I'm afraid I'm not computer savy. I searched and searched for your new post under "56 and smarter" and couldn't find it.
I did however create a new thread under the same name. Maybe you can find it.
Go to COMMUNITY Look under SUPPORT GROUPS Then go to Forum "Getting Fit Over 50" You should then see topic "56 and smarter" HOPE YOU FIND IT!
If you tell me what to look under for your new thread, I'll look again to try and find it.
Serina
48ANDHOLDING 11/13/06 11:05 A
hi Serina, I like 56 and smarter....I just posted there. Becky
SERINA 11/10/06 11:37 P
Hi Becky, Sorry to hear about your shoulder & hip. Hope it gets better soon. You probably did over work yourself as the Chiropractor said.
Glad to hear your determined to get back on track. Keep your eye on the prize! 158 lbs. is not bad when you think about what you've lost. Be Proud! Everyday routine of things can get in the way of our goals sometimes. Your still 20 lbs. lighter than me. I'm the same weight I was when I went in for my operation last July.
I've had two Chemo's. The first one I had an allergic reaction to when they were giving me the drugs( I broke out in a red rash and I had trouble swallowing) and they had to stop and give me some pills and an antihistamine in the drip, then I was okay. The second Chemo they took all the precautions before giving me the drugs and I was fine. The side effects of the drugs are a pain though. The first 3 or 4 days I get a red rash on my face, neck and left breast, sore throat, headache, and upset stomach. The 4th & 5th day after Chemo puts me right in bed. By the following week its just an upset stomach (not vomiting, just nausea) and a bad metal taste in my mouth & throat. I get skin peeling off the inside of my mouth and throat. The third week I start feeling better, but its then time to go again. They give you pills to help with the nausea and to make you eat. I always want to eat or drink something to get the awful metal taste to go away. The first 3 days after Chemo I gain about 7 lbs. due to the drugs and saline solution I guess. I always lose the weight, then never gain or lose until I go again for Chemo. I don't see myself keeping to any kind of diet plan now until after Chemo is finished as now there is only certain foods I feel like eating. My sense of smell (which I didn't have before - couldn't even smell the scent of a rose) is now tenfold. I can't stand the smell of soap, fruit or gas fumes. I started losing my hair on the 13th day after my 1st Chemo and by the 18th day I was completely bald. I didn't bother to get a wig as I'm not working now, I'm home all the time. I just wear a light hat around the house and thicker ones for outside. It sure gets you thinking about our wonderful creator and the way he even gave us hair on top of our heads to keep us warm.
I have to take 3 more treatments of the three drugs they're giving me now, then 3 treatments of a different drug. After that I get a month off, then I start 5-1/2 weeks (28 treatments) of radiation. Then I have to take 6 months of a drug called "Herceptin". So it will be this time next year before I finish.
At some point I will get back to the Sparkpeople Plan. I'm counting on your success to keep me mindful of my goal. I know with your encouraging weight loss that I will know it's doable. I have to concentrate on getting better right now, so I am looking to you to do all the HARD work so I can see the results of what I can look like in the near future. You were doing all the right things before and you can do them again.
Keep me updated on how your doing.
Lots of love,
Serina
PS: WE MAY HAVE TO START A NEW MESSAGE BOARD. THIS ONE IS GETTING TOO LONG. HOW ABOUT THE TITLE: "56 AND SMARTER"?
48ANDHOLDING 11/8/06 2:22 P
Serina,
How are you? Me..just working too many hours, not exercising and eating poorly. Went to see a chiroprator today..did something to my left side of my body..shoulder hip...did a tree planting on sat am, then moved my daughter into an apt that afternoon and then reclaimed my house on sunday..woke up in pain on Monday..Chirpractor did an evaluation and said do you spend a lot of time in front of the compter..told her about my software conversion that I've been immersed in and she said that it had fouled up my nervous system. Interesting..she did a manipulation on me and immediately I felt better. Had been to her once 10 years ago.
Am again getting ready to start doing all the right things....let me know how you are..
