Here's what cheezed me off today

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  • carpe_diem
    carpe_diem Member Posts: 1,256
    edited July 2014

    I'd like to put in a good word for exercise. I know it can be hard to find time, especially if you're working, but finances don't have to be an issue. I lived in Fort Worth, Texas when I was diagnosed and benefited from free exercise and nutrition programs at my the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Moncrief Cancer Institute, and a LiveStrong program at the YMCA. In addition to the individual guidance, the group classes became a better support group than any other program I attended. The exercise classes were early morning and evening and most of the participants were still working. Now that I'm retired and living in New York it's easier to exercise during the day and I keep it up on my own because all the research shows that it reduces SEs and slows cancer progression. Even though I'm stage IV (from the start) I've been on just anastrozole for 40 months with minimal side effects. It may not be the diet and exercise, but I'm not willing to take the chance by slacking off. 

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited July 2014

    I'm not saying that exercise is not a good idea. I could take a lymphedema class at my senior center. I tried it but didn't think it was much exercise. I think the Y has a program here - several buses away from where I live.

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  • Janett2014
    Janett2014 Member Posts: 3,833
    edited July 2014

    I like doing the Leslie Sansone DVDs in my air-conditioned living room whenever I can find the time. 

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  • Jujube43
    Jujube43 Member Posts: 178
    edited July 2014

    Hmph...I'm living in Mesa Arizona and I am not about to exercise. I am going to sit in my nice cool home, eat chocolate, and drink diet Pepsi. My idea of exercise is a trip to the fridge to see if something good has magically appeared there.  I barely have the energy to do that. Maybe I can train my cat or my husband to do it for me. I think I'll have better luck with the cat, haha.

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited July 2014

    There's a lets post our daily exercise thread. I looked at it but am put off by the local person who bicycles 200 miles a weekend regularly. I don't think we're sharing the same universe. I need the one for people who post they walked for 15 minutes today.

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  • Rockym
    Rockym Member Posts: 1,261
    edited July 2014

    I walked 15 minutes today ;-)

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  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited July 2014

    I got out of the house today.  For a dentist appt no less!

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 6,398
    edited July 2014


    I walked for 15 mins today. 

     

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  • Monis
    Monis Member Posts: 472
    edited July 2014

    I try and get out for a power walk during my lunch time at work, if I have enough time.  Then, a few days a week, I'll go for a walk after work, before I go home.  I try and throw in a little running, as much as I can muster, which isn't much at this point.  It's really hard work trying to move all this blubber down the sidewalk!  

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited July 2014

    Hi everyone, wren, thats true that there is a "lets post our exercise thread" but if this thread looks too overwhelming you could always start a new thread for those of you just starting out to support each other.

    The mods

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  • Rockym
    Rockym Member Posts: 1,261
    edited July 2014

    I came, I walked, I got cheezed off.  Then I posted on caloriescount.com :-).  Actually, it is too darn hot where I am for much outside exercise.  I was pretty good about biking before of 100+ temps hit.  I don't like to exercise inside and overall I don't like if it's "exercise."  I like to get out and move for enjoyment.  Those who hit the gym 3x a week are not envied by me.  I used to do the gym thing when I was younger, but I can tell you that the caloriescount website has gardening, household chores and lots of other movement that you can list as Activity.

    Okay, away from the exercise... I just saw my MO and he now put me to every 6 months!  My BS still tracks my mammos and he now told me every year!  Yay, I am moving further away from all of this, but I will always come back here for the cheezy friends!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2014

    I walked 15 minutes today and gave my own cat an IV for the first time! Yep! Needled his furry butt! (Well, it wasn't exactly his butt.) The vet didn't think I could do it! NEVER DOUBT A CHEEZER! 

    Rocky, YYYAAAAAAAAAAYYY!!!!! Can't wait to say the same thing. But never leave us! You are my rock! (Pun intended!)

    Have a great weekend everyone!

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited July 2014

    Rohanna, In a vein? If so I'm extremely impressed.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2014

    Wren, good gracious no! Subcutaneous. But it makes me wonder. How do vets find veins? I mean I know they shave the area first, but still................However, he is a cantankerous old Siamese so you should still be impressed. :)

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited July 2014

    I've seen them use the vein on the inner back thigh for blood draws at the shelter. Cats don't seem to mind too much, but old Toms are tough. They need the blood to test for FIV and FELV.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2014

    What are you ladies using on your scars? I used Bio oil on my BC scars and it worked well. But not so well on my abdominal surgery scars. I look like I barely escaped Dr. Frankenstein's lab in time! Mederma was a waste of time and money. I'd appreciate any suggestions. :)

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited July 2014

    I used almond oil with Vit E. Seemed to work pretty well.

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited July 2014

    Ro Ho banti, I keep this in my favs list. 

    https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/44/topic/...

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2014

    Thanks, fellow banti! I've added it to my favorites.

