Exercise and well being during chemo and radiation

ksusan, Tom yum is my favorite soup ever. Yummmmmmmm!

1 hr stairmaster, .5 hrs circuit weights including free weights, mld. Not bad for being up with food poisoning all night!

I don't even know what amontillad is!

Exercise for me was cleanimg out a closet. Two hours later, I needed a two hour rest. 7 weeks PFT, I just wear out so fast. Am I abnormal? Then, made a trip to Whole Foods. Now, ready for jammies.

Ksusan, How did the Ducks do? My sister and husband are in Corvallis. HE is happy football has started. My sister has learned to let him be football crazy from now until January. They have been married 42 years.

YOU are quite the cook! I remember visiting my sister a couple years ago when the Ducks were playing the Beavers. I flew into Portland. Getting from Portland to Corvallis took as long as it did to fly from Florida to Oregon! Next time, will make sure it is not a game day

For sure!

The Cask of Amantilado is one of the creepiest stories I've ever read.

Huskies games, ditto for Seattle. Stay off I5!

I'd forgotten that about Amontillado being mentioned in Babette's Feast.

Today, as much gardening as the weather permits. It's going to be another 'bikram yoga' day, or as close as Michigan ever gets.

I never understood the appeal of hot yoga, either, but I find myself doing it. I started doing yoga at CorePower (it's a national chain but is not yet in all states) last November. I had done a bit of yoga years before, but for some reason the CorePower style really worked for me, and I stuck with it. The style is vinyasa "flow," and it's a little more vigorous than some other styles. I was able to keep doing it throughout chemo and credit it with keeping my SE's relatively mild. (Still sucky, though, of course.) The basic level CorePower class is not heated, but the other classes are. They're not quite as hot as Bikram, but one of them is pretty close. I don't really like the heat but enjoy the classes enough to put up with it. I'm willing to accept that it might allow for deeper stretching, etc., plus I figure that it probably helped me sweat out a lot of chemo toxins.

Just call me that old, bald lady in the Hot Power Fusion class . . .

Hi Sloan,

I ate more in general and less healthy overall while I was on chemo (C/T same as you)

At first I told myself I was going to eat whatever tasted good because I might end up with nausea or food might start to taste bad. I never developed much nausea and there was always something that tasted okay but I just kept overeating. I also kept walking and when all was said and done I'd only gained three pounds which came off easily once I started feeling more normal. I tried to make healthy choices such as organic veggies and meats but I didn't deny myself the milkshake either! I am a vegetarian and I also started eating meat while I was on chemo. It was like a switch was flipped and that's what I wanted. Now I'm vegetarian again and I no longer have those protein cravings that I was having during chemotherapy.

Having finished chemo I would say to those going through it, eat what sounds good, give yourself a break about your food choices-you are in the trenches and it's not the time to lay a guilt trip on yourself, just eat it if you want it and know that things will normalize again after treatments. Our March chemo group talked about food as much as side effects so I think the appetite changes are normal.

That week the hair starts falling out is a rough one, I remember it well. I was just looking at pics on my phone this morning of the day in March when I got my buzz cut. Now my hair has grown to the length that strangers are complimenting me on my "cute short cut."

Exercise as much as you can every day! This thread and everyone here can help motivate you, support you and celebrate your progress.

Octo- Sounds just like what the doctor ordered!

And I'm glad they were very good Martinis. I don't drink much either any more, but when I do, I make sure it is of the HIGHEST quality, haha.

Glad you put your dancing shoes on, and good times with the sister units.

I am way behind on posts...will catch up eventually!!!

I alternated running and walking 9 exhausting miles. I was then ready to crash for the day... Then hubby decided we needed to paint siding, so I painted all day in the heat. I head to work in an hour. Ugh! I already have over 20,000 steps for the day. No wonder my feet hurt

Back from a week of assorted camping and other vacation activity in NY State, Vermont, and NJ. Two longish hikes, some canoeing, but mostly several days in a row in which I was standing more than sitting, moving around more than standing....all good!

Though yesterday's hour and a half in Kohl's with teen DS trying to find pants that would do for school and fit a 29 waist/32 inseam AND not "make me look like a weirdo, Mom" was perhaps the most strenuous hike of all.

Sloan, I have been walking all through chemo. Some days much more slowly than others, some basically between the couch and the bathroom, but when I do get out and around the neighborhood, I'm very glad to have done so. Good luck!