Becky
PODDOOR 10/21/06 1:44 P
Hi all. I am new to this site but am not new to trying to get healthier and more fit.
Max Weight: 275 Current weight: 227 Exercise focus right now: Getting ready for the 60-mile Breast Cancer 3-Day November 3 in Phoenix.
I am looking for anyone who would like to start a Yahoo group that would allow just a few women to Email each otherfor support and encouragement.
I am 55, sort of newly single, work as a speech therapist is a nursing home, love to exercise, love to eat too much but am fighting that urge every day, am using this site, In2Nutrition, and am going to Weight Watchers. I like to try new things and feel happy about life most of the time.
Good luck to all of you out there!!
my Email is : ashideler2003@aol.com If you Email me, mention Sparkle
SERINA 9/25/06 10:36 P
Hi Becky, Sometimes we think bad things always happen to someone else, then we get a wake up call when it hits close to home. We really don't know what another day will bring. Life is a real journey where some things we can control and other things are out of our hands. I'm sorry to hear about your cousin's husband.
Glad you enjoyed your trip to Chicago. My husband just came back from Nashville, Tennesee. That was the trip I had really wanted to go on, but I didn't want to book it, then have to cancel because of chemo, so he went alone this time.
I had my port-a-cath put in on Sept.13th and now have one more test called a Muga Scan before starting chemo. I go back to the doctor on Oct.5th for the results of the Muga Scan, so I'm thinking I will probably be starting chemo around the middle of October.
When I had the port-a-cath put in I woke up the next morning with a swollen face, hard to open my eyes. I also had a itchy rash all over my body that is just now clearing up. I had a reaction to the anti-biotic they gave me. The port-a-cath in fine though. I hardly know it's there.
Well take care. Don't work too hard and stay healthy.
Serina
48ANDHOLDING 9/20/06 5:54 P
Hi Serina,
I was sorry to hear about your friend. It is a reminder of how fleeting our time on earth can really be. It's been on my mind this week..my cousin's husband committed suicide Monday...our age..although I hate to say suicide as he truly died as a result of an illness...depression. It came out of nowhere, he was a judge, a loving husband and father, a highly respected member of his community with an incredible number of friends who loved life and about a month ago began feeling "depressed". It was so unexpected and shocking.
Chicago was nice and we had a good convention and I of course came back with 4 pounds but at least I had already lost the Alaska pounds.
Hope all is going well with you,
Becky
SERINA 9/12/06 11:14 P
Hi Becky,
I do own a juicer and will probably use it during chemo, although I really have to watch the citric fruits I'm told as it interacts with the drugs. The doctor told me I can't take Vitamin C or Vitamin E while on Chemo and I've been taking Vitamin C since I was 18 years old. The Vitamin E, I take for a year or two, then come off it again for about 2 years. I had just started taking it again. I stopped taking all my vitamins just last Friday because I'm nervous now that they will interact with the Chemo, but I'm sure once I start Chemo I will gradually know what I can take and what I can't with the help of the doctor.
They are suppose to give me some kind of pill for the nausea, but I sure will keep the apple & ginger in mind.
You must be looking really good to have your mother say she thought you weighed 120. You will be there before you know it if you stick to the sparkpeople plan. I just started yesterday recording my calories, exercise and journaling again. I want to keep in routine now. This summer really thru me for a loop! I'm hoping the chemo won't get me off the road again, but I'll just have to be persistent and think positive.
Remember an article here on sparkpeople about how important it is to get the proper amount of sleep at night. It said our sleep habits play a key role in losing weight, just as much as eating right and exercising, so don't overdue it with work. If you don't have your health, you won't be able to work.
Good for you for passing up on the donuts. That would be a real test for me too. Glad you passed on temptation.
It's a good feeling to get back into a bathing suit. I bought one last fall when we took our trip to Florida. It probably was 10 years prior that I had been in one. It felt good! All things going well, maybe I will have to buy another one next summer along with some smaller clothes. My main thoughts now though are just to get thru chemo and be healthy again after its all over. I'm so thankful for the health I have. I just had a 50 year old friend die of bone cancer on Sept.7th. She suffered for 3 years with it, went into a coma and died 4 days later. She had 4 grown children (one still at home) and 2 grandchildren. Very sad.
