Exercise and well being during chemo and radiation

Spin class at noon, 55 minutes, and some arm weights for the first time since surgery - eek, hope I didn't aggravate anything. I think the spin class said I went about 15 miles and burned 475 calories.

Probably doing a bike ride after work tonight too - temperature seems to be a little less brutal today.

Traveler- yep, but if you aggravate it you will have a bigger scar. I aggravated mine. I have a bigger scar. Maybe focus on legs for a few days?

"I step away for one lousy little evening and come back to find armageddon on these boards! But I'm glad to hear everyone is well prepared for the end times." Yep - Rainnyc took the words right out of my mouth. (So I guess we have mind readers on the thread, too?) It made for much more entertaining reading than anything I found at the library yesterday.

Esmerelda - Happy Birthday tomorrow!! That's such a big one - and what a way to face it. Speaking from experience here - I was dx. just a few weeks before my bd last year. At any rate, give yourself a splendid day tomorrow.

SailorBev - sounds good. Thanks for sharing a bit of tranquility and beauty with us.

Kbeee- yay!!! No more hobbling!!

Allison - Good luck with your deportation. I suggested Katy draw her passport or green card on her chest prior to her procedure. She was NOT amused. We'll be thinking of you.

Katy - so glad you worked in the yoga class. I always carry a handkerchief to class - it was especially tough not to weep the first few weeks. It's good to do so, though, and people DO understand.

I'm tired, too. Maybe it's something contagious on this thread? (Couldn't possibly have anything to do with the heat, or tx. or anything else, right?)

Katy, well-done! I haven't done squat (nor squats!) lately.

Happy Birthday, Esmerelda!!

KSusan- 40 miles! Wow. A good reason to have a friend in a Fitbit to help pump you up! Good job!

Amy, you too! You have been busy, and it's hard getting back into the swing of things. You started. That's good!

Happy Birthday Esmerelda!

4.14 mile hike around the lake today.

Well done Whitney!

It's over 90 degrees today and I have done very little. I apologize to myself.

late breaking news:

Walking 1 2/3 mi

45 min active

3000+ steps

Thank goodness it cooled off. My only other option was ice cream!

Whitney- that is Talenti gelato.

oh yes... The raspberry is wonderful

I like it that there seem to be very few ingredients. And I can pronounce them.

I love that about them. A+ for repurposing! Very good for stray nails and screws, since you can see them. As you might imagine, there's always a screw loose around here.

You nailed it in one, Katy.

I have my annual mammo tomorrow - first one since dx, and only the right side, since left just finished being radiated and is still, if not the Untouchable, definitely the Unsquishable. And it's a diagnostic appointment - you know, a dozen views, spot compression, US, allow two hours and don't leave until the radiologist gives the all clear; just like last year when the world came crashing down. And all of a sudden it hit me - what if they're not just being cautious? What if there IS something there? What's pathetic was my next thought - How would I come back to work and do what HAS to be done?

I'm not given to panicking - just the opposite. However, my mind sure took me down a dark alley this evening. I think I need a break from clients and family and all of it...

Personally, I think the no exercise thing is silly. My lame MO told me to walk instead of do jazzercise after my blood clot and the heart doctor said I could work out with no restrictions so I did. The surgeon said something about getting my bp up. I have naturally low bp anyway. I might workout anyway but this week the kids are home so it is hard to do. I will see how my arm is. I could easily do the elliptical. I even did that when they put it in which hurt far more than it does now. He told me not to do that either. Bad patient. Bad patient. (I think he is still harboring a grudge that he is not my surgeon).