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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? And 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
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!
Sounds good to me, but I’ll have to bring Bertha along she’s my best buddy, my walker.
@wow @macto ! Maybe you’ll have to lead the group! Welcome and we’re glad you’re joining us.
What a group! We have 7 new members plus Bertha,
@beachbum @macto @meka @londonritt @sputnik904
@gehmom @blmd5861
Welcome to everyone!
WOW! Cancer survivors rock!! 🥳
Becky,
I AM IN! Looking forward to joining the group, should be fun as well as rewarding in better health..
I am also a weight watchers life time member since 1964, 6 pounds from goal tonight at weigh in, great program!
KOKO
Mactoo
@macto congratulations on you bike success. I’ve been riding my recumbent bike too, my orthopedic surgeon is a huge fan, but I think it is exacerbating my hip bursitis so I haven’t done it for a few days and I miss it. I use that time to watch TV shows that I’ve recorded. My husband pretty much resides over the TV and watching in separate rooms is not great so I record the shows he won’t watch
JK
JK, Thanks for your reply. We were bike riding three days, rest day, ride two days, rest day and were really tired after three days riding so we are now riding two days and rest a day, two days rest a day which makes it much more tolerable. I also have bursitis and understand your hurting. We had to gradually get into riding 30 minutes a day. We ride 15 minutes twice a day as we can't ride 30 minutes at one time.
KOKO ( keep on keeping on) 😃
Mactoo
I have a feeling Bertha is going to do very very well 😊
i would like to join the group : ) fought tongue cancer 2x been cancer free for 5 1/2 years still go through side effects from treatments need support and encouragement to start exercising again.
I definitely think you’ve come to the right place…everyone seems very supportive …I feel like we are all in this together and we will have each other’s backs.
You have already shown how strong you are to have gone through cancer x2 …you are going to do just great 👍
@nanab1219 – I agree with @veganmom, you've already been through some terrible times and are here to tell us about it. I also have had cancer multiple times, 4 to be exact of lung cancer since 1997. I am missing two lobes of my lungs plus damaged tissue from radiation and chemo. Let's show everyone, that if we can do this, and go as far as we can, then we'd love it if everyone would join us!
Oh Bertha is rearing to go its me who's holding back. I have a very bad case of steroid induced myopathy and am unable to navigate without Bertha. We have a lot of ice and snow this year so getting out doors is difficult but Bertha and I shall loops around the middle of the house for our contribution and I shall go to the pool for water exercise twice a week. If I find I am gaining strength I may try the gym. I was going to the gym when I was cruelly cut down but the way I look at it the only way is up. I bench pressed 100 pounds on my 70th birthday, so if I join this group maybe I shall be able to do something of likeness on my 81st coming next.