Exercise and well being during chemo and radiation

Dr E- very clever on the fit bit! I think/hope you will love your slow cooker. I feel like s{replace1}amp;t when I don't get enough protein. I've been experimenting with Indian good lately, which offers many vegetarian protein options. So long as it doesn't fall into the blech gag spice category.

Sloth- so happy that you were relieved and pleased at your physical performance at the first real test of things since chemo. I'm also very grateful for the often difficult and dirty work you do for our furry and feathered friends. It's not all about adopting cute puppies.

I have been struggling (big time) with depression for weeks, off and on, and I am now under "orders" to walk 20 minutes a day. At least. I have not successfully built a habit, because I have been so non compliant. So I did walk today, and Tuesday. I'm not tracking steps or distance at the moment. Keeping it simple and just make getting out if the house first thing my object for awhile. Trying to get that habit formed. It's interesting some things (like recreational drugs, say) that seem to have the ability to form a habit after one event.

Anyway, here's where I walked today. It was very pretty with the leaves turning.

6 me jog, upper body stretches. Working toward full mobility as my road rash heals! Lots of pain in my hip area- I'm so glad I read about bone Mets on this site during chemo and made a list of pain that was part of my life pre-cancer, otherwise I'd be going nuts. Luckily this is pain from an old injury that has always bugged me.

I was just looking around on Amazon and there are lots of options for alternative holders for the various fitbit "brains." I have the flex model that came with the wristband and I'm finding keychains, pendants, shoelace attachments, you name it available for that model as well as lots of different wristband options that might be more comfortable than the one that came with it.

thanks for all the fit gadget reviews -- eheinrich -- what an inspired solution ......and you have the bonus of still strapping it to your wrist should you ever be dancing about nekkid under the stars...!!!

listen to your body Jerseygirl,... I never needed a transfusion, and if the onc says you need to save your energy for treatment that's ok -- you will be able to notch it up later

clever littleblue -- I find one of the worst things about all this is getting anxious over every stupid pain or tweak that I used to ignore

jackbirdie and italychick -- I love walking out in nature too -- 'vitamin N' is soooo restoring. Heading to lake this morning and will do long fall walk out there and then move a bunch of not too heavy boxes of fragile stuff to basement, so when flooring guys come in and pack up next week nothing special gets wrecked -- so there is my strength training for the day!

I have not posted much because this is my crazy busy time of year. I have walked and/or run some days, big mostly just focused on my 10,000 steps. I finished chemo in August, and finished rads 10 days ago. Today I put the exclamation point on F U cancer! I did the Des Mojnes half marathon

Yes to everything Allison said. If it gives you diarrhea, just back down a bit until you find the sweet spot. As I have said before, my husband occasionally overdoses me and he gets in trouble lol. He tends to get extreme sometimes, and I have to rein him in. But hey, he makes all my supplement bags up for me, so I'm not going to complain too much. magnesium citrate is a good form too, I have taken it before, but find the glycinate and threonate work best for me. But everybody is different. For blood sugar, research Berberine. My integrative physician put me on it, it's pretty effective for me since I've had high blood sugar in the past and have some insulin resistance. But my blood sugar stayed dead solid normal all through chemo and steroids, I was really surprised

I've been taking a 400 mg tablet once a day around dinner time. I got a complex that lists magnesium citrate, glycinate, taurinate, malate and succinate sources. I don't know if that's a great choice but it seems to be helping!

Ksusan- well done on some excellent well-being activity. I appreciated the wildlife report!

5.3 mile hike, 748 feet of climbing, way easier than yesterday's brutal 1387 feet! My dog jack was tired, so didn't want to push him too hard. It was so nice and cool, I loved it!

sloth, those are all good forms of magnesium. And if it's working, all the better!

pboi also consider adding K2. There is a metabolic pathway on the bone that is essential for the bone to absorb and utilize calcium, and the key in that pathway is K2. Just try the magnesium the endocrinologist suggests and see if it helps you. One thing you will know immediately is if you start sleeping better. If not, then try different forms until you find the magic that works for you. As for bone, that can be measured by blood tests, etc., however they normally monitor you. You will probably have to take the magnesium for a few months to see any bone results.

For the K2 action, Google "matrix gla protein."

Again, all my opinion, and stuff that seems to work for me!

Frau Doktor- 4.25 on your legs maybe, but a thousand miles in your heart and mind.

Yesterday was day 12 post my first chemo (TC) + Neulasta. I ran 10 miles!! It was much slower than I usually run, but I needed it mentally so I kept going. Ran 6 with my dogs and took my neighbors dog along too, then 4 more after dropping them all off.

I ran 4 miles the first day after chemo and 4-6 miles every other day since no matter how bad my side effects were (mostly severe skull/spine/bone pain from the Neulasta; mild nausea but no meds for it). It was the best part of my day! My chest/heart and lungs also definitely felt *weird* running the first few times - can't find the worse to explain it, it was just not right....but glad I did it anyway. I felt pretty normal running this past weekend - though slower.

This is such a beautiful time of year to be outside! How do you post pictures within a thread/post? I'm sure there are instructions somewhere. It's so nice to see your pictures of hikes and outdoor adventures etc.

Staying optimistic that I may actually be able to snowboard this winter during chemo and radiation - probably the weekend right before the next chemo round (every 3 weeks) if the next 5 rounds go as this first one did. Not sure what to expect during the 6 weeks of radiation (Feb-March).

So excited to read your posts! Thank you all for sharing! xo

Good work my fit sisters!

Welcome Andraxo! I bet you will be able to snowboard. If you can run 10 miles now you will probably lose some fitness but you shouldn't be laid out flat or anything.

Hiked a couple of hours today. Stretching now. Chest is soooooo tight..