Exercise - Working Back to it After or During Treatment

I'm going at about the same pace as the last two weeks.  Did two 15 minutes walks during the week and walked today for 30 minutes.  It's been cold and rainy a lot and hard to get motivated,

I'm happy to report that my anemia seems to be resolving with the iron supplements my onc recommended, so I'm starting to feel a tiny bit frisky. I've taken 10 minutes walks 3 of the last 4 days and done a little gardening. It feels good to moving outdoors!

gritgirl - wish it was, yesterday went fine but I have not seen this one yet - when DH gets home I will take a peek when he changes the bandage. I go back in two weeks for the last one. How are you feeling with regard to the respiratory stuff?

gritgirl - every little bit is progress, glad you are feeling better. Sorry to hear about your toenail - I had one bad fingernail that had to be removed totally, it took about 6 months to completely grow back. Lost my pinky toenail but the new one seemed to grow back almost immediately. Today was a blood draw to check cholesterol - I came off Lipitor months ago and they have checked every 90 days to see if I am holding steady. Today will be the last one as long as the numbers are still good - hope so!

Mara it would seem to be more stressful to keep that secret. I'm glad you can be open now and I hope your move will be good for you.

I raked some leaves from one small tree yesterday. Then I walked my dog for 34 minutes. Yes I count every minute! I was really achy last night but took two cancer killing aspirin(ha ha ha so they say) and I did sleep really well last night.

today I dug in the garden for about 45 minutes and also walked to the grocery store and back, about a mile each way. I'm tuckered out!

mara - I am having the same letrozole dilemma! I have been doing www.myfitnesspal.com and it is telling me that based on my exercise and food intake that I should be losing, but I'm not! I am walking 3 miles fast and running 1 mile, and eating good quality food and aiming for 1200 calories a day!

hey everybody. I've battled excessive hunger and pounds my whole life ... until my Stage IV diagnosis. I wish I could share my weight loss and lack of appetite with those of you who need it. It's frustrating to be in excellent health and struggle with weight, and with the challenge of cancer treatment, it's exponentially harder. But, like gritgirl said, no healthy activity is wasted.

I'm running a 5k on Dec. 7, my 3rd 5k ever. I've asked DH to coach me, and he has me on a schedule of 2 days running/3 days walking each week. I get tired just thinking about it. My goal is to run the entire 5k without walking (well maybe a few steps here and there). My lungs are weak and I just can't improve like a normal person because the cancer is in my lungs. But I'm hoping I can make a little progress. My 15-yr-old son is running with me and it's important to me that he sees his mom trying.

I'm wishing peace and strength to all of you.

thanks so much, Claire. Support like yours runs through my mind when the going gets tough, and keeps me pushing forward.

I worked in my garden at least half an hour a day for the last several days, and today an hour and a half, although some of that was just trimming a lilac bush to get small enough so I can dig it up next week.

I am impressed too, Tarheel--I'm pretty sure I couldn't have run nonstop for 5K, even before I had cancer!

tarheel - I will try to train with you! I am going to try a 5K the first weekend of Feb. and I am slowed down by this stupid skin cancer stuff - they don't want me to exercise. Tomorrow is the last one, then I am getting out there next week. We can cheer each other on!

gritgirl - glad you did some dancing! Good luck on the scans - I'm sure they are always anxiety producing. I will be sending you some positive vibes!

gritgirl, I'll be thinking about you, too. What day are your scans? And what day do you expect to get results?

Curveball, I'm envious of your green thumb although I know how much work outdoor gardening is. Hope the beauty of your plants is a satisfying reward.

Thanks everyone for your sweet encouraging words. I'm new to running and it's a very solitary effort (which is both a positive and a negative). You help me stay motivated. SpecialK, what 5k are you going to run in Feb.?

@Tarheel, there isn't much to look at yet in the garden. I got the lilac bush almost dug out yesterday, and plan to finish today if it doesn't rain too much. Just now, there's just a lot of shaggy grass, which I plan to replace with flowers, shrubs and vegetables. There are also a number of other plants that are too big for me to dig out by myself, to be removed the beginning of next year. Then the planting will start.

@gritgirl--good scans to you. I have a bone scan coming up Dec 2, for a baseline before starting Zometa. I think my tumor markers are going to get checked this week, but I am not sure if they are a reliable indicator for me. If they go down I will take it as a good sign until proven otherwise.