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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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Oh you need a cell phone. Sorry, thought you needed a land line. My land line is the Panasonic high volume. The cell is a LG made in Korea.
What brand are you buying Apple???
My Apple broke during the fire, too expensive to replace, so got the LG.
After while they are all junk and break down.
Don’t spend too much.
Careful the lines and distance with other customers. You may need to tell them to back away.
Never thought there would be such stress going on local errands.
Take care,
Funcountess
Depending on reasons, dry coughing and sneezing don’t always mean someone is ill...I do both from allergies! Daily use of allergy pill, two different nasal sprays, eye drops (itch, red eyes) still don’t stop all my symptoms. Just the way it is. If someone looks at me - yes, I wear a mask when out! I just say, “Allergies!” and hope they understand...I cannot stay inside all the time because I have them. Plus I love to flower garden, so.....
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2 ReactionsCurious, I never saw original post. Did you have thumb surgery for arthritis? I have had both done for that now. Last one about 2 1/2 years ago now.
@funcountess Wish there was a cell by Panasonic I would buy one . Looking at a Motorola I had one of them and liked it . Apple's to expensive you are right . I will tell someone if they are to close believe me . Last time I was there a month ago the people where good about following the social distancing .
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1 ReactionMotorola is a good brand. The younger people in-line don’t care about distancing. They are always in a hurry.
Try to get in and out quickly.
Funcountess
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2 ReactionsHi Katiejo59 - My back surgery in 11/2011 was a culmination of my problems over years. Was an RN in hospital areas that did require physical work (43 years worth). Had bulging discs, ruptured discs, significant spinal stenosis, DDD and yes, spondylolisthesis. Also had synovial cyst at L4-5 which ruptured and bled into spinal cord area, which cause severe acute pain, leading to my decision to have the surgery THEN instead of possibly a few months later. I was 61 at the time. Officially it was removal of the cyst sac and a TLIF (translumbar interbody fixation) at several adjacent levels, L side and R side both, though not exactly same levels. Would have to look it up as memory for all involved levels a bit fuzzy by now. When I started to have more issues in the last two or so years, getting MUCH more severe last year - limping, occ cane use, needed wheelchair in airport, significant pain, I was getting pain management (getting by on 1-2 Vicodin by evening, plus daily dosings of aspirin and ES acetaminophen, ice, heat, stretching. BUT was profoundly impacting my daily life. Hard to go for walks, flower garden, etc. More surgery eventually advised, more fusion levels and I just didn’t want to do it again. So I researched and ended up opting for spinal cord stimulator. I am happy with my decision, it has helped greatly. If I need anything it might be aspirin (daily adult two tabs) which has always helped me more and with less side effects than any other NSAID (tried them all!). I might take 1/2 tab lowest dose Vicodin for neck pain at bedtime occ. Refuse to have more surgery on it for several reasons. As to how to make decision re back surgery vs helping vs being worse off - get several opinions. Remember, surgeons will promote surgery , it’s their job! But a quality surgeon will not push you into it! ALL surgery has risks associated with it, that’s the truth.
@artscaping Yes, I wore mine out - combination of arthritis, strenuous work in early years, keyboards, gardening & sewing. I'm left-handed, and you're correct, the right one failed first.The surgery is called CMC Thumb reconstruction. They remove the trapezius bone at the base of the thumb, in my case also part of the next bone due to damage. There are various repair techniques - mine are called the "tightrope" - a clot is placed where the bone is removed, and a nylon line is anchored to the first carpal & the thumb for stability. No tendons (anchovy technique) are involved in this surgery, which makes healing & restrengthening go faster & easier. It was in a cast for 2 weeks, now a full-time (except when sitting watching TV) for 4 weeks, then therapy commences.
So far, so good with the recovery - no pain since the day after surgery - now I just have to behave while it heals.
Good luck deciding when to do yours - I definitely have better use from this technique than friends who had the other, but according to my hand therapist, 50-60% strength and 80% range of motion are considered full recovery - the main goals are pain relief and stability (the one I just had done was totally unstable this spring.)
Sue
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1 ReactionHi Sue,
Now I know why you are artistic. You are a south paw.
I’m a lefty Also.
It said left handed people are artistic, and want their life in order and no clutter. There is some truth to that.
I’m sorry you have arthritis.
Was your surgery at Mayo?
I thought maybe you broke your thumb, but now know it was more complicated then a fracture.
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@imallears, Yes! I've been doing the child's pose but didn't know what it was called until just not doing a google search for it and also the Happy Baby. Not sure about the 2nd one may have to ask you offline about part of that one. I agree that movement, getting up from sitting, standing and walks really help me most when my back goes out. If I could just stand still longer, that is often the best but motion is soo important.
I do the same getting up from the floor by rolling over on my side and pushing up with my hands from floor. And again, I do the knee grab to help me out of the bed when in back pain. I don't track distance when walking but doubt I'm making 2 miles most days. Good that you can...and you also mentioned a friend's jogging. Do you also sometimes jog? Impressive. That stopped for me some time ago but happy to hear you may still be able to do that! Laughing at your sweating eyelashes! Maybe that was what kept fogging up my glasses yesterday! Stay well, take care and thanks for back pain suggestions.
Thanks, @lioness, I hope your trip to Target goes well and you are successful with your new phone purchase. Will be eager to how it is for you in Target with staff and shoppers. Do take good care!