Enjoy you convention in Chicago. Keep the balance, as I know you will.
Talk again later. Take care.
48ANDHOLDING 9/11/06 4:30 P
Hi Serina,
You are such a wonderful inspiration! I know the chemo will be rough, but I think by eating right and drinking water that you will defintely be helping your body by not adding any more stress. I think the cath is a good idea...I have several friends who had one and it was so much better than fighting to find a vein and the extra stress of that each time. Even during my mothers last hospital stay they wanted to run one just because old veins are so fragile and prone to "blowing out".
Do you like juicng fruits or veggies? I think I ahd read somewhere that apple and ginger helped with nausea.
I am eating righ tagain but dropped to 158 for one day only and was 160 again this am. I think my body just likes this weight! One of my problems is I havent started back exercising...am working 16 hour days for a special project..sat and sun also so not enough sleep and no exercise...so I think once I get thrugh with this October 7th I'll get back on track. We leave Weds for Chicago for a convention and will be facing lavish buffets..wine and dinners but have tried to change my attitude about that..I am one of those that says well as long as I've been bad I may as well be really bad...SO I am working on that. We had business assocaites in from London yesterady and they came for dinner.. I ate and drank and this morning really had to fight the donuts. But better sense prevailed and I walked away.
You are right about being young...every thing was easier then wasnt it?
We took my parents out to dinner Friday night and my mother aske dme "what do you weigh"...I still cant say it out loud! So I said what do you think? She said 120! I kissed her! So I may be stuck at 159-160 but 40 pounds is a huge imporvement and my family all think I look "little". For labor day had all 4 kids and 3 grandkids at the beach...wore a bathing suit and played in the water the whole time..
Keep in touch and I'll be thinking abot you this week... Becky
SERINA 9/11/06 1:59 P
Hi Becky,
Glad to hear you enjoyed your cruise. I know you will make up for the five pounds gained. You probably have already lost that & more. Your right about feeling the extra weight right away. We never want to go back to our old weight - NEVER! Sparkpeople is a great deterent when we enter our calories each day and a great reminder to drink our water. I have all the confidence that you will reach your goal by November 19th. You have accomplished so much already, especially when everyday distractions get in our way. When we were in our twenties, weight came off easy. Now we just have to work alittle harder, that's all.
I had my ultra sound, chest x-ray and bone scan done and they told me the cancer hasn't travelled anywhere else, so I'm happy about that.
This Wed. Sept.13th I'm having a port-a-cath put into the major artery going into my heart, so that they can put the chemicals directly into my bloodstream without having to find a vein each time. They said I have small veins and only one good arm they can use. Rather than have the veins collapse in my good arm they want to do this procedure. They want me to take chemotherapy every 3 weeks for 1 year and take radiation everyday for 5 weeks starting 6 months after my first chemo treatment. I have a feeling they will start the chemo on Thursday of this week, unless I have to complete another test first called a Muga Scan scheduled for Sept.28th. With this test they put radioactive material into your bloodstream and watch how your heart is pumping. The chemicals I'm taking are suppose to affect the heart. These are the chemicals. Your daughter being a nurse maybe will recognize some of them, I don't know. Anyway here they are: Epirubicin, Cyclophosphamide I.V., Docetaxel, Doxorubicin, 5-Fluorouracil Infusion, and Herceptin. They told me without the chemotherapy I have a 70% chance the cancer will return in 5 years. With the chemo it's a 40% chance.
Since my operation on July 5th, I haven't been on the sparkpeople site recording my calories and exercise. Summer activities, visitors, tests, etc. have gotten me into some bad habits again. School started back here on Sept.5th, so now I'm trying to get back exercising again and eating right without so many distractions. I was exercising for 2 hours per day five days per week before my operation. During the summer I didn't exercise at all. Now this past week I'm exercising 1 hour per day and that is a real effort. I have alot of work to do to get into my routine again. Now with the chemotheraphy starting I'm not sure what will happen again, but I haven't given up. My goal for this winter is to stay as healthy as I can by eating right and drinking my water. To do this, I know I have to get recording my calories and exercise on Sparkpeople. I need all the encouragement I can get from now on. Staying positive is a must.