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited August 2014

    thought this was fun :) 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEB2pkKQPU4

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  • jeaniebeanie1200
    jeaniebeanie1200 Member Posts: 179
    edited August 2014

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    A few seconds ago jeaniebeanie1200 wrote:

    I am having one of those days also,,, started crying this am and it hasnt gotten any better... I am very thankful that I have no chemo or Rad, but still lost one breast. and just did lift on natural the 17th of july, now the incision is looking inflamed and back on antibiotics and cream,,,, my mom died from BC in 1971 when I was 14, my grandmother has since passed but had BC, no recon, my aunt has double mast.... your right,, when does it end and WHERE IS THE CURE!!!!!!!! what we have to go through is almost barbaric,,,,,,,, ok.. maybe..... done venting....Hope everyone is haveong a better day....hugz,,, J

    Dx 11/15/2013, IDCDx 11/15/2013, IDC, Stage I, Grade 1, 0/1 nodes, ER+Surgery 12/20/2013 Reconstruction: Tissue expander placement (Left)Surgery 12/20/2013 Mastectomy (Left)Hormonal Therapy 01/10/2014 ArimidexSurgery 03/08/2014 Reconstruction (Left)Surgery 04/06/2014 Reconstruction: Tissue expander placement (Left)Surgery 05/29/2014 Reconstruction: Breast implants (permanent) (Left)Surgery 07/10/2014 Reconstruction (Right)Surgery 07/17/2014 Reconstruction (Right)

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2014

    Thank you, Sas, that made me grin!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2014

    Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't been around for a while. My old computer died and I had to shop around for a new one. Always been a Mac person but this time I went with an HP. Had to relearn and I still don't know what all the buttons do.

    So how is everyone? I go to the onc in 10 days and I'm going to ask him if I can start coming in every 6 months instead of 3. I'm almost 4 years out and he's cute and everything but..........dang.Still having problems with the nerve damage from my surgeries but the SE's from the AI's seems to be lessening. (Hope I didn't just shoot myself in the foot!)

    Well, we had elections recently and one of the items on the ballot was whether or not to sell liquor in our grocery stores. Someone called me on the phone and said they were conducting a poll on the issue. Since it was about the 10th political call I'd had that day, I was pretty fed up. So when they asked me if I was for or against, I just said,"Hell, why don't we just skip to legalized marijuana and sell it down at the BP !" The lady said "never mind" and hung up on me! I'm waiting for a knock on my door at 4 a.m. Some people have no sense of humor!

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  • Rockym
    Rockym Member Posts: 1,261
    edited August 2014

    Does anyone really want to know what cheezed me off today?  Robin Williams putting a effing belt around his neck and hanging himself!  For two days I have been in a daze.  I am not a starstruck kind of person, but always loved his work.  My husband and I saw him in concert in 2009 on Valentine's Day.  It seems like it was only a couple of years ago.

    Of course the reality is that a couple of years ago I was in the same position as Robin.  I recall I was in my closet trying with all my might to keep from doing something that would be as my father used to say, a permanent solution to a temporary problem.  It was such a fight when the depression was so dark and deep.  For whatever reason I was able to step outside myself at the time and tell myself that I was going to have to deal the continuation of pain and hurt until it turned around.  Some small area in my mind knew that it had always turned around before and that it would again.  It was just a matter of time.

    So here I am wondering why he couldn't do the same.  He was older then me and he must have gone through this enough times to realize that the sadness and pain pass, the highs come back and life is good again.  Right now, I am in what I call my flat mode.  Not excited, but not sad either.  Just kinda going about the motions until something happens to trigger some excitement/joy.

    Rest In Peace Robin and may none of us ever get to that point of pain ever.

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited August 2014

    I know from personal experience that depressions tend to get longer and deeper as time goes on. That's why my shrink is going to have to pry my antidepressants out of my cold dead hands. He can't give me any reason to stop taking them, so I'm not gonna.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2014

    Rocky, I know that feeling too. But I always think of what it would do to my daughter and family. It's so unfair to the ones left behind. I pray for his children.

    Just a quick question. Has anyone noticed that their balance is off since BC? I was moving some boxes, lost my balance and dropped one on my foot. And yeah, it was full of books! I seem to lose my balance more and more.  I'm just going to start telling everyone that I have an alcohol problem instead of that I've become a klutz. I think the woman I mentioned in the post above would believe me. Oh and just to cheeze her off, I have a scarecrow in my front flower garden so the deer won't eat everything. I like to change his outfits for the seasons. Right now, he's in shorts, sunglasses and a Hawaiian  shirt. So yesterday, I put a wine glass in one hand and an empty wine bottle in the other. And just for effect, I knocked his glasses sideways! Let the complaints begin!

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  • Rockym
    Rockym Member Posts: 1,261
    edited August 2014

    rohanna, I can think of soooo many ways to dress your scarecrow, but most of my ideas would have your neighbors calling the cops.  How about getting your old toilet out and sitting the scarecrow down on it with his shorts at his ankles?

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  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited August 2014

    bwaaaahhhhaaaa

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2014

    http://youtu.be/3i115sGh0dk

    Just wanted to give everyone a chuckle! Or  do I mean cluckle?

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2014

    Rocky, you are a genius. Sadly, my DH hauled my lovely toilet art away so he could be the town (wait for it......) PARTY POOPER! However, he doesn't know that I have a genuine antique porcelain bed pan stored away in the storage shed. And you have inspired me...... And any suggestions that would bring the cops are greatly appreciated.

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