we al; can get back... If we can make it through all we went through during chemotherapy, radiation and the other hundreds of drugs, hospitalizations, surgeries, etc. we CAN get our stregnth back. Im living proof I have lost 32 pounds in three and a half months. My body is getting toned, I'm eating healthy and I feel so uch better. My balance still is off, but its so much better than it was.. I'm eating healthy... I work out and continue toward my goals because I CAN... anyone who has had cancer knows about laying in bed and NOT BEING ABLE to do the simpleist of things, ie laundry, mopping. There is nothing more depressing than that.... NOT BEINH ABLE> If you CAN do. I'm not making unrealistic goals Im just being persistent and it has paid off. I feel great, I look much better and I'm so much more happier.

Here's to good health! don't EVER GIVE UP FINISH STRONG!

that sounds so rough I felt the same way when I had my mascetomy and then landed in the hosital with staph and still had to undergo chemotherapy... it's like... "when is this EVER going to end??"" but it does... be encouraged, there wll be a time when you CAN get up and out and start exercising.. If you can take a slow walk I would recommend it. Just getting outside will make you feel better and elevate your mood.

I ganed so much weight when undergoing surgeries, radiations, staph infections, chemotherapy.... like sixty pounds. It sucks! but like I said there will come a day when you can get up and get going. You WILL feel good again. Don't give up, don't give in and remind yourself that there will be better days. This too shall pass; Now, you might be thinking if I hear another quaint catch phrase I'm gonna slap someone.. but all these things ARE true.

I wish I could take your brokenness away.. I can't. But I can encourage you. We are survivors and you will come out of this. It's gonna take time but you will be able to lose weigt and exercise again. Like I said if you can take a walk, go for it even if it's around your front yard or down to your mail box... it's in the small things we start. Look at your diet, if you eat two tablespoons of dressing on your salad cut it down to one. If you drink Whole Milk, by 2% or Skim. Begin cutting out things that you really don't notice too much and that just add fat to your diet. Purpose in your day, everyday or every other day, to make time for YOU. Take a liesurely walk, light the candles and take a long hot bath, go on a date night. Start in the small things to begin making yourself and your well being a priority again. Not just at the dr's office through yuchy meds with horrible side effects no, in a much more personal and comforting, positive direction You are in charge of your life. Yes you are.

Just for the record, I am now working out and trying to eat healthy. I have lost 29 pounds of the sixty I gained. There was a time when all I did was lay in bed and watch the dust float around in the sun shinging through my window. I was so depressed. I was overweight, I was bloated with water, I had no hair and I would have never thought I would get up again and there would be a better day. But that's a lie that goes through our minds when we are at our lowest. It's evil and causes us to slump further into brokeness. It's simply a lie


Today, is a new day. It is a better day. It is a new beginning. There are people here who will suppport you and encourage you. I am on. Do something for yourself today and begin to take charge again. You will feel better the minute you do it. THIS moment is NEW!

Praying for your good health; mental and physical.. w/ kindest regards, susan.