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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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Or ice? Might numb things up. I can honestly say when I had searing constant pain in my jaw years ago, the only thing that helped (other than drugs) was pretty continuous use of an ice pack. Good luck
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2 Reactions@wisco50 Yes your right . I use it on my back in the morning it helps a lot , might do @lilypaws some relief
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1 ReactionThis morning was another walking day for me and the neighborhood was still turning on kitchen lights as I walked. High heat is really taking a big toll on landscapes here and although the past two mornngs have been cooler, I was still perspiring by my return home.
Might have been partly due to a possible tooth infection still awaiting treatment. My first call yesterday was to the dentist at opening; several back and forths later to provide more info. At 5:55p, I called back and was told "the dentist has been so busy today, I've not yet spoken to her regarding your appt.". Perplexed because the office mgr usually schedules appts and surprised to still not be given an appt, I waited until 12:30 p to call today.
Luckily, a dental asst answered the phone; I repeated the reasons for the call and was eager to be seen because while the antibiotics were helping, the pain has increased; the tooth has loosened from the gum. She said hold just a minute and the dentist herself came on the phone. Told me to incr. the antibiotic and prescription rinse and will see me in the morning at 8:45 a.m. So relieved and also touched that the dentist took her time to talk with me and get me in quickly. Said it might require a root canal but regardless, I'm happy to be soon receiving professional treatment. Besides, if required, the endodontist is very easy on an old gal's eyes as well. Off for a possible nap with an easier mind. Best to all.
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3 ReactionsGood to hear that you will get the dental help that you need. Sometimes it takes persistence to do that however glad you were successful.
Take care!
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1 ReactionGood luck! Glad you got to talk to the correct people!
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1 ReactionDidn’t make it for a walk this morning and now it’s too hot. Guess I’ll have to go up and down the stairs later. Right now, I’m just so sleepy. 😴. As for the dentist and us older folks. I’ll bet the dentist had to review all his policies on infection control. Somewhere in there it says to have people check with their doctor before getting dental work. The mouth is a very dirty place and it connects easily with the blood system which could be disastrous! Plus, we’re all on the new meds, which dentists don’t know, so.......... Give your dentist a break 🤗
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1 ReactionThank you, I just got off Tramadol today. Once I stopped it I found It wasn't helping anyway.
Well, then you are just as well off not taking it! Hoping you can stay relatively comfortable and continue strengthening and feeling better day by day!
@jude07, Thanks for your supportive response! The dental appointment went well and the crowned troublesome tooth was extracted. However it looked as though part of the root remained. Another appt next week to discuss my "choices"...not suggested but probably a dental surgeon in my future. A difficult extraction but because my excellent dentist prioritizes making the patient as comfortable and pain free as possible both during and after procedures, the printed after care instruction sheet was unneeded. With the exceptions of applying gauze she'd sent home and ice packs initially, there was no un-numbing discomfort, prolonged bleeding or swelling which often occurs. I count myself fortunate in the extreme to have her and to be rid of the pain.
@feisty76 My dentist sent me to an Oral surgeon to pull my tooth. I'm glad you had a good experience, but I still think she should have gotten you in sooner when you had an infected tooth. A root should not have remained and I would recommend you go to an Oral Surgeon to get it out. My last bad tooth I had extracted by an Oral Surgeon and since it was a big tooth had to cut it in half, but all of it came out. Yours might have been a smaller tooth. I had a great experience too, since the I knew the surgeon. He has done many of my implants. I know how painful it can be to have a bad tooth. We have bad teeth in our family. Even though we drank milk living on a farm. All of my family, dad, mom, and 2 sisters have false teeth. My oldest sister who is 80 her gums have receded where she has a hard time keeping them in plus eating is a problem.
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