work? 

Ainm ~ Your weight loss is an inspiration to me!  When I was trying to get re-motivated to get out and walk yesterday, you and Spring were uppermost in my minds -- probably because you've both stuck with exercising in spite of the challenges.  So, as Kari said, you just don't realize how your presence has influenced us!     Deanna

Meg--I will be holding you in my thoughts and with the hope that your surgery will go well and your recovery will be smooth. Ainm--You are so hard on yourself! I remember a quote to the effect of "You can search the entire universe and not find another person who is more deserving of compassion than yourself." It's a great reminder to be as accepting and kind toward yourself as you are to others. Thanks for showing up and speaking from the heart--that "counts" for a lot! Mumayan--Here's to finding new motivation after getting a cancer free path report; I hope you will heal well and grow stronger each day. Deanna--I find that my gratitude for working out is even greater when I have to push myself--but not too much--so I hope that your working out as you recover will really lift your spirits. Joy--YIKES--what a schedule. I would be brain dead. I'm glad that you got good rest and enjoyed walking and yoga; even weed pulling is a good work out! I hope your Thursday brings you exactly what you need! dharmamama--Good luck with the 2nd opinion. Let us know how you are doing and how we can help!

Meg, thinking of you. I think it must be over now and you must be recovering. My thoughts and prayers Meg!!! 

Mum, cracking me up about the too big belly, but so glad at your good path report. What a load off your mind!!! 

Allie, ENJOY family!

Joy, that's some good sleepin!

Yesterday walked 35+ min and 1hr+ of Yoga. Yesterday was not as good a day as it has been recently in my recovery. I was really struggling on the walk! DH was pumping 2 10lb weights and I was struggling to keep up! We walked later in the day and I felt pooped for some reason. (Had a Dr. appt for 2 hours that am, maybe I was just wiped out!)

Hoping today is a better day.  

I'm also thinking of Meg this a.m. -- looking forward to hearing that everything went perfectly.

Spring ~  Of course you will have ups & down in the healing process.  My goodness -- all those hours of surgery -- your body has been through so much!   To quote my PS, after surgery, "Your body is p*ssed off!"  And overworking it is probably p*ssing it off even more!  It's great that you are capable of doing so much already, but it will probably take you several months to get back to where you were.  A month for every hour of surgery (to really get back to where we were) is the rule of thumb I've heard.  So, be prepared to go with your energy flow, even if that means no exercise on some days.  Your body needs that energy for healing.

I've found that if I don't get out early, even though it's cooler now, I'm not getting around to it later in the day.  So this a.m. I got out and did a 2.8 mile walk/run -- the first time I've tried to run (jog) since my surgery.  If felt great, but I'm also going to take my own advice and not expect that of myself on a daily basis quite yet, but just go with the flow.  As long as I can get out there and move my body for at least 1/2 an hr., I've decided that's my only requirement of myself for the rest of this month.   

Kari ~  Enjoy your vacation day!   Allie ~  Enjoy your family!  Joy ~ LOL about the Fair tickets!   Make it a great day, everyone ~   Deanna

Hi Ivory,

Good to see you posting so soon. I too tried to get a bit of lipo during my hyst and ooph, but no such luck. I wanted her to take my appendix too and get rid of that possibility, no luck there either. Not unlike many here, I have had way too many surgeries the last two years and got through them very easily, but the hyst and ooph was different. Follow the post op instructions, don't think you can do more than you should, I did and it cost me 2 days with my feet up  and a popped stitch!

So take your time and heal, you will be up and running very soon.

Big hi to all, don't post much but read daily. Everyone seems to be doing great and that is the most important thing.

Have a great weekend all!! 

(((MEG))) ~  So glad your surgery is behind you!  kmmd's words are very wise.  You not only keep up a hectic work pace, but this whole journey has surely taken an emotional toll.  Rest up and soak in the relief that it's all behind you now, and you are on the path to complete healing...  Deanna

Good to hear!

Great to hear you are doing good Meg.

If we can beat BC we can beat anything!

I am still walking but have a little set back. I have one h--- of a cold. And I am miserable. I'm working days and go to bed around 8:30 and get up at 5:15. Feel like I could sleep longer but can't. I blame it on the loss of rest when I was flipping back and forth on the schedule. My next day off is Tuesday and I hope to put some plastic on the windows and get ready for a long cold winter and hope that is isn't cold at all but getting propared.

