Exercise and well being during chemo and radiation

glad you did well flying. A very good thing.

Were your ears burning? I found a fizzy bomb with bergamot. Had to order one to try.

www.soaphope.com Hugo and Debra. Made in US. No parabens n chit. Baaaahahaha.

Katy, so proud of you! Thank you!!!!!!!

Everyone is doing awesome! Surveyed all day today-about 8 hrs of slow hiking. Now stretchies 😊

Awesome work Katy! When I saw the title of my email from BreastCancerAction.org today I wondered if it was your letter. Then I read the email with your letter and a beautiful photo of you. Wow! I'm impressed and very proud of you! Thank you for fighting for all of us.

Mysunshine48; yes, a serving of fruits or vegetables is usually a half cup. Fresh leafy greens take a full cup to make a serving and dried is only a quarter cup. For the protein, I looked up high protein foods on-line and I try to have protein with every meal. I've been adding sunflower seeds and slivered almonds to my salads (6g protein per oz each), eating cottage cheese (14g per 1/2 cup), Greek yogurt (12g per 1/2 cup), eggs (6g each), and beans (6-11g per 1/2 cup), as well as fish and meat (22-28g per 3oz serving). On days where my protein is low, I've been having a protein shake or adding protein powder to a smoothie.

Thanks for all the nice comments. I sure do love all the nice bike trails here and wish we had trails this nice at home. And I'm quite impressed by how bike friendly Victoria is. Motorists generally are very courteous and respectful and I've had no issues riding in some pretty congested traffic.

Today I walked for about an hour (6km?) and rode my bike about 20km. I also had radiation #11 of 16. 104 oz fluids (not counting the beer I had), 102g protein, 11 servings fruits/veggies.

Keep up the great work everyone!

Just remember, Andraxo, that when you do chemo, your body is being killed off. So, its fighting to rebuild itself after each dose. Its not so much that you are losing fitness, as that your bodie's resources are divided at this time. Just do what you can, and as soon as you are done, you will bounce back. Promise. It won't take nearly as long as you think. 3 weeks after the end of chemo I ran 14 miles, and I ran 3-5 almost every day during chemo. That said, some days I was just to darn sick to do more than stagger around the block, and that was ok too. Like I said, you will bounce back, and much faster than you think! You are doing great!

Andraxo, I second what littleblue says. I never quit working out, but I sure got slow. It comes back quickly after chemo ends, in about a month I started feeling more normal, but realistically it took about 2-3 monthsbefore I felt "I'm back!"

Hang in there.

ditto on canyon de chelly. A magical place.

went for a 2 mi walk yesterday. Had energy for more, but ran out of daylight. I plan to get an earlier start tonight and I'll report back tomorrow. I find it annoying that my new bluetooth headset kept cutting out. grrr.

Andra, I used to live in Mancos! Such a small world...

And I love the DRB there in Dolores!

Well done everyone!

KSusan- an alternative to taking your shirt off. Slip that picture of you topless from the back in the "Phoenix Rising" pose. I love that photo of you. That will wake them up

and I lived for a bit in Durango, CO (and spent a fair amount of time at Mesa Verde and visited Canyon de Chelly...)...So a real Southern Colorado connection here. I love that area also. Hmm....we should do a meet up hike...

As for my exercise, it was mostly running around and working late getting ready for a work retreat event and then a few days vacation....by the ocean! where I hope to do some nice walking!

Hugs, Octogirl

Omg, I love southern cooking!

well that's a start. Throw us a few more bones!

oh yum! Anything that be personally objectified by whippage coverage is a crowd pleaser!