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  • Survivorwoman
    Survivorwoman Member Posts: 620
    edited July 2011

    I am melting......... thank you for the reminder Ainm. I am going to drink a lot of water today.

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  • theresap60
    theresap60 Member Posts: 947
    edited July 2011

    I'm melting too.  I'm also "depressed" that I gained two pounds this week!  I've been working so hard at exercising just about every day and staying within my weekly points with Weight Watchers.  DH says I'm building muscle, which weighs heavier than fat.   Does anyone know when I can expect to lose pounds again?  I'm just a bit discouraged.  My waist measurement hasn't budged. But my pants feel a bit looser around the hips/thighs.

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  • Springtime
    Springtime Member Posts: 5,355
    edited July 2011

    The east coast is insane. 104 in NJ, 102 in NC, maine is hotter than Florida. 

    I am back home, back to reality eating and exercise! we're considering going for a really early morning bike ride. Sun up is 6:14 and it will be 77 degrees already!!! insane!

    Mom not doing well. As we were driving home, I got a call from family that they moved her to hospital. I don't know if I will need to turn right around and drive back up or what. ugh.  

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  • ktym
    ktym Member Posts: 2,637
    edited July 2011

    theresap60, I think DH is probably right.  I usually find I can see differences first.  I'll go through a month where my muscles look more toned, things fit better, THEN I start seeing the scale change.  IMHO be patient and put a paperbag over the scale for awhile. If you're looking and feeling better and putting on more muscle that is the most important thing.

    Spring, sorry to hear about your Mother. Sending thoughts your way. 

    Ainm, always so great to see you pop in, thanks for the well wishes

    I was so stiff and sore yesterday.  Yoga was wonderful.  got through the routine without any modifications for the first time since surgery. 

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  • theresap60
    theresap60 Member Posts: 947
    edited July 2011

    Kate - thanks for the encouragement .. maybe I'll skip my weigh in next Saturday. ;-)

    Spring - I'm so sorry to hear about your Mom.  I went through that, it's not easy. You're in my prayers.

    DH and I were out in the heat yesterday at stone places and hardware garden centers trying to figure out our next step in building our patio.  The heat was unbearable!  I felt pretty bad the rest of the day and just drank a lot of water and lemonade.  A couple of storms threatened, but dried up before reaching our parched yard.

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  • Springtime
    Springtime Member Posts: 5,355
    edited July 2011

    Early morning bike ride, feels good to be home and back into the clean food and exercise routine! I think I gained 7 pounds in a week up there! Good greif. It will come off, just have to focus!

    It was 83 degrees already when we hit the greenway bike trail before 7:30 AM this morning. It went up over 100 again today, but it rained (yay!) and cooled things down a bit...down to 76 for a bit! very nice.

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  • ktym
    ktym Member Posts: 2,637
    edited July 2011

    Wow, I'm sore today, might have overdone it yesterday.  On the other hand, felt good to get the blood pumping and that endorphin rush again

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  • dlb823
    dlb823 Member Posts: 9,430
    edited July 2011

    Just returned from a 45 min. walk, the first one since before we left, but it was way too hot out there, even at 8:00 a.m.  Gotta remember to get out earlier tomorrow. 

    So sorry about your Mom, Spring.  Is her hospitalization in connection with the dementia or other health conditions?  Hopefully, they've gotten her stablized and feeling much better by today.

    I have an app't. @ 2:00 today to get my stitches out.  Hopefully it won't hurt as much as getting them in did.     

    Try to stay cool, everyone!     Deanna 

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  • Springtime
    Springtime Member Posts: 5,355
    edited July 2011

    Today my butt hurts from the bike ride on Sunday!! :) Somehow, that feels good. At least there is evidence I exercised!

    Tomorrow is 45 elliptical.

    My Mom is elderly and had a UTI that was not clearing up, also dehydrated as she has trouble swallowing. They have her on IV saline drip and IV antibiotics. Thanks for asking! I think she is more comfortable at the hospital, at least for now...

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  • kfinnigan
    kfinnigan Member Posts: 1,729
    edited July 2011

    Spring, sending positive vibes your way and your mom's way.  My mom had trouble swallowing...wasn't pretty.  Glad your butt hurts!!  heehee

    Deanna, yay for getting the stitches out.  My DD tripped over her flip flops and split her chin open when she was younger - OUCH!  By the way, all the food you posted on FB from your trip and me salivating!!  yummo

    You poor gals that are melting are in our thoughts!  blowing cooler air your way.  The heat just triggers so many hot flashes its awful.

