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Let’s Go Walking! Join me for a virtual walking support group

Posted by Becky, Volunteer Mentor @becsbuddy, Feb 19, 2020

Many of you living with cancer or an autoimmune disease, like me, deal with daily fatigue. You know that exercise is so important to your health, but it’s so hard. There’s always an excuse: it’s too cold or hot, it’s going to rain or it’s raining, or it’s snowy and icy, or I just don’t want to. I, too, have all these excuses, but I have a new rescue dog who wants to go out and who doesn’t care about my excuses! And I’ve got traction devices for my boots.Now I just need a walking group who will keep me accountable. People who say, ‘let’s go for a walk.'

And I thought: What about my virtual friends on MayoClinicConnect?

Mayo Clinic has an easy 12-week walking program to get us started! Here’s the link:
- Get walking with this 12-week walking schedule https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/get-walking-with-this-12-week-walking-schedule/

So let’s form a virtual walking group. We can agree to walk every day and encourage each other through Connect. We can walk outdoors, in a mall, or in the red center, or in the hallways of our apartment building.

Who’s in? Who’s going to join me?

Come on, Let’s Go Walking!

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imallears | @imallears | Apr 14, 2020
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@darlingtondoll

FL Mary - What part of Florida do you live in? I have a feeling that you live near me, after you gave that weather report. I live near Ocala

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@darlingtondoll
Hi,
I’m in the Tampa Bay Area, specifically Pasco County about 4 miles north of the Pinellas Pasco border. Not that close but we share the same weather. BTW I have strong arms and legs but my upper body strength will never be like yours.
@lioness Let’s hope the bedbugs are wearing tiny masks.

The humidity was dripping off the trees today when I went for my walk at 7:15 this morning. Did 2.4 miles and a little sprinting but was so happy to get back into the AC. My post walking workout was the rest of my coffee and the tv news.

FL Mary

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imallears | @imallears | Apr 14, 2020
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@lioness

@imallers Wow your a skinny one aren't you haha Watch the wind so it doesn't blow you away

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@lioness
Ha! ..I prefer “slender” and I think it would take a hurricane to lift me off my feet (or a good looking man).

FL Mary

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JK | @contentandwell | Apr 14, 2020
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@pollyanne

@contentandwell I know I am lucky living in Maui and yes it is very expensive. They don't give residents many breaks. Costco is always our best bet..
I do miss my family and my one teenage granddaughter. She texted me great murals that she has painted on her bedroom wall. She is such a talented artist and I had a lot of joy looking at those.
But on the other side, I was really alarmed today to read we have 44 new cases of the virus on Maui in the last couple of days and all from health workers at the local hospital. This makes me wonder if they have been trained how to use the PPE . It involves 195 people who could be infected including lots of regular patients who are now home and think how many they could have infected. I feel very frustrated by this news. Until 2 days ago we had about 23 active cases. What do you think about that?

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@pollyanne That is a lot of new cases. The local online newsletter publishes a map with all of the cities and towns in NH, and indicates the range of the number of cases in each by color. I was startled to see that our town, which has about 20,000 people now I think, is in the 20 - 49 range. We just got upped to that range so I presume we are at the lower end of it, but still, it is alarming. I always feel so safe here in our little enclave but now I have even more reason to avoid the grocery store.

Regarding cost of living on Maui, I recall clearly that a bread that we love was around $7 a loaf there. Back here is's no more than 3.99 a loaf. Also, gallons of water were all at least $3. Oddly though, the restaurants were not much different in price than the restaurants back here.
JK

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fiesty76 | @fiesty76 | Apr 14, 2020
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@darlingtondoll

I lost a lot of muscle mass after I no longer was able to go into the pool. I worked my entire body with two hours of water walking. But I can still transfer from my wheelchair quite easily. I can lift my entbody with my arms. I use my abdominal muscles a lot too.

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Jane, so glad to hear that you can easily transfer from your chair and also lift your entire body with your arms. Think you and my nephew would have become good friends. You both share that inspiring: Can Do Spirit that makes others want to be with you.

