Be proud!! Brag

Wonderful idea! I am proud of the fact that I am always learning and moving forward. I have learned to knit (formerly a nålbinder), continue to grow and refine my professional practice (teacher) and spend very little time on nostalgia and the "good old days". Nothing happens in the past, so I welcome the now and the future. I hope to remain vibrant, vital and happy as long as I can.

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I am proud to say I began a walking routine this summer which helped me lose 17 pounds.

Arimidex causes all of my joints to ache as well as make my feet very, very sore. I have dealt with this pain since late 2011 when I started the meds. It made me not want to be as physically active as before bc. After losing weight during chemo and radiation in 2011, I steadily gained weight in the years since.

A variety of factors came in to play this summer, including a gentle nudge from my nurse practitioner, and I began to walk 45 - 60 minutes at a time. I decided on walking 20 days every month. I put it first on my list and everything else I needed or wanted to do had to come after, house cleaning, grocery shopping, yard work, etc.

I had no weight loss goal in mind other than a vague idea of a couple pounds and to make sure I stopped gaining. To my surprise, I have dropped two pants sizes.

My body aches, and I have to live above that pain. My body on the other hand feels better because I do not feel bloated. I am tired, but because it is from physical exercise, it feels good. I allow all these different feelings to exist together.

I'm almost back to the weight I was before bc. I still have pizza, chips or dessert if I want but cut back the amounts of food I eat. I ate lots of delicious food over Thanksgiving with no guilt. I may try to lose a few more lbs in the spring and for now I will be happy to maintain the weight loss thru winter and the holidays. And of course keep up the walking routine. I am on the treadmill as Iype on my ipad!

The key for me was to put the exercse first.

I'm proud that as a main full time caregiver, my mom has gotten better. Her latest tumour markers score is now 39.3 from 333 when it first started. She only had gone through 1 Herceptin treatment before taking the tumour marker test. I told myself that in the future, I could consider a second career in taking care of a cancer and diabetic patient.

I am proud to talk about this disease when all I really want to do is forget I ever had it. I'm proud to stand (mostly) naked in front of my husband even after 4 surgeries. I'm proud that my son has friends and is thriving in 3rd grade despite his sometimes neurotic mother. I'm proud I worked so hard in my 20s and 30s and now that my husband is doing well I can somewhat comfortably blow half my retirement on trips and remodeling (since I figured my odds of being here in my 60s are about that). I'm proud that I've stayed active and taken as much care of myself as I can so if I am here in my 60s I should hopefully be able to walk a dog or better yet ride a horse!

All my life was full with new beginnings. My husband, me and my kids had to start 3 times from Ziro, three different countries and different language. We worked hard and we did it. I am proud of my self, but without my dear husband would be a lot harder. And of course without God we would be nowhere. Now , dealing with breast cancer I rely completely on Gods mercy and get all my strength from him.

I am proud of you, girls. Even each of you going through hard times you find love to give !