My DS called and he is in the Saltwater Sportfishing magazine (Nov issue). The guy fished with them last fall and it was published now. You can go to saltwatersportfishing.com and there are pictures on the web too. I'm proud. Made my yucky day better anyway.

My Dd has decided I make a great pillow and now falls asleep with her head on me. I keep telling you all she is rotten!!

Mum and spring - you girlies take it slow. You will be back to norm before you know it.

Big shout out to everyone and have a great weekend.

Meg, so happy to see your posts!  I hope your discomfort dissipates soon!  You sound like such a go getter, one who can't be kept down for long.  Praying for a clean path report!!  Lincoln is about 20-25 minutes from Sacramento.  Stockton is about an hour from Sacramento and Vacaville is about 50 miles from Lincoln.  You get around!! haha  big hugs

Mum, glad to hear that you are cleared for exercise! yay!!

Joy, bummer about the cold and your Dd sounds just darling...I tried looking up the sport fishing but it brings up a page of links....HELP!!  I'd like to see those pics.

Spring, you are doing great!!

DH and I took off on Friday to see the Fall colors, but had to get deep into the Sierra Mountains to see any!!  What a beautiful drive though and overnight stay we had in the mountains.  It was very cold at night! brrrrr....

So happy, my younger DD called Friday night and wants to spend today with me, so I'm outta here, driving to meet her part way!!  BUT I did get my exercise and treadmill action in already!!

Make it a great day cuties!! Hugs and love to all! 

Kari - try www.saltwatersportsman.com and then go to the NC kings link. My son is in 2,3,6,13,14 and I think another but can't remember. He has on the orange slickers. Cold is getting some better but just need rest now. Tell that to Dd. Race is over so I will finsih watching the football game and then off to bed.

sobox: I agree, handsome young man, and how fun!

Kari, always makes me smile to hear you talk of your time with your kids

Meg, thinking of you, hoping things are getting better

Found a new pilates routine on cable today, wow, kicked my you know what, new yoga DVD in the mail today, love being able to mix things up 

Alyad, welcome, I'm thinking maybe I need to find that trail.  Lost 2 of what I put on with the Tamox but its been slow going.   If you're getting your energy back after 6 weeks you're doing great.

Just a quick note - My son is living proof that vitamins, exercise and eating healthy can help you live longer and that the doctors don't know everything. 18 months pass Dx. Plan to rest and relax the next two days before going back on 2nd shift.  Will be back to check with everyone in the am. Hopefully I can get some rest and get rid of this nasty cold crap.

May I join you all?  Motivation has been my problem all my life.  I don't really care for exercise, but I love to eat.  However, I don't want to get any bigger than I am ..... I'm 5'6" and about 130 on an accurate scale, so I think I'm just right. 

Last year a couple of months before we discovered my tumor I went to the doctor and his scale said (gulp) 146!  I immediately bought a new scale ..... mine was saying 133 and a pedometer and upped my exercise.  I'd already lost 5 or 6 pounds when we discovered the lump in a routine mammo. and truly easily lost the rest of the weight because I stopped eating!  I actually had to push myself to eat during that period because once I skipped a couple of meals I completely lost any desire for food. 

I exercised all the way through ...... skipped the days of surgery, of course.  (I had two, first a surgical biop. followed a month later by a slightly larger surgery to make sure that we got enough tissue for the clean margins.)  I did exercise during my 33 days of radiation .... probably more than I normally would have during the holidays.  I think I was using exercise as a coping mechanism.

Now I had my very first mammo after BC .... exactly 1 month ago yesterday!  Yesterday was also the anniversery of the offical lump,  (OK, I was really, really lucky on this one.  It was "only" DCIS and it was so very, very early that the biop. actually removed the whole thing.  Rads were a piece of cake for me.  But psychologically, wow, now that wasn't easy.   In fact, I couldn't really talk about it to anybody until the last couple of months.)

Well, the problem I'm facing is that my motivation to exercise totally dropped as soon as I got a clean mammo.  I'm hoping by 'talking' with other women like me I can bring it back.  See, I still love to eat and I know if I don't exercise I'll grow again ..... and I bought new clothes for the smaller me and I don't want to go back to the bigger me --- even if that wasn't so big.

Thoughts?  Motivators? 

Thanks for letting me rant away.