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Let’s Go Walking! Join me for a virtual walking support group
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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@fiesty76 You certainly have a very complex situation with your friend, her husband, and their daughter. Is this something that they want your help with, or do you think they can work things out themselves with their daughter? It sounds as if they are handling it themselves.
Has your friend's husband not had a PCP? I think it's important to establish yourself with one so when you do need one you have already developed a relationship. I had to push my husband to do that and now he does have a PCP. A humorous aside, he is actually on his 3rd PCP in a couple of years. He keeps getting a PCP and then that PCP quits the practice and leaves the area! This has become a joke between us. I think the PCP he has now will be here for a while though, I hope so.
If he can't get a PCP now, then his best next option is to go to Urgent Care. I realize his wife is in the middle of other issues but it sounds as if he needs attention also. Stay safe yourself too. It is difficult these days, particularly if people are needing to go to medical facilities, but it is necessary, particularly for us older folk.
I'm surprised that your neighbor's Apple watch did not send a signal. I am not sure if that was always a feature or if it's a feature with later models. If so, perhaps she has an early model. Mine is a 4 and it definitely did go off when I fell, and I wouldn't say it was that hard a fall overall. Mine also shows heart rate and does EKGs! It does make me feel a bit better if I happen to be alone to know that an alarm would be sent off that I had fallen. I wish my husband would get one because he occasionally works in the yard and I worry about him out there.
JK
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1 ReactionI got moving today, farther than just to my candy dishes. I walked 1.5 miles in the Cosco parking lot waiting for my brother to pick me up and haven't had any candy or sweets today. And some people don't believe in miracles!!!
Jake
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6 Reactions@jakedduck1 That is great you did better then I did today . You deserve a treat so go for it only 1 now
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Only one? Well, come to think about it I might be able to get by on one. I'll start with my 5lb Hershey bar.
Jake
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2 Reactions@jakeduck1 I didnt mean a 5 lb just 1 8 oz bar will do
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3 ReactionsI have done really well for the past two weeks - it helps that we haven't had any rain (I HATE walking in the rain) - this week I walked a little over 21 miles on my way from Minneapolis to my destination of Amana, Iowa.
I did figure out yesterday that walking in the morning does something good for my brain. I can settle down and get things done, but if I delay it seems like I just wander around and putter at things. My daughter thinks it's ADD manifesting itself - if my Mom was still here she would agree. When we were kids, if we had trouble getting stuff done, she would send us out to run around the block - no matter the weather.
A good quick walk also gets my anxiety under control when it flares up - these last two weeks I have worn a path in the pavement of our cul de sac if I mistakenly watch the evening news.
My goal for next week is to find a walking partner in the neighborhood.
Keep walking everyone!
Sue
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5 ReactionsI finished a big bar of chocolate yesterday. My husband put it in the fridge and it was sitting there so I have gradually gone through it. I'm glad it is gone and I can't eat anymore. I did my walk today and it was 87 degrees. I was running with sweat. Yuck. It was good for me though. Better than more chocolate.
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1 Reaction@pollyanne Did you enjoy it ? Guess you needed that walk to burn those extra calories of but wonder if it helped? lol
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1 Reaction@lioness I think I sweated some of it off! I am also cutting down on a medication that I think has put some weight on me. I hope I can stay off it but we will see. I had a lot of blood tests this week and everything looks good except for my white blood cells which are low. Neutrofils absolute and Neutrofils auto. Does anyone know anything about that. I am having to redo the tests next week.
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2 Reactions@jakedduck1 You help us believe in miracles!
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