Hi, everyone! Surgery went fine, and I'm back home recovering. I hope to get out and start walking a couple times a day tomorrow. I did have at least one lymph node that had cancer so it looks like I'm headed for chemo. Oh well, hair is overrated.Thank you all for your good wishes and caring encouragement! It means SO much! I'm a **RUNNER** and this stupid disease will NOT beat me!!!
Glad to hear you are at home Patti. Your attitude is awesome for what you are going through. Once a RUNNER, always a RUNNER and you will kick @$$.
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) and I tried some new techniques. I had read this in ChiRunning and in an Active dot com article the other day - instead of pushing off with your toes / calves, try lifting your legs much like you do when you are walking in place. Not only does it put less stress on your shins, it helps you have more of a mid-foot strike as opposed to heel or toe. When you first do it, you feel like you are prancing a bit, but I promise you don't look odd! The ChiRunning book says to pretend you have metal rods coming out of your ankles and you have to lift your feet over them to avoid tripping. It's a great visual that worked for me. I felt great! Now, since this is new to me, by mile 8 the inner thighs were DEF making their discomfort known and by 10 they were barking at me. If I'm going to keep this up, I'm going to have to do quad / glute exercises on my off-running days. When I got done, I would have sworn the temp was at least up to 50. I checked my phone and it was only 36!