    Ainm, one of my DH's sisters lives in Seattle.  Beautiful place to be, especially this time of year.

    I am approaching the end of my month membership at the gym.  I've really been enjoying the yoga most of all, as it makes my back and hips feel good.  Pilates/yoga tomorrow night.  I'm taking tonight off to watch my little Savannah, I just can't stand not seeing her during the week!!  She rejuvenates me!

    Love to all, LET'S KEEP MOVING!!   

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  • Harley44
    Harley44 Member Posts: 5,446
    edited July 2011

    Deanna,

    YAY!  for getting those stitches out!  HURRAY!

    Ainm,

    Thanks for thinking about me.  I have been trying to stay off the computer.  Having some issues with shoulder pain, and of course, this scares me.  I have an appt. with my primary care dr. on Thursday so I will see what he thinks.    My dh says I am on the computer too much and he's right.  BUT...  this has been going on for too long, so I have to get it checked out.  

    Hope everyone is keeping cool and moving.  

    Harley

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  • Springtime
    Springtime Member Posts: 5,355
    edited July 2011

    Yay for stitched out Deanna! Be careful! :)

    Harley, try Yoga! :)

    45 on the elliptical tonight and tomorrow is Yoga.

    Mom sounded almost like her old self today on the phone. Hydration!! :) 

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  • Survivorwoman
    Survivorwoman Member Posts: 620
    edited July 2011

    Hi Ladies-- I thought to check in today. It is my 1st year cancerversary today. I want you all to know that it means a lot to me to be part of your group. Thank you for encouraging me and giving me support. I have been moving a lot more because of you Ladies. I love you all!

    Deanna - I hope tomorrow you will feel a lot better and there will be no pain while the stiches are removed. I will be thinking about you. 

    Sping- Your poor mom. I hate UTI. I hope she is not having pain any longer now that she is on antibiotics. Best wishes to her.

    Kate- it's nice to hear you are back in full swings.  

    Kari--I love yoga too. I feel very refreshed after it. Sunday evening when the heat wave was ending in NYC I went to a yoga class, and there were only two of us in class. Our instructor gave us personalized and undivided attention. I think I am finally doing the poses the right way.

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  • Springtime
    Springtime Member Posts: 5,355
    edited July 2011

    Happy 1 year Survivor woman! I just passed my #3 year. You will too! Feels good, right??

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  • Survivorwoman
    Survivorwoman Member Posts: 620
    edited July 2011

    Yeah! Congrats to you to too Spring!

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  • Harley44
    Harley44 Member Posts: 5,446
    edited July 2011

    Survivorwoman,  CONGRATULATIONS!!   I celebrated 4 years in March.  Congrats to you, too, Spring!!

    Oh and Spring, I have done yoga before.  It usually makes me sore....    Now I worry about doing these poses 'wrong' and causing more problems than I already have. 

    Have not gotten any exercise in this week because everyone, including dh tells me that I will probably only make matters worse.  Wish I knew what this was, and wish I didn't always think the   worst....   I hate living my life, always looking over my shoulder, waiting for the other shoe to drop.  I had a pretty good prognosis, so I wish I could stop always thinking the worst....   You all seem to be doing so well, am I the only one who keeps worrying to excess?  Of course, it only happens when I have some new weird pain....    suggestions?   Maybe anyone have any xanax?    

    Harley

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  • kfinnigan
    kfinnigan Member Posts: 1,729
    edited July 2011

    Congrats Survivor!! 1 year was a HUGE deal to me, very emotional,  Spring and I share the same cancerversary, July '08.  CONGRATS to all of us Survivors and Thrivers!

    Harley, I understand that some of our mind's go right "there" when we have a new pain.  How does it not?  I try to think of the positive, but honestly, cancer is never far from my mind, but I keep redirecting my thoughts to positive ones, its a constant with me.  I've talked to others who say they never think about cancer anymore, boy I wish I could bottle up some of that thinking! LOL  I'm glad we have each other to talk to about all of this 'stuff'.  Let us know what your dr. says.  If you have a good instructor in yoga, you will do the poses right, she will help you.  You can also look on line for yoga poses and really get a good visual.

    Spring, thankful for your mom!! 

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  • ktym
    ktym Member Posts: 2,637
    edited July 2011

    Spring, think often of you and your Mom.  Even when you don't hear from me, please know I'm thinking of you and your Mom and your family. 

    Harley, totally get that, have a few changes on exam right now that experience says will be okay, but it is so hard to silence the voice of fear in the night isn't it?