Well that is my news for now. Hope I haven't bored you too much. Keep up the good work and reach your goal by November. I want to see the marker saying 130 by November 19th. You can do it.
48ANDHOLDING 9/5/06 4:10 P
Hi Serina,
How are you? Havent heard from you and was worried.
Becky
48ANDHOLDING 8/23/06 10:34 A
Hi Serina,
Back from the cruise and ALaska. It was wonderful.
How are things with you? Has your treatment started?
I came back 5 pounds heavier. I think it was the wine:) I went to the gym each am and walked on the treadmill for 15 minutes and even took one spinning class. I ate pretty healthily but three meals a day with mulitple courses at lunch and dinner add up. After 10 days of eating flour and sugar my cravings are back. I seem to be hungry all the time but I am trying to eat only good things. The scale was 2 pounds less this am...so probably only gained 2 or 3 pounds.
I could really feel this 5 ponds...which I am glad of. I think in the past unless I had pt on 50 pounds I couldnt tell. One day I'd be okay and the next day 50 pounds heavier. So the fact that I can feel the 5 pounds is a good sign. I think a lot of that is due to SP. Just having to enter my weight and what I put in my mouth is a good visual deterent.
Becky
SERINA 8/4/06 11:23 P
Hi Becky,
Have a great weekend at the beach. Sounds like fun. Doing alot of running around will get your exercise in. One cookie enjoyed with your grandchildren won't hurt as long as its just one. Enjoy the moment!
Talk to you soon.
48ANDHOLDING 8/2/06 9:33 P
Hi Serina,
I asked my daughter to get more details from her friends dad. She just remembers that he ate all raw foods.
We're off to the beach for the weekend and will have all 4 kids (grown) with us along with one spouse, 3 grandchildren, one girlfriend and her two children..so there will be 5 kids under 6! I'll either have the weight run off me or I'll be eating cookies with them:)
I'll talk to you next week before we leave for Alaska.
Becky
SERINA 8/2/06 3:13 P
Hi Becky,
Your doing so well with your weight loss. You've lost the first 30 now and well on your way to losing the next 30. I know by November you will be down to 130 and looking good. Your goal is not far off now.
I will look into that "macrobiotic eating". I haven't heard about that yet. It's good to find out all these things and be able to make choices concerning our bodies.
My tests are this Friday Aug.4th, so I'll probably know better next week as to when I will start chemotherapy after my appointment.
Enjoy your first trip to Canada. We'll talk after your trip. You can tell me all about it. Be careful travelling. My brother & sister in-law just came back from a month in Italy and the last day they spent there, they were pick-pocketed $500.00 and a Visa card & driving licence. Take care. Talk to you soon.
48ANDHOLDING 7/31/06 12:14 P
Hi Serina,
I am so sorry to hear about the test results. Hopefully all the other tests will be clear. I don't know much about macrobiotic eating but just recently my duaghter told me of a friend of hers father radically changed his eating habits to macrobiotic and his cancer disappeared..I'm always a little leary of those stories, but have heard them for years.
I think esp with chemotherapy the macrobiotic foods help. I will ask my daughter to ask her friend about her dad.
I'm one pound from Overweight....Its been my main goal...I know I'm fat but I think the BMI of "Obese" has just had me really annoyed. I may never be "Normal", but I'm just happy to be almost overweight!
Will they start your tests pretty soon? I'll keep you in my prayers...and I'll think of you when we dock in Victoria..my first trip to Canada:)
Hugs from Houston, Becky
SERINA 7/30/06 6:33 A
Hi Becky,
Your trip to San Diego was wonderful. I'm sure the next time you go your BMI will be better than normal. For sure you will reach your goal by November. Your husband has the right ideal, when he says, "He is watching what he doesn't eat". People are becoming more & more aware of what they are putting in their mouths, but it is a slow process. I think they should have a course for young children in school to make them aware of how their bodies react to different foods and how food can be your friend and not your enemy.