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Jane | @darlingtondoll | Apr 14, 2020
In reply to @imallears "@darlingtondoll Hi, I’m in the Tampa Bay Area, specifically Pasco County about 4 miles north of..." + (show)
@imallears

@darlingtondoll
Hi,
I’m in the Tampa Bay Area, specifically Pasco County about 4 miles north of the Pinellas Pasco border. Not that close but we share the same weather. BTW I have strong arms and legs but my upper body strength will never be like yours.
@lioness Let’s hope the bedbugs are wearing tiny masks.

The humidity was dripping off the trees today when I went for my walk at 7:15 this morning. Did 2.4 miles and a little sprinting but was so happy to get back into the AC. My post walking workout was the rest of my coffee and the tv news.

FL Mary

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My daughter lives in Clearwater and my granddaughter lives in Tampa

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lioness | @lioness | Apr 14, 2020
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@darlingtondoll

I lost a lot of muscle mass after I no longer was able to go into the pool. I worked my entire body with two hours of water walking. But I can still transfer from my wheelchair quite easily. I can lift my entbody with my arms. I use my abdominal muscles a lot too.

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@darlingtondoll I,ll bet your core is really tight that's good can your husband massage your legs for you or maybe some P.T. on your legs? The ladies in my exercise groan and moan when we do the core exercise . Im going to tell them about you . Hope you had a good sleep last night

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imallears | @imallears | Apr 14, 2020
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@darlingtondoll

My daughter lives in Clearwater and my granddaughter lives in Tampa

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@darlingtondoll
Clearwater is where I use to live and work and we do everything in either St Pete or Tampa cuz there’s nothing much in Pasco.

FL Mary

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lioness | @lioness | Apr 14, 2020
In reply to @imallears "@darlingtondoll Hi, I’m in the Tampa Bay Area, specifically Pasco County about 4 miles north of..." + (show)
@imallears

@darlingtondoll
Hi,
I’m in the Tampa Bay Area, specifically Pasco County about 4 miles north of the Pinellas Pasco border. Not that close but we share the same weather. BTW I have strong arms and legs but my upper body strength will never be like yours.
@lioness Let’s hope the bedbugs are wearing tiny masks.

The humidity was dripping off the trees today when I went for my walk at 7:15 this morning. Did 2.4 miles and a little sprinting but was so happy to get back into the AC. My post walking workout was the rest of my coffee and the tv news.

FL Mary

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@imallers Next time I see one I,ll ask them lol

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lioness | @lioness | Apr 14, 2020
In reply to @swift "Try some chilli chocolate or cacao raw chocolate i make smoothes add little chilli chocolate to..." + (show)
@swift

Try some chilli chocolate or cacao raw chocolate i make smoothes add little chilli chocolate to soups with butternut squash and garlic chicken vegetables you still enjoying chocolate smoothes cacao Spirulina and turmeric spinach carrot juice and apple raspberries and bananas pineapple blueberries yummy = good health happy hearts !!! Walk in shower suna with ginger root and essential oils lavender eucalyptus and or orange essential oils frankincense and coconut fractionated it's healthy and smells amazing. Hope this helps you through this difficult time . Kind regards swift 🙂 keep smiling
and stay healthy.*** your precious strength is inspiring!!!
ps honey great for legs add lavender oil or eucalyptus oil and rose oil add sea salt relax enjoy !!! )

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Swift Glad to hear from you. Someone on her suggested Wise Men Health Balm from Amazon . Its Frankincense and Myrr in coconut oil Ive just started to use it according to directions ,you apply it to the reflex areas of feet , hand, earlobes Cant tell if it is helping but I use some essential oils as well .

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Becky, Volunteer Mentor | @becsbuddy | Apr 14, 2020

Hi, all! How are you doing with your walking/exercise? I have to admit, I didn’t get out yesterday—it snowed all day. News said that we got over 12”! Sun is out and Sky is blue so today I have no excuse! Walk, walk, walk!

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