Exercise and well being during chemo and radiation

Thanks, Katy! The thing about RT is that individual response is SO unpredictable, and that the reactions keep changing, day by day. (I know this happens w/chemo, too). I AM glad that my skin isn't fried, at least not yet. I was not expecting the swelling to be SO pronounced nor that the interior tissues would tighten and pull as much and as quickly as they did.

I learned today that the actual area affected by the boosts will be a much bigger diameter than I was envisioning but that the particles travel more slowly. We'll see what that translates into in terms of the effects...

This thread is SO motivating. Went out for an hour and 10 minutes. 90 degrees here and very humid, so after 20 minutes I ducked into the air-conditioned library for 20 minutes, then walked for another half hour. It wasn't the most energetic session, but I kept one foot in front of the other and felt much happier than yesterday for having done so. I have to keep reminding myself that the days when I get all three treatments are the hardest to jump start myself afterwards; it's like going back to square one every three weeks.

I also walked right past the ice cream stand, but if I HAD stopped, the blood orange creamsicle would have been my choice. 'Nother time.

Good job all who got out and about!

Italychick, I almost posted a picture of the ice cream board's choices....

Well, nothing today, unless you count driving 6 hrs in a black truck with no AC as excefcise. Hiked 6 miles yesterday in Grand Teton showing my friends around. Then went swimming in the lake, and had about a tablespoon of beer from the Snake River Brewery. Proved that the legend that after chemo you can never get drunk is a lie. It is soooooo smokey up here! Heard Cali and Oregon went supernova in the last few days. It's making me crazy to not be out on the line! Hope everyone is being safe! New excercise goal, and I need you guys to hold me accountable- take the wildland firefighting pack test and pass in one month. It's 3 miles with a 45 lb pack in under 45 minutes. Next year- goal is to run from Driggs Idaho to Jackson Hole over the Tetons. Immediate goal- catch up on sleep 😊

Thanks for the Emu and related tips, Hopeful. Very helpful and I am going to try it!

I love orange creamsicles. Doubt if I could pass one up..

Octo.

Thankful the weather is cooling down this week. 2.8 mi total of walking today, half this morning and half in the evening.

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Congrats on finishing your rads, Hopeful!

yes, Hopeful, congrats on this milestone. Just your boosts left! Yay!

3 mile walk this morning before work. Will try to do a couple more miles tonight.

Eileen, here's my report having had the fit bit (flex model bracelet) for a week now.

I like that it automatically syncs to my tablet

I use the app for recording my food and it has an extensive calorie lookup feature with lots of foods I including brands and restaurant menu items.

I think the steps feature is a little off since I can watch it recording "steps" while im sitting on the sofa looking at the app on my tablet!

Im tracking my sleep with the fitbit, but not sure what benefit there is to that really.

I use it to record my mileage on my walks. I previously used Map my Walk on my phone. I liked that app because it would periodically announce my distance ( which was a motivator) and I could look at specific routes and note the distance so that if I didn't want to run the app I could take a previous route and know already how far that would be.

In summary, im glad I got the fitbit for the 24/7 activity tracking and the food recording, but I still prefer the phone app for my walks although im starting to just use the fit bit more because it's already on and it's easy.

Today my fit bit sent me an email saying I walked over 19 miles last week. That made me feel good!

Another bonus is you only need to charge the thing for about 2 hours once a week.

I think the key is learning how to freeze stuff. I tried to make green smoothies but so much was wasted.

Hopeful - I forgot to buy kale, but I just made the smoothie without any greens. I used apple, strawberries, a handful of frozen blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries, half a banana, glutamine, chia seeds, and water. It was pretty good! And my favorite thing about the nutria bullet is that it's personal size, so there was no waste. I drank it all! I did just come back from trader joe's - bought kale and cranberry juice to throw in there for tomorrow.

Walked 4.3 miles around the lake today. Hip hurts, and I'm tired as hell, but I'm motivated! Gonna take a cat nap with my cat, and see if I'll be up for yoga tonight.

my exercise is hardly worth mentioning today. My legs just hurt so much! I think it's worse today because of the port removal stress. I am fantasizing about canceling. I won't. But I want to.

3/4 mile

25 minutes

Going in the wrong direction here.