I want to get back into routine this week and start recording what I eat again. My arm is feeling much better now. Everything is getting itchy now in that area, but when I scratch it, the itch remains because it is still numb. It drives me crazy, "the itch you can't scratch!". This Monday past they told me that 1/2 the nodes they took under my arm and the 2 inch lump from my breast turned out to be cancer, so now this Friday August 4th I'm going in for a bone scan, ultra sound of my stomach and liver and a chest X-Ray. After that they want to do 6 months of Chemotherapy and then radiation. I'm just trying to build my body up right now the best I can.
Glad to hear all your tests came back fine. Now just move forward and get the outside of your body looking fine as well, so you can go back to California and blend in with all those hotties.
Well take care and have fun in Alaska. Let me know how that trip goes.
Talk to you soon.
48ANDHOLDING 7/27/06 5:01 P
Hi Serina,
Glad to hear you are feeling a bit better. We just got back last night from San Diego and boy am I relaxed! It was a convention at the 4 seasons Avaira..It was beautiful and we were on the same floor as the spa. So each day I walked down the hall, road the treadmill, hung out in the sauna and lounged around in the relaxation room...I had one spa treatment..the aloe wrap..I read her in SParkpeopel that if you hit a plateau have a body treatment..so I did! And I think it worked because despite eating and drinking every night..I was 166 this am! I had a chocolate martini, a lemondrop martini, a margarita and several glasses of wine...had fish, crab and mussels for my dinners and kept away from bread and potatoes and dessert. It was not that hard to do...YOu know what amazaes me now..is how many calories I am not eating...when I think of all the food I COULD have eaten it is staggering and surely explains why I reached 200 pounds. My husband is still watching what he eats or what he says watching what he doesnt eat.
I think a lot of people are beginning to realize that portions are just too big. We went out to eat with some business associates and the husband and wife split the salad and the entree. When we were in Las Vegas I ordered eggs Benedict..in the old days there would have been 1 egg on an English muffin..today both halfs of the muffin and two eggs.
Look at me try to pass the blame on to the food industry! But seriously the other day someone in the office ordered a Muffaletta sandwich and the total calories were 1080! And thats before the bag of chips and the coke.
And speaking of overeating..we leave on our first cruise Aug 10th..to Alaska...so I started digging thru the closet last night looking for winter clothes. Its kind of hard to pack for Alaska when its 100 degrees outside.
And if I werent motivated before... being in San Diego was a real eye opener..I dont think they allow body fat in San Diego....I dont think I can go back to California till my BMI is normal!
Oh when I got back I had a letter from the dr and all tests were fine including the mammogram so I am breathing a big sigh of relief...You are my inspiration on that..after waiting 12 years since my last one I was really nervous. So thank you again for sharing your story. I'm just going to remember every year around my birthday will be check up time.
Take good care of yourself!
Becky
SERINA 7/20/06 12:23 P
Hi Becky,
Another pound lost. I wish I could say the same. I've actually gained a little back, which is discouraging, but at the same time, just having the operation, I guess losing drastically wouldn't be good either. At least I know I'm recovering if my body can gain weight. I know it's because I'm not exercising the same. I really have to concentrate on the exercise. I'm still tiring very easily and find everyday things around the house challenging. I've had alot of company as well and have swayed from my regular eating habits, which I know is a big factor in gaining the weight. Thank goodness I have you as an anchor to get back on track.
I will look into that book. Right now I have alot of exercising to do to get my arm working in top condition again before starting the radiation.
What is it with guys driving fast. I often get my son to drive me to my grand daughter's soccer game and it's almost terrifying. I have to close my eyes at times. He's a good driver, but I like to go the speed limit.
Follow up on your doctor appointments. Talk to you soon.
48ANDHOLDING 7/17/06 12:31 P
Hi Serina,
Hope you had a good weekend. My son and I did have a good trip and you are so right about "pulling teeth" with boys:) I have 2 daughters and 2 sons...The girls talk about everything..the boys NOTHING! I had thought we'd have some car talk time but on the way up he slept and on the way back he drove so fast I annoyed him the whole time telling him to slow down!
