New to the group

[Guest guest]

Hi all. I'm Jane. I'm 34. Mom of 2 boys ( 7 and 5) both of

whom I homeschool. I've had my tapes for about 2 years and I love

them.

I did the tapes 3-4 times/week for about 4-5 months and was really

pleased with the results and with the way I was feeling. For some

reason I fell off the wagon for awhile. I started getting back into

it, but then found a lump in my breast last August.

Surgery and chemo kept me from doing much of anything and I was told

not to expect to be able to do strenuous exercise, especially with my

left arm. I was getting ready to give my tapes away a few weeks ago,

but thought " what the heck " and tried one of the Basic Live tapes.

Needless to say, it kicked my butt, but was so much fun I tried again

a couple of days later. Last night I made it through one of the

Advanced Live tapes. I was so pumped up! I'd forgotten what a rush

tae-bo can be!

For a lot of reasons, some of them being the chemo drug/steroid roller

coaster, I am about 40 lbs overweight. I am in a size 16 and refuse

to stay here. I would also like to get back some energy so I can

better keep up with my boys. They are too much fun and I don't want

to miss out.

I checked again with my surgeon and she said go for it, but take it

easy. I'm " joining " the group because I know that I'll need some

encouragement in order to stay on the wagon.

Anyway - Thanks in advance. And pardon me, but I must preach for a

second here. Ladies, do your monthly breast self-exams! Forget the

article that says they're not important. Trust me. They are. If I

hadn't done mine, I might not be here now. If you're due for a yearly

mammogram, get it done. As much of a pain in the rear as surgery and

chemo and all is, if you have to do it, you want to do it when it can

work - in other words, the earlier the better.

I'm done preaching. :-)

See ya'll around.

Jane

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group. You are at the right place to ask question and or give

advice.

----- Forwarded Message ----

To: Stillsdisease

Sent: Mon, March 21, 2011 10:31:19 AM

Subject: New to the group

 

Hi all,

My name is Terri, I am new to the group. I am a Registered Nurse Practitioner,

I was diagnosed with Still's in Jan. 2010 and had worked until about 8 months

ago when I was diagnosed with systemic Still's also and had a few major

surgeries to remove organs that stopped working.

I have the greatest husband() in the world who has been so understanding

and deals with all my ups and downs, we were High School sweethearts and have

been married for 30 yrs in April. He is a Pediatrician but when the systemic

side of all this started he cut back his work schedule so he would be at home

more. We have one son who is 26yrs old and in medical school in Missouri

studying pediatrics and is married, but no grandchildren yet.

I am currently on MTX, Enbrel, Plaquenil, and Prednisone. Although the Enbrel is

not working as well as it once was, so my doc is looking into possibly getting

Actemra. Tried Kineret for a while and had terrible hives all over so he took me

off of it.

I hope to meet you all and learn what everyone else is experiencing with this

terrible disease.

Terri