Marching Healthy 2012

I walked 2 miles with one of my friends I met at the park.. First time I made it that far in 4 months!... One day down anyway... Tomorrow maybe a slow Dance Revolution..

I'm getting ready to leave for a week. Going to go see my kids and grandkids.. Long drive and I'm going without DH... I am bringing my computer with me so I can still work while I'm there..

Its been quiet in here.. thought I would bump it up ... Walking has not been happening - stormy weather  but did get on the beginning dance revolution until it wouldn't work anymore. I don't know what to do any more.

Hi healthy Marchers! 

I haven't posted in a while. It has been 5 weeks and 5 days since my final TCx4 treatment. This is day TWO of the daily Tamoxifen pill. 

I kept putting it off. Partly to detox some from the TC before adding the tamox. Had it in my head to join 'Hot yoga" -- AKA "Bikram yoga". I've been alternating between Bikram and Vinyasa flow. 

After a few classes, I discovered these were power yoga classes. POWER yoga! Turned out to be a great mistake since I would never have signed up for power yoga if I knew what I was doing... !!   I am the worst one in the classes... but I'm also the only bald chick... so it's like I'm wearing a sign that says "Hey... after what I've been through, I'm just happy to be here".  And it's the truth... actually. 

The classes bug my TE a little bit. Anyone else here taking yoga or doing other exercise that stresses the pectoral with TEs? Has your surgeon limited any of your activities?

I left a message with my surgeon to make sure it was ok -- the nurse told me he said no problem to yoga...I asked her if he understood its power yoga and stressing/challenging the pectoral quite a bit...she wasn't sure,  so she supposedly asked him and got back to me with a "yes thats fine".

Way too many posts to read and catch up -- but hope everyone is getting through and/or recovering from treatments quickly. Hope your hair is growing fast!  The hair thread is just too long to get through it all... wish there was a smaller thread with ONLY hair regrowth tips. If there is... please share!

Shera 

Hello Ladies.  I just finished last chemo tx (6 TCH) this past Thursday and I feel soooo lethargic.  I felt better after #4 & #5.  I have had no desire to work out.  Hopefully, I get over this hump in the next day or so.  My weight is at an ALL TIME HIGH.  It doesn't look bad...yet.  I HAVE to get back to my workout plan though.

I've managed two mornings of walking, at around 6 am, because it is do very stinking hot here right now... Even managed a few blocks of a jog.

This is all inspired by my RO informing me that some of the radiation, a small slice, will probably reach the heart, and that you want to make sure all other heart health risk factors are reduced. I mean, really, don't we have enough to think about...I have alot of heart disease in my family. Excellent. So I can get my body moving, that's what I can do...

Have a good day, all.

KCB:  That's interesting that your RO has indicated that radiation will hit your heart.  I've met with two different RO's and they both have ASSURED me that my heart will not be touched by radiation.  They did say that a sliver of my lung would be hit but that it would have absolutely no effect on lung capacity.  They were very adamant about that.  You might want to meet with another RO, maybe he's using older technology.

On the fitness front, I did do a leg routine today and walked on the treadmill for 20 minutes.  I sweated so much you would have thought I was outside in the 90 deg weather.  It didn't bother me though.  I wanted to sweat out as much chemo crap as I could.

Its nice to see familiar names from the March chemo thread over here. I know many of you are in mid-treatment or almost done. My last tx was May 2...  making me 8 weeks and 3 days out. I didn't exercise much during treatment... other than walking. Lucky to have a dog that needed walking because she forced me to go outside much more than I would have. More power to those of you exercising during treatments.

I am exercising now though -- joined up and taking Bikrim yoga -- known also as hot yoga. All I can say is wow. It is intense. The heat and moves are meant to detoxify body, and I am litereally dripping with sweat during class -- which is great, thats why I'm taking them. I don't try to keep up with anyone else in class... and adapt moves as needed... so no star yogi here, thats for sure.  Just so happy to be able to take them at all.

Hi All! At the cottage swimming, kayaking, walking trails.. Exercising is so much easier when it's all outside on your doorstep... If only life were like that!

NatL: yours is the most amazing encouraging story YET! thank you!

wow p90x is tough even modified!  Good for you msbelle!

msbelle - what is p90X? 

P90x is an exercise program you order and do at home. It's claim is muscle confusion, work different muscles daily. It is tough but you modify the exercises to what you can handle. I am just starting so I am only doing it 2-3 days a week. I have woken some muscles that have been sleeping for quite awhile. Very sore but determined to get in shape and do some 5k walk/runs without dying.