The book is Ultrametabolism by Dr Mark Hyman. He has a website drhyman.com. I think you will really like the book. He talks about the food we eat "talking" to our cells and that the foods we eat today are just unrecognizable and our cells don't know what to with the junk. I'm actively eating his plan. Altho I didnt do the Step 1..I was alrady eating right by the time I read his book so I'm in Step 2 where you can eat dairy and other stuff that step 1 restricted.
I've not heard the results of my mammogram or pap smear. The dr left a message that there was a fibroid tumor found in my ultrasound but not to be concerned.
Keep getting stronger,
Becky
SERINA 7/13/06 11:11 A
Hi Becky,
I think the guy who wrote that book is right on. Even my doctor said that he has had eight women diagnosed with Breast Cancer since January/06 and he said he's wondering what is causing it. He mentioned the food or environment in our area. He said he has never seen so many diagnosed with cancer in such a short time frame.
What is the name of that book and who is the author. I would like to read it. Alot of good points were made.
Isn't it funny - the relationship between mother & son is so different than the relationship between mother & daughter. With daughters you can talk about anything, but sons are very evasive. To get any information at all, it is like pulling teeth. At least, that is the way I find it to be.
Hope you & your son have a good business trip. LUCKY YOU, where is your cruiseship headed in August?
My main focus for the rest of this year will be to get well. I'm feeling pretty good today. I'm not as tired. Hopefully everyday will improve.
Thanks for being such an encouragement to me. Seeing your continued success with weight is helping me to focus on my goal. It's so easy to get distracted when you have a setback like this. Everything is harder for me to do now and I tire out easy. Just keeping up with the housework is overwhelming. But I've accepted it and will do what I can.
Talk to you soon.
48ANDHOLDING 7/12/06 6:23 P
Hi Serina, Glad to know you are home and recovering. I've heard the pain is awful..when I was just 11 or 12 I had to have some oral surgery and they put me in a semi private hospital room with a woman who had a lump and lymph nodes removed. She was in horrible pain..I cant imagine why they paired us together...I think that is why I have such an aversion to going to the doctor today:)
Take it easy as you get your strength back. I just finished reading a new book from a guy I saw on our PBS channel.. Ultrametabolism.... It was interesting and he thinks the food we eat is killing us. This is what he says: "And when it comes to your wellbeing, there are changes you and your family can make to get healthier -- and stop feeding our culture of sickness:
* Eat real, whole foods.
* Eat organic and locally grown or produced foods when possible.
* Give up all processed and packaged foods.
* Give up sodas and sugared drinks. If you do, I can guarantee that Pepsi and Coca Cola will make healthier things for us to drink!
* Eat "slow food" -- meals that are made from scratch, not processed. With enough demand, we'll start to see more slow food restaurants.
* Don't buy foods you see on commercials.
* Don't buy foods with trans fats or high fructose corn syrup, with more than 5 ingredients, or with ingredients you don't recognize.
* Walk where you can instead of driving.
* Ask your doctor to help you correct the cause of your problems rather than prescribe another medication."
His book was interesting to me because that is pretty much what I have over these last 3 months...He says when you feed your body real food that it recognizes at a cellular level then your cells know what to do with it. When we feed it the processed stuff that our cells don't recognize that it creates our problems..fat, sickness, etc.
I dont know if its true, but I know it is working for me....I'm eating only real whole foods...vegetables, fuits, yogurt, cottage cheese, nuts, peanut butter, fish, eggs ..and I feel great. I'm striving for 8 hours of sleep and trying to exercise 3 days a week and move around more and relax more. No headaches, no stomach problems, no indigestion for 3 months and I've lost 32 pounds..effortlessly really. I just feel so good it makes me want to keep doing the same thing. In our office I sit at the lunch table and have no desire to eat what htey are stuffing in their mouths...my apple and Peanut Butter has become so much more appetizing..In fact two of my coworkers have started eating the apple and Peanut Butter for lunch sometimes too. One of the men said to me today that it left him satisfied all afternoon where when he ate the more traditional sandwich he was hungry in the afternoon.
