Exercise and well being during chemo and radiation

Amy - I'm glad you're back and seem to be doing better. Are you doing better psychologically???

Almost done kbee the fearless and furless 😊leader of the chemosabes!

I'm about ready to mascara my head.

4 flat and fast (like my chest lol) and arm stretches. Fly fished the Blackfoot river all day. Yup, the one in A River Runs Thru It.

4.87 miles/11,118 steps

Gardening and a street fair in my hood, lots of errands, laundry and housecleaning.

Brava everyone!

I'm not sure how to account for yesterday. I tried to do as little as possible and had a lot of help. But quite sore today. Hurts to move. It's raining a bit now bit I am thinking a short walk might loosen things up a bit. Where my new house is I have some flat, some hills. Good combo.

Kbee- well done in the heat and humidity. Good luck tomorrow on your final Taxol! Yippee

ksusan I found the most innapropriate beaver meme for you but I feel like it might get me banned...

Allison. It is very warm here. I can't imagine why I hurt. I did take 2 Advil and started to move around and it's better. But my calves, quads, hams, arms, everything feels like their all pulled. And it started before the move.

Katy, I have had a lot of that. Somebody on one of these forums said chemo can cause muscles to cramp and tighten, and I definitely experienced that. The worst place was right below the back of my knee, and my knees hurt. It has subsided mostly now, but for a while, it was pretty painful. The worst was first thing in the morning, so hubby and I did a short neighborhood dog poop walk, and it helped loosen me up

Another vote for a Nice Hot Bath. Now for the real question: epsom salts, or bubble bath? what scent?

Well, if it were me it would be Chanel No. 19 bath gel but that's more of a wintry scent... Lavender scented Epsom salts perhaps?

Littleblue, your abs must rock!

Hi. I'd like to join this discussion board, to help motivate me to improve my activity level, and to lend a supportive e ear where I can.

I finished dose dense chemo in mid June, and spent the month of July recovering at our family cottage in lake country. I made a point of swimming and walking a bit each day, and I managed to go golfing a few times while I was away (with a cart). It isn't really much, as I am having ongoing peripheral neuropathy, particularly in my feet. My balance is not good, and I am using a cane to keep from tipping over. My toes just aren't doing their job to adjust my balance, and I'm still basically tingly and sore from the ankles down. Iseem to have a very limited number of steps in me before my feet are just on fire. I've used the scooters in big stores (man, are they ever slow!)

I did golf today, and played all 18 holes, though the last 4 or 5 were not great - I just ran out of juice. But it was fun, and provides some sense of "normal" to my weekend routine.

My oncologist has suggested that my neuropathy would improve for the first eight weeks or so PFC, but that any improvement after that time will be very slow, and I won't likely get back to my "baseline". Those 8 weeks are up, so now I need to figure out activities that don't require bearing weight on my feet. I do walk every day, but no more than a mile. I'll check out the local pool for swimming times, and start up on my recumbent bike at home. Anyone have other suggestions?

it feels like I went to the gym and over-lifted every large muscle group. They are tight and hard to stretch out, and I try to rub them and are sensitive to the touch.

My house has a bath. It's shallow, and a deeper soaking tub will be installed in about a month. But I was grateful for it, and last night soaked in Epsom salts. It was sad but a bit Laurel and Hardy as I attempted to exit the tub. I have no strength.

I have lavender scented salts, but still in a box unpacked as yet. (I did see the lavender tincture unpacked and I could add that tonight). It did seem to help but was back to the same thing this morning.

I am almost 6 weeks pfc so I wouldn't be surprised if leftover chemo was causing it. But I thought I had started to feel better.

My best guess is that the move stress plus port removal has just generally set me back. My body really resents what I've done to it, and I have a lot of making up to do. I had planned to go back to PT after deportation fully heals, but I'm afraid of inflicting more pain. I usually cried through the entire session. But I'm afraid of worse consequences if I don't push myself through it.

The good news is that I am delighted with my new house. Discoveries are being made every day that please me. The seller, who was so difficult to deal with at first, haggling over inane things, ended up leaving thousands of dollars of actually very useful stuff that I will not have to buy now. And being alone and NOT handy, it was good to find a good local, apparently honest, reliable and not alcoholic handyman.And who has a very nice wife, my age, who helped to organize my kitchen. The first ever in my life that didn't leave me wishing for more storage.

I put 3 hummingbird feeders out today. I just couldn't bring myself to take the one from my friends at the old house, and am hoping whoever lives there next sees them, loves them, and continues to fill the feeder.

Lots of good stuff going on. It outweighs the bad stuff. Very happy that my furry friends are happy.

I miss being on here and plan to be back and at my usual activity level shortly. Hope everyone has a wonderful week.