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Gym -- October 2019 Recap

October 31, 2019

This is the first of my monthly updates. I had previously done weekly updates, but as I've made lifestyle changes (hopefully permanent), the updates were becoming almost the same every week. I've fallen into a routine -- I'm working out with Julie twice a week, I'm walking with friends after work twice a week, I'm walking a day or two on my own, and I'm taking yoga classes as I can. September 30 (Monday) -- I went to the gym after work today. 30 minutes on the recumbent bike followed by 30 minutes on the treadmill. October 1 (Tuesday) -- I walked for an hour after work today. October 2 (Wednesday) -- I spent the morning in the emergency room with my husband, who was having severe back pain. No exercising, unless you want to count walking through CVS twice to drop off/pick up his prescription, and grocery shopping for dinner ingredients. October 3 (Thursday) -- I'm not gonna lie, this was the first time the "I don't want to go

Introduction

As I start this blog in the last week of 2015, I am 50 years old. I am married and have two sons, ages 18 and 14. I was diagnosed on March 5, 2015, with breast cancer. Since then, I have kept a caringbridge page (link below). I initially created the caringbridge page to have a place to give medical updates to those who wanted them. I've decided to start a blog as an extension of that caringbridge page, because there is so much more I want to say! I will take some of those same entries and build on them here (so if you've been following me on caringbridge, some of these entries may seem familiar). I will post random thoughts (they seem to always happen in the middle of the night!). I will post funny things, and I will post serious things. Hopefully, I will post interesting things. :)

I hope that with this blog, my writing about my experiences will do a few things:

-- For you who are have cancer; it may help to know that you are not alone in what you're going through. It's hard. No two people's experiences are exactly the same. I hope that you will find something here that will be comforting, and/or answer a question or two you may have. At the very least, know that you are not alone.

-- For people with loved ones who have cancer; it may help you to understand, at least a little bit, of what your loved one is feeling, emotionally and physically.

Feedback is welcome. If there is a topic you would like addressed, please let me know. If you think I'm wrong about something, please let me know. Constructive criticism is welcome; nasty comments are not. This is my first ever attempt at writing a blog; there is so much I don't know about it -- any tips are welcome.

Disclaimer: All views and opinions in this blog are mine. I do not purport to give medical advice. This blog is simply a journal of my experiences with my cancer, my thoughts and opinions, nothing else.