I've just added flaxseed to my diet too. I grind it and sprinkle it on my cottage cheese.
Especially as you heal you may want to add lots of healthy fruit and veggies and stuff. I just chose what I loved.
The Italy/France game was great wasnt it! It was my first time to follow the World Cup.
Take it easy, take care of yourself...get lots of good rest!!!! You'll be catching up with me..esp after I take my cruise in August:) My son and I are leaving tonight for a two day business trip. We are purchasing some new software and there is a two day training session before they begin the custom portion of our product. I thought we'd share a room and it would be fun to talk....I asked him didnt he want to share and he looked at me like I was from outer space:) So much for mother/son bonding!
We'll be back Monday.
All the very best to you Serina, Becky
SERINA 7/12/06 12:55 P
Hi Becky,
It was nice to come online & see your message waiting. I'm so glad to hear you went for all your tests. I hope they all come back with good news. I also was pleased when I saw your weight down to 169. I'm feeling like I have alot of catching up to do since we started at the same weight in April.
I'm now weighing in at 176. When I went in for my operation last Wednesday I weighed 179. On Thursday afternoon I weighed myself again and weighed 187. (I thought to myself, "What is going on"?) It scared me. But then on the Friday I was 183 and have kept going down. I think it might have been the saline drip they had in me after the operation that made me gain the weight back.
Anyway the operation went fine. Wednesday & Thursday last week I had no pain after the operation. I got up and was walking around the hospital halls right away. But just before I came home on Thursday afternoon, I started getting alot of pain everywhere in my body except the sight of the operation where it was numb. Friday & Saturday I couldn't even dress myself. I was in tears, but on Sunday I woke up feeling fine again and watched the soccer game (France & Italy) with my children & grandchildren. My daughter barbecued and we all had a good time, especially because Italy won the game.
Monday, Tuesday and today I have been feeling really tired, but I'm determined that as soon as I'm finished writing to you I'm going to go and exercise. Maybe if I get back into routine, I will feel better. The nurse comes to my home everyday to change the dressing and hopefully today she will take out the drainage tube. From now on, it's just a matter of staying focused and pacing myself. (work, rest, work, rest) I go back on the 24th of July for the results. They will tell me then exactly how big the lump was and if it spread or was contained to the lymph nodes. They said they took the lump out and all the lymph nodes under my arm, so hopefully they got it all.
Thankyou for your prayers. I know it helped. Talk to you soon. I haven't been keeping track of anything on Sparkpeople since the operation. That's another thing I have to get back into routine with. Everything just takes so much effort now. Hopefully I will be back recording what I eat & my exercise soon. I miss doing it, but just haven't felt up to it. I've got to get busy if I'm going to keep up to you, so we can meet our goals together.
48ANDHOLDING 7/7/06 2:45 P
Hi Serina, Hope everything went well..I've been keeping you in my prayers. I didnt know how soon you'd be on line but wanted to let you know I was thinking about you.
I went yesterday and did ALL my tests...pap smear, mammogram, bone density, even had an ultrasond...which was bizarre not at all like the one I'd had 23 years ago...but a vaginal one. So thanks to you I have been to the dr and am just waiting to hear back.
Becky
SERINA 6/29/06 10:23 P
Hi Becky,
I didn't know exercise helped to lower cholesterol. That's good to know.
I read here on sparkpeople that sleep plays an important role. That's something I need to work on also. I had been averaging about 5 hours sleep per night and since reading the article have tried to go to bed earlier.
Our holiday here is July 1st which falls on a Saturday this year, so the workforce doesn't get the extra day as when it falls on a weekday. My husband works U.S. Dispatch though, so he doesn't have to work on your Holiday July 4th. I have relatives that live in Ohio and have spent the July 4th holiday with them a number of times. What a fun time. Parades, fireworks, barbecues, games. HAPPY 4TH OF JULY.
