Kicking LE's butt!! Exercise & Self Care Log

Thank you Minus 2 and Vargadoll Can you tell me who makes lymph-0 fit?I have not seen this one online at any of the sites. I just ordered the wearease cami but will look into the belisse ,sydney bra and any others that have worked well for any on you. Medicare does help pay for some of the expense but the 2 places locally that sell compression garments don't carry belisse and have a limited selection.. I am really bummed out about this but I will just have to cope.I had no idea this was a potential consequence of my surgery and radiation as no provider ever even mentioned it. I was DX only because I mentioned to the Oncologists NP that my breast has been warm to the touch from the get go and even after almost 2 months post rads, was still swollen. Luckily, she listened, TOOK ONE LOOK AND sent me to a lymphedema specialist. So Iv'e been reading all I can about it and have accepted the fact that my braless days are over! OK, enough whining ; it could be worse! have a good rest of the weekend everyone.

Hugsz-I walk 2 miles a day so I guess that counts as cardio. doesn't it?

Yeah to all those joining me. Indoors, outdoors wherever just do it. Any kind of moving! Yes Flower two miles rocks it. The key to this is having a exercise schedule in our lives.

I know some are so busy with life's dealyboppers but it's great if you can post even once a week letting all know your on track and it encourages us also! Vargadoll you certainly have a lot on your plate and it's not food either! We know you will post when you can.

Binney I may switch up my days to but 5 for sure! I must say I like my weekends exercise free. It's like a reward.

Flower, very little time is spent in med sch on the 2nd largest circulatory system-lymph. Including MO. Rad docs. Surprising to see NP knowledgeable. Yes we are moving slowly forward in medical field. I vote wearease though it's not my most perfect fit the company is fabulous and the material is nice. I think mine is called slimmer 960 or 970

Minus looks like your our exercise guru. That's s lot of exercise. Glad to have you encourage us by moving faithfully. Mom is great but she was busy telling me today how to do dishes. I just stared at her in her over 90 degree house and said nicely. I don't know if you remember this but I get a pension check ma! Hee hee

Hey all, knocked off my half hour walk. Got that out of way now back into daily stuff

Minus thinking of you in cold pool sounds right up my alley! Me want pool bad.

Minus. Your parents were so fortunate to have you watch over them. It takes patience and dedication to pull off so many years of caregiving.

Lol, mom just swatted a wasp flat dead with one stroke when it landed on her pancakes. Wow... I don't have reflexes like that. I'm practically blind when I try and hit a fly. When she killed it, I said let me go flush him in down the toilet. She said yah..... drown him good! Yes we have our cute moments together but actually she is a lot of work! She keeps me hopping! Going home today so I can rest up from mom.

Did row and treadmill half hour but this heat has slowed me down today. So lazy today...Left it too late. Should have woke up earlier. One more day and I’ve completed my 30/30 July challenge only missing one day. I consider this a success given it was so hot.

Are we all ready for 5/2 challenge. Coming anyday. Aug1st! You can even do as little as 5 min as long as it’s 5 days a week, what ever your capable of. Report in when you can. No pressure

Strap on runners/don bathers/ play outside with kids. Whatever just move five days a week.

The 5/2 challenge sounds good. I just got out of the hospital yesterday due to cellulitis and sepsis. Headed back to PT next week to get the right arm calmed down again. I had never had cellulitis before. This one took off like wildfire. I felt fine in morning, and by 3 pm, the arm was swollen and my temp was rising so I headed of to ER. They traced around it when I arrived at ER and by next hour, it had doubled. I had 3 days of IV vancomycin and now oral antibiotics. They cultured strep from the blood, but so far, the heart echo looked okay and I was released yesterday with no restrictions. I am going to give my body a week to heal before heading back to water aerobics as I have numerous new holes in me now from all the IV's and bloodwork. So I will be walking initially, then back to a combo of walking and water aerobics. Work starts back up in a week...hard to believe another school year is upon us already.

Hugs, I got a small sliver of plastic in my index finger at VBS Tuesday night. Got it out, washed it out, and thought nothing more as it looked to be healing. Friday it all exploded. Luckily, caught it quickly and even though the strep had spread into the bloodstream, I never got terribly ill, just sore arm and swelling. Basically hung out at hospital to be monitored and to get antibiotic IV twice a day. Looking forward to hearing from all of you as we go through August.

laurel oh dear. Slivers are the worst. This last year I got graphite slivers in le hand. Went to emerg they said so tiny to find we would do more damage hunting for them. You basically can’t get them out. They are the worst kind to get.There still in there but scar tissue has grown over them and they don't hurt. But I was watchful for cellulitis after it happen. Ugh...I need to be a indoor girl...I'm also accident prone!

Minus. I couldn't get up this morn to walk either. I slept till 10:30, not like me...usually 8amish type of girl in the summer. The heat wave is over and me and dog are heading out now. Minus....Tomorrow is another day. Scarlett o'hara says! Well just keep on trying cause Scarlett's is right. See you at the 5/2 Challenge tomorrow!!!

Hey gang! I’m in. I don’t know what I’ll be doing, but count me in for the 5/2 challenge. Lordy somebody keep me accountable or I’ll just stop when I get bust

Got in a 35 minute walk today before the heat and humidity started to climb. I am missing my water aerobics, but plan to start back there next Monday. It's always more fun to exercise with a crowd. I am back to wearing compression sleeve again at least for awhile, translated means going to battle with UHC again to get them to pay for them. I use the Solidea sleeve that attaches to the other arm with a half sleeve, and they are not an approved product. It doesn't matter that they have proven to be the best product for me and get the job done without causing shoulder and trunk swelling. Last time I put through for insurance to cover them, it took me 3 denials and 3 appeals before I could get them to pay, at which point it was already the next quarter.

Made it through an hour of water aerobics - about half cardio half stretching.

Binney - "smug" is exactly the feeling!

30 minute walk in while waiting for a friend to join me for lunch...hot and humid here, but compression sleeve on anyways. Thank goodness for portable fans at my house (only have AC in bedroom). Doctor was pleased with the progress of my arm with most of the discoloration gone and swelling going down day by day. PT appointment Monday. My Fitbit is happy today with this 5/2 challenge. Hugz, hoping that the cellulitis game has no participants this month as the fun is fully missing.

Back from 40 min walk. Feeling rather smug about it!

For 5/2 challenge. To describe exercise accomplishment the word is SMUG. Different levels of smug to.

Smug - no dscription needed

Wee bit smug.

Rather smug.

Overly smug.

SMUG in caps to emphasize extra good feeling.

Smuggish instead of snobbish

flower. Good for you for educating doc. Hopefully he’ll spread the word with his other doc friends.

Well if you walking 2 miles a day you would be SMUG feeling about getting it done. Hooray

I’m going to count today as my day off. Sat in a school leadership team meeting for 4 hours the. Went to lunch the the bottom fell out and the rain just won’t stop. I’m so tired of rain. Every day for 2 weeks. I’m over it. And the flooding. My poor yard will be 3 feet high before it’s dry enough to cut when the rains stop