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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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@funcountess The thumb is healing, but it's a long process - no use for 3 more weeks, except to touch fingertips to thumb 3-4Xday to maintain flexibility. Then 2 weeks stretching therapy followed by 6 weeks PT, followed by months of at-home exercise - takes close to a year for full use to return - as I wait impatiently.
As for the garden, I am now able to weed one-handed for a short time each day, so I pick the worst spot each morning and spend about 30-45 minutes while safely keeping the left hand tucked away. Due to all the new mulch, it still looks pretty good in spite of three weeks passing. I have also figured out how to remove, clean and replace the pond filters each day so it doesn't get nasty - so far, so good as long as I go slowly.
Yes, I quickly leave the main road and head down side streets to stay out of traffic & fumes. The local PD set up nearby yesterday, stopped the big trucks & told them to follow the "official" detour and stay off our little side roads, so I'm thankful. We live between 2 cities & two counties, so no one is willing to take the initiative to put up "Local Traffic Only" or reduced speed limit signs... so we just live with it for 4-6 weeks (hoping for good weather & no delays.)
Tomorrow a friend is coming for a walk in the regional park followed by take-out lunch.
Sue
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1 Reaction@katiejo Welcome to connect and everyone who shares back problems with you . I too don't want surgery saw way to many go wrong and one lady I knew had multiple to see if another one would work but it didn't . I have had 2 fractures , spondaltiesis loss as you 1 1/2 inch . I found that more magnesium ,calcium help along with heat when it hurts when I had my fractures getting in a shower with hot, as you can stand ,water helps I have a adjustable bed and have massage in it so use this before I get out of bed in morning then ice or heat . Depending on how it feels . Hope some of this helps . I also use a TENS unit for tight muscles
@fiesty76 Good glad you are getting the mask They are very comfortable . My hearing aid gets caught in them when I take the mask off at home . No big problem though . You,ll have enough mask now to wash out in between . Our social worker here gave me about 4 mask and gloves which I use when out .
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1 Reaction@fiesty76 Hope you didn't catch it but being protected and taking the precautions you did hopefully you didn't but that workers needs to see his Dr and wear his mack wash hands and so on and so forth. Glad your o.k. I,m venturing out to Target tomorrow need new phone mine today wouldn't pick up hearing my call so had to remove contact and reinsert again. Its a ATT phone have had problems with it come the get go . I think she sold me a used phone . That will be my first trip to Target will be careful . Stay safe .
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1 ReactionHi,
Go to Best Buy for phone, less $$$ and better quality.
Target does not always carry good brands for phones.
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@funcountess . I ususlly buy from best buy my laptop is from there I,ve had phones also that didn't work good for me so am going to try this one at Target . Thanks for the info .
@mayofeb2020, Walmart was bad about answering phone calls before Covid; can't imagine what the wait would be like now. If I hadn't been so tired and the cart so full and heavy, I would have asked to speak to a store mgr on the spot. Thanks for your response. I don't frighten easily but this was truly unnerving.
I have a Panasonic, it has very good amplification.
Volume goes way up.
Just trying to help you.
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1 ReactionHi there @sueinmn, You are just like my Jay......a very busy gardener who loves every minute of it regardless of weather, dinnertime, or family on facetime.
And yet... I am the one with the thumbs that have given up because I wore them out. Would you please explain your surgery. It wasn't anchovy surgery if I recall. I just don't recall what was done. I have one anchovy and one waiting in the wings. I can no longer open my juice bottles or anything that requires a big effort. Too painful. Why did the left one go first? According to the hand surgeon, it is because we make our non-dominant thumbs do a lot of holding and supporting of doors, books, flowers, gardening, etc. j
I appreciate the info and promise not to lose it.
May you be healthy and whole.
Chris
@funcountess . Thank you I use to have a phone by Panasonic Didn't know they had a cell phone.I will check them out . When in Pa I had my Panasonic worked really good for my work since I had to fax my work completetion into Pitts.