Exercise and well being during chemo and radiation

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  • Italychick
    Italychick Member Posts: 2,343
    edited September 2015

    I hate the testing stuff. The most critical part is the person interpreting the results, and most times I don't even know who that is.

    By the way, ultrasound found mine too. I think it is a much better test than doctors want to admit. I feel like canceling my mammogram and insisting on ultrasounds.

    Best of luck to her, and please keep us posted

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  • littleblueflowers
    littleblueflowers Member Posts: 2,000
    edited September 2015

    Yes, ksusan. Please give her all the good MOJO I have!

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  • KBeee
    KBeee Member Posts: 5,109
    edited September 2015

    Ksusan, let her know we're thinking about her.

    Little blue, hoping tomorrow you will have peace of mind.

    4 mile walk for me today

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  • pboi
    pboi Member Posts: 663
    edited September 2015

    Ksusan...so sorry to hear about your sister.

    4 mi yesterday + roller skating at my son's birthday party.

    3 mi on the treadmill today.

    PB

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  • octogirl
    octogirl Member Posts: 2,804
    edited September 2015

    sorry to hear ksusan.

    yes, sleep is a good thing. Thanks for the reminder...

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited September 2015

    9/14: Fitbit steps [incl. long walk] + stretches + 75 crunches + 125 pedals + resistance band + 10# curls + .75 hr T (2.5 MPH avg) = 9.0 miles

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  • Keys-Plez
    Keys-Plez Member Posts: 304
    edited September 2015

    ksusan..Sorry to hear about your sis. It sucks.

    italychick..My cancer was discovered by mammogram. They detected microcalcifications. They told me an ultrasound would not have found it.

    My continuing strategy will be mammogram and ultrasound. I've never had an ultrasound, but there's a mobile ultrasound that comes down here 2 or 3 times a year. It costs around $150. I'm going to start doing that every year even if I have to pay it myself. Insurance will cover the mammogram.

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  • queenmomcat
    queenmomcat Member Posts: 3,039
    edited September 2015

    Don't mammograms and ultrasounds pick up different things? Or resolve different things better?

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  • octogirl
    octogirl Member Posts: 2,804
    edited September 2015

    My well being report: sleep, sleep and more sleep! Slept 12 hours last night. That and the cool weather and RAIN is definitely making me feel much better, even if my body hasn't quite caught up with the program! RAIN IN FRESNO!!!! WOOHOO!!!

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  • eheinrich
    eheinrich Member Posts: 792
    edited September 2015

    oh no, ksusan. I'm so sorry. Sending positive energy and thoughts your way and hers. (hugs)

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  • mysunshine48
    mysunshine48 Member Posts: 1,480
    edited September 2015


    ksusan, So sorry about your sister. I hope she gets the best treatment and will be fine. She has a good cheerleader in you.

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  • slothabouttown
    slothabouttown Member Posts: 449
    edited September 2015

    Just got back from the coast, evaded the rain and got 6 miles in every day since Saturday. There was a cougar sighting at our campground but I didn't see it. Thankful I was camping with a vigilant dog. Beautiful sunset last night, I'll post a pic later.

    Ksusan, so sorry about your sister, that is crappy news to be sure. As others have said you will be a valuable support to her having gone before.

    Sloan, I think part of the confusion about the weight lifting and LE may be that only very recently studies have been conducted that are showing exercise and weightlifting to be beneficial in managing LE. SO, there are still 2 camps out there handing out advice. I have an excellent MLD therapist who is also a friend of mine and she is of the no weightlifting belief despite what I've told her about these new studies. Do some googling, and you'll see why there's so much conflicting information. Also, if you are looking for a certified MLD therapist look up "the Vodder method" and you can do a search by zip code on their website for a certified therapist. Personally, my arm feels better when I am active, I wear a sleeve during exercise and activities like housecleaning or gardening, and I have MLD once a month. I had MLD once a week during chemo (I think chemo aggravated LE in my case.) I had a whole gang of lymph nodes removed, something like 28 of the suckers, so I try to be as proactive as one can be about preventing LE. Realizing that it's partly a crap shoot!

