New! Blogging about Jogging (and other things)
Blogging About Jogging is a new link on our website where patients can connect with one another and share their experiences. It’s about encouraging one another to keep on moving no matter what health challenges are thrown our way! Whether we walk, ride, stretch, dance, or swim; remember that after the chemo, after the transplant, after the pain and after the exhaustion, we WILL get back in the race again!
The Villianization of Exercise – or: Do What You Can, While You Can, So You Can Continue
Scenario – So you finally got your classmates/coworkers/friends to understand you have limitations. They finally stopped asking why you have a handicapped tag or why you have to take the elevator instead of steps. You breathe a sigh of relief…
The next day, you run into one of these newly-understanding people while out on a power walk. A week later, you use your handicapped tag when you both go to the mall…and suddenly your newly-understanding friend gets a smug look on their face and say something like “Last week you could walk 3 miles but today you can’t walk from the other side of the parking lot? Yeah, right. I wish my doctor would say I needed a tag for when I’m tired, too.” (more…)