Training Log Archive: O Steve!In the 7 days ending Apr 14, 2008:
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Monday Apr 14, 2008 #
weight training 21:28 [1]
ahr:103
2 sets/medium weights/15 reps
Sunday Apr 13, 2008 #
Event: MNOC - Lake Maria State Park
Orienteering race 1:23:33 [4] ****
ahr:152
Kari and I tackled the Red course and managed a good placing in the field of 37 Red Course runners (a new record for participants on Red?) A few small bobbles, a couple conservative route choices cost us small amounts of time but steady running and solid navigation put us in 11th place of 37 or so....a solid result...
Thanks to Todd P for a fun romp through the slush with a handful of critical route choice decisions...
good to see everyone out...its been a tough week and Kari and I appreciate all the well wishes offered from out O/Adventure friends...
Thanks to Todd P for a fun romp through the slush with a handful of critical route choice decisions...
good to see everyone out...its been a tough week and Kari and I appreciate all the well wishes offered from out O/Adventure friends...
Saturday Apr 12, 2008 #
exercise bike 40:00 [2]
ahr:120
steady effort on recumbant exercise bike..
eliptical machine 55:05 [3]
ahr:139
steady effort...
Note
a note from my wife Kari...
About three weeks ago, I found two lumps - one under my arm and one near my breast. They just turned up over night and were quite large (large to me anyways) so I had them biopsied a few days later and the pathology reports came back that I have T-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. I received the phone call at work (calls from two nurses and my general doctor) all telling me that this was my diagnosis. They scheduled me for surgery, but then got a second set of tests back and determined that I needed to see an oncologist at the U (apparently what I have is rare - the location of it anyway, so they were not able to treat me at Southdale where I had initially been seen).
After what seemed like an eternity of waiting (over a week...it's a very long time for this kind of news let me tell ya), we finally met with the oncologist this Thursday and spent both Thursday and Friday at the U for testing, etc. He did give us a little hope in that he indicated he was not ready to give me a firm diagnosis of Lymphoma yet (although like I mentioned, two oncology nurses and my doctor already explained to me in great detail that this is what I have no if's and's or but's about it). Their words were that "meeting with the oncologist would not tell me "if" I had cancer, but rather what stage or grade I presented and if it had already spread to other organs, the blood, my brain, etc". Not very comforting to say the least, but the oncologist was much more reserved in making any judgments or final conclusions without getting more facts and that in itself at least took some of the pressure off....for now anyways.
As it stands, on paper it says I have this disease, but we are confused by the varying information we have received thus far. It will take a bit of time to get all of the necessary tests done and the results back to really know what we are dealing with and what kind of treatment I will need. It is likely that sometime next week or the week after I will have surgery to remove some of my lymph nodes so they can do a more extensive biopsy, and then, depending what is found we will proceed from there. So we are pretty much in limbo again for the moment.
I have had to take it easy the past few weeks as exercise is not recommend with the kind of tests I had to have done....nor is alcohol (just when you really need it too). We are trying to go about business as usual, but I have my moments of freak out when the mind wonders and the not knowing and waiting gets the best of me. Plus, I am a drama queen normally so that never helps either :).
Anyway, I have a lot going for me in that I am in pretty good shape, I am young (as long as you don't combine my and my husbands age :)), and I do not feel sick. We are still hoping for good news - or at least news that maybe I am in a fairly early stage and treatment does not have to be as extensive as normal. Best case scenario is that they tell me they mixed up my tests with one of the lab rats in the research center and I am healthy as can be! Keep you fingers crossed for lab rats scenario. In the meantime, we are doing good and just on watchful wait for further results. We'll keep you posted when we know more. Just wanted to let you know.
Kari
About three weeks ago, I found two lumps - one under my arm and one near my breast. They just turned up over night and were quite large (large to me anyways) so I had them biopsied a few days later and the pathology reports came back that I have T-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. I received the phone call at work (calls from two nurses and my general doctor) all telling me that this was my diagnosis. They scheduled me for surgery, but then got a second set of tests back and determined that I needed to see an oncologist at the U (apparently what I have is rare - the location of it anyway, so they were not able to treat me at Southdale where I had initially been seen).
After what seemed like an eternity of waiting (over a week...it's a very long time for this kind of news let me tell ya), we finally met with the oncologist this Thursday and spent both Thursday and Friday at the U for testing, etc. He did give us a little hope in that he indicated he was not ready to give me a firm diagnosis of Lymphoma yet (although like I mentioned, two oncology nurses and my doctor already explained to me in great detail that this is what I have no if's and's or but's about it). Their words were that "meeting with the oncologist would not tell me "if" I had cancer, but rather what stage or grade I presented and if it had already spread to other organs, the blood, my brain, etc". Not very comforting to say the least, but the oncologist was much more reserved in making any judgments or final conclusions without getting more facts and that in itself at least took some of the pressure off....for now anyways.
As it stands, on paper it says I have this disease, but we are confused by the varying information we have received thus far. It will take a bit of time to get all of the necessary tests done and the results back to really know what we are dealing with and what kind of treatment I will need. It is likely that sometime next week or the week after I will have surgery to remove some of my lymph nodes so they can do a more extensive biopsy, and then, depending what is found we will proceed from there. So we are pretty much in limbo again for the moment.
I have had to take it easy the past few weeks as exercise is not recommend with the kind of tests I had to have done....nor is alcohol (just when you really need it too). We are trying to go about business as usual, but I have my moments of freak out when the mind wonders and the not knowing and waiting gets the best of me. Plus, I am a drama queen normally so that never helps either :).
Anyway, I have a lot going for me in that I am in pretty good shape, I am young (as long as you don't combine my and my husbands age :)), and I do not feel sick. We are still hoping for good news - or at least news that maybe I am in a fairly early stage and treatment does not have to be as extensive as normal. Best case scenario is that they tell me they mixed up my tests with one of the lab rats in the research center and I am healthy as can be! Keep you fingers crossed for lab rats scenario. In the meantime, we are doing good and just on watchful wait for further results. We'll keep you posted when we know more. Just wanted to let you know.
Kari
Thursday Apr 10, 2008 #
weight training 36:18 [2]
ahr:114
3 sets/heavy weights/12 reps
Wednesday Apr 9, 2008 #
Mt Bike 46:18 [3]
ahr:138
on trails out and back on the Greenway....
Tuesday Apr 8, 2008 #
Mt Bike 31:27 [3]
ahr:134
hilly run in the neighborhoods with Kari....