    I'll check in some my friends in motivation, but not as much.  I've tried hard to ignore the strife on some of the threads.  I even went to the trouble of posting under a different  name on the site the moderators asked us to give a review on.  The last 24 hrs were too much for me.  When it gets to the point that the moderators are discussing problems on a thread that has created controversy it has hit a point of ridiculousness in my book. I don't even have a dog in this fight.  I really don't think you could look at my posts and have an idea of what I really really think.   I'll be taking a break for awhile.  I'll check in on this thread and the book lovers thread, but, if I set up my computer to make it harder to check in I'll notice the infighting less and that is where I need to be right now. 

    Keep moving everyone and know that you have a bunch of lovely women supporting how hard it is to do that some days.  I'll talk to you soon--but it may not be too soon

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  • Harley44
    Harley44 Member Posts: 5,446
    edited July 2011

    Kari,  I am usually ok, and I try to keep telling myself that it is probably just a normal kind of problem.  But at night, when I should be sleeping, I just can't turn my mind off...   I had some back pain around my 1 yr. mark.  It really scared me.  Turned out to be a herniated disc.  So... I try to remind myself that it is probably just some normal issue, but I am still scared.  It has been hurting for almost 3 weeks.  It does get better but doesn't seem to go away.  My neck was hurting and that seems to be all gone now.   That was probably from the computer, I guess.

    kmmd,  oh, sorry to hear about all the controversy on some of these threads.  I try to stay off these threads, and only really come here to this thread, and maybe check on some of my other favorites.

    Harley

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  • Springtime
    Springtime Member Posts: 5,355
    edited July 2011

    90 minute yoga tonight. The instructor was great about telling me what to do to avoid inversions. Hopefully I'll get used to this. Still a little sad. But I the LE is not worth it. I just have to get over it.

    Kari, I know what you mean. But you are right to keep redirecting to the positive.

    Did you all hear that Dr. David Servan-Schrieber passed? He's the one that wrote "Anti-Cancer, A New Way of Life". A brain tumor ((appeared last May I think they said)), that he called, "The Big One" finally got him after 19 years. I am finding this a little depressing. I'm not going to stop doing everything, but it reminds me that Cancer is a beast. I want to be thankful for the 19 years he had and all he taught in terms of complimentary treatments and holistic approaches in diet, exercise and serenity practices. But at the moment, it makes me sad and a little scared. Friggin Cancer!!! ugh.

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  • Survivorwoman
    Survivorwoman Member Posts: 620
    edited July 2011

    Kari+Harley-- Congrats to you ladies too! I am so glad to hear you both are doing well.

    Kate- I find our thread here to be one of the most positive ones. And for that reason I tend to come here often. I rarely read other threads nowadays. I am trying to move on. And though I am sometimes curious about other topics too, I often find them to be rather depressing. I feel that I (we) have been through enough difficulties and hurdles, why add to it?

    I was out on the beach today at Robert Moses State Park --and have been going there a lot on my day-offs --to get my daily dose of Vitamin D. I had a great time again. It was a perfect day, totally the opposite I had a year ago. Tomorrow I have to go to the hospital to pick up my clinical trial drugs, I am so NOT looking forward to it, but it must be done and my port needs to be flushed too. Yes, I still have my port until the clinical trial is finished in October, though, I am not getting Herceptin, but take an orally administered drug instead. So think of me tomorrow that it will be an easy day at the hospital. Hoo boy!

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  • Survivorwoman
    Survivorwoman Member Posts: 620
    edited July 2011

    Spring- Dr. David Servan-Schrieber ??? Can't be! Oh no!

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  • Survivorwoman
    Survivorwoman Member Posts: 620
    edited July 2011

    Spring-- do you eat tumeric as it is suggested in his book?

    I met an Indian lady once who told me that she drinks tumeric daily. She mixes it with milk and honey. I am not allowed to use it daily until the clinical trial I am doing ends, but afterwards I intend to start drinking it.

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  • dlb823
    dlb823 Member Posts: 9,430
    edited July 2011

    Kate, I know what you mean.  BCO has really changed in recent weeks.  There's an element I can't quite figure out, but which is so nasty, rude and unsupportive, I've also considered leaving. It's a shame, and I can't figure out what it's all about or why it's been allowed to continue.  

    I've also felt a bit edgy about the news of David Servan-Schreiber's passing.  OTOH, my sister, who administers a rad onc research program, said it's absolutely unheard of for a brain tumor survivor to make it almost 20 years, and I guess I found some comfort in that.