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  • KBeee
    KBeee Member Posts: 5,109
    edited September 2015

    crazy busy day. Quick 3 mile walk before rads

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  • littleblueflowers
    littleblueflowers Member Posts: 2,000
    edited September 2015

    Drinking. Too scared of my body to use it.

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  • slothabouttown
    slothabouttown Member Posts: 449
    edited September 2015

    Katy 're: sleep

    Have you been reading about melatonin as a compliment to tamoxifen? Lots of info out there suggesting a lack of it in women after BC diagnosis. Also I've read a lot about the benefits of sleeping in total darkness which is believed to somehow increase tamoxifen effectiveness.

    I've been taking melatonin since I started the tamoxifen and I think it helps me fall asleep. I still wake up every night at 1230 and again at 3 am. Usually it's related to a hot flash but not always. I have a sleep app on my phone that uses guided imagery to help fall asleep. I used it during the worst of the anxious nights since January and I'm not sure if it works but it didn't hurt any.

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  • queenmomcat
    queenmomcat Member Posts: 3,039
    edited September 2015

    Littleblueflowers: I don't blame you for the drinking or the fear...but come and chat with us! There are real live people out here. Check in at the Crazytown thread too.

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  • littleblueflowers
    littleblueflowers Member Posts: 2,000
    edited September 2015

    Thanks for your kindness, queen. I'm trying!

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  • eheinrich
    eheinrich Member Posts: 792
    edited September 2015

    Littleblue ((hugs)) - been there/am there. This site is a blessing. We are here for you always.

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  • littleblueflowers
    littleblueflowers Member Posts: 2,000
    edited September 2015

    thank you ladies!

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  • eheinrich
    eheinrich Member Posts: 792
    edited September 2015

    Just for you I changed my pic to wine tasting about 10 years ago (eeek!) I think I miss that hair style...

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  • littleblueflowers
    littleblueflowers Member Posts: 2,000
    edited September 2015

    I'm drinking a little wine now. Love it,,!

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  • eheinrich
    eheinrich Member Posts: 792
    edited September 2015

    Twins!

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  • littleblueflowers
    littleblueflowers Member Posts: 2,000
    edited September 2015

    are you listening to slaid Cleves as well?

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  • littleblueflowers
    littleblueflowers Member Posts: 2,000
    edited September 2015

    cause dont. Do ones that depressed.

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  • slothabouttown
    slothabouttown Member Posts: 449
    edited September 2015

    This is for the well-being, captured last night during exercise!

    image

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  • so-she-did
    so-she-did Member Posts: 202
    edited September 2015

    I haven't been entirely off the wagon - more like dragging from it. I did some walking each weekend while we were camping/hunting, but then there were the long rides in the truck, too. Didn't get much accomplished, exercise-wise, during the week.

    Today I walked 2 miles and did PT.

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  • eheinrich
    eheinrich Member Posts: 792
    edited September 2015

    No little blue I'm binge watching x-files.

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited September 2015

    9/15: Fitbit steps + stretches + 50 crunches + 125 pedals + resistance band + 10# lifts + .75 hr T (2.5 MPH avg) = 2.75 miles

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  • Sloan15
    Sloan15 Member Posts: 896
    edited September 2015

    slothabouttown - thank you. I'll look into that. Also, I think the chemo makes my LE worse, too. Those are the only times I notice swelling these days. Maybe it's all the fluids; I don't know.

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  • slothabouttown
    slothabouttown Member Posts: 449
    edited September 2015

    Sloan, where is your lymphedema? Mine is mostly truncal and I was so uncomfortable all through chemo sometimes I could barely wait until my MLD appointment. It's weird because I couldn't find anything:about a chemo/LE connection on this or other sites, more about radiation and LE which didn't bother me at all in that way.

    You're having chemo now right? The taxotere causes fluid retention too, I had a little ankle swelling toward the end. I hope you can find a therapist and have some MLD, they can show you how to do it at home too which will help you.

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