Sweating

My it has been a long time since I last posted.

So why sweating?

Well, it's been a hot & sweaty summer (duh, it's Washington, DC).  But no matter how hot and sweaty, even when it's 95 degrees +, I still don't feel as bad as I did when I was trying to be outside last summer while on chemo @ 80 degrees.  So that is progress.

Have spent far too much time over the last few months sweating the small stuff.  I can't even recall the things that were driving me crazy last month, but I know they were.  I do wonder if being on the tamoxifen has put me into this semi-permanent state of PMS.  Need to try for more walking, yoga, meditation to help combat this problem.

Sweating upcoming procedures.  Both about the procedures themselves and the anxiety of recurrence of cancer (or new cancer) with every doctor visit.  Tomorrow have a pelvic ultrasound to check to see if I have developed uterine cancer as a result of the tamoxifen (one of the rare, but bad, side effects of that medication).  Soon I need to have my port out but am having angst over that; nonetheless, have scheduled it for mid-september.  Then, at the end of september need to have a mammogram.  Will be sweating waiting for the results of that.

And finally - sweating in a good way.  Have started back training with the Cancer-to-5K program (check out their webpage -- some unflattering pics of me; a quote from my race report).  My progress since starting the running program in March is huge.  As I wrote our Coach (Bob) recently, on March 21, I did running intervals of 1 minute, walking intervals of 2 minutes; did 1.7 miles in 29 minutes, with my running pace ranging from 12:50 to 14:32.  On August 20, I did running intervals of 6 minutes, walking 2.  My pace ranged from 12:02 to 12:28; did 2.4 miles in 32 minutes.  So, am pleased that this sweating is paying off.