    Speaking of Vitamin D, when I saw my PCP on Monday, she told me that I should be taking 4,000 IUs -- not the 1,000 IUs I figured was plenty since I'd tested in the mid-70's prior to taking any.  She didn't have much time for me (she'd squeezed me in to get those stitches out), but I'll see her for an annual checkup next month and question her more on this.  I was just surprised that she wanted me to take that much, and I didn't get to ask her if she recommends that for all of her patients, just women, or just those of us who have had bc.

    Survivorwoman, you can also get turmeric in supplement form. 

    Harley, I'd put money on your shoulder pain being due to sitting too long at the computer, but, of course, you should get it checked out for your peace of mind.  I'll be praying that all is clear!

    So glad your Mom has rallied and is doing better, Spring.  And congrats to all the cancerversaries this month!

    No exercise for me today.  A 10-lb. dumbbell fell on my foot yesterday.  (Yep, it's true!)  Not my fault, and hopefully it's just bruised.    Deanna

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  • Survivorwoman
    Survivorwoman Member Posts: 620
    edited July 2011

    Deanna-- I can't believe that now a weight fell on your foot. You poor thing. I do hope it is nothing serious. OK, no more surprises for you from now on. I hope you will heal fast!

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  • Harley44
    Harley44 Member Posts: 5,446
    edited July 2011

    Deanna

    I hope you are right, but I can't help but worry... I'm on edge, thinking about 'what if'.

    Oh and the vitamin D...   I asked my onc. if you can take TOO MUCH D...  he just said:

    Well, it IS  fat soluble, so yea, you can get too much.  In the Summer, I get more sun, so I cut back to 2,000 IU   In the Winter, I take 4,000 IU.   That is my compromise.... 

    Glad to see everyone out and moving...   maybe I'll get back out some time.... 


    Harley

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  • Springtime
    Springtime Member Posts: 5,355
    edited July 2011

    Deanna, thanks for sharing that insight about Dr S-S. It has shaken me, but that helps. AND it's not going to impact what I'm doing. I still totally believe in it. And there is no down-side. AND a ten pound dumbell??? Deanna = Calamity Jane!!!!!

    Survivorwoman, YES I take Time Released Super Circumin with Bioprene (pepper). I use "Doctor's purest" which I order off the web (link below), and I take 1 at breakfast and 1 at dinner. I once used a different (cheaper) brand and then my DH found they got ingredients from China, and so I switched. This is the best I've found, and was even used in a trial that MD Anderson did concerning Turmeric or Curcumin.

    http://www.agelesscures.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=1 

    Vit D, I used to take 5K a day, and got my levels up the the mid 50s. My osteopath said that is not high enough for someone previously diagnosed with cancer, and I also read this somewhere else. Now I take 5k 2x daily.  

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  • Harley44
    Harley44 Member Posts: 5,446
    edited July 2011

    Spring

    My vitamin D levels were 70 this time, but last summer, they were 98!  I only backed down on it because of the worry of getting TOO much...   

    Curcumin...  I take it, but I take Jarrow 500mg...  I won't take any 'off' brands.  What dose do you take??   What brand??  

    Harley

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  • Springtime
    Springtime Member Posts: 5,355
    edited July 2011

    Harley see post above for URL. I take Doctor's Purest Super Curcumin Time released with Bioprene and I take 2 a day.

    WOW on your D levels!!! I would love to get to 70, I keep trying!!! It moves up for me slow as molassas!! I need to get it checked though, I've been on 5K 2x a day for several months. Don't want to get toxic!

    OK I was so tired tonight I did not exercise and will do so tomorrow. Yes yes yes yes yes!!! 

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  • dlb823
    dlb823 Member Posts: 9,430
    edited July 2011

    Harley, did you see your primary doc today?  Hope so, and hope he was able to calm your fears re. the shoulder pain.

    I walked for half an hour this a.m.  I honestly feel that consistency is more important than the length of time -- or at least I've noticed that my clothes don't feel any tighter if I only walk 30 mins. consistently vs. 60, which I hope to get back to when it cools off. 

    Got my annual blood draw today, and also got the disappointing results of a DexaScan I had on Monday.  I'm still osteopenic (which I anticipated), but I've lost bone mass since my last scan 2 years ago.  I know it's the lack of estrogen, but I felt like I was doing things to counteract that, so I'm not happy about the measureable loss.  I have plans to see a highly recommended ND next month, so will see what she suggests.  It's just so frustrating...   Deanna

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