Thanks, Natalie. I completely agree. I miss the sun so much. And yes, I meant a winter home, or what I meant was a summer home as in a home where it's summer now.
For us, Florida would be much cheaper, but I'll look into your suggestion. I think my wife would like this idea. I haven't traveled for pleasure since all this started. I can tell you this much: the moment summer comes, or spring for that matter, I'll make sure to walk out and get exposure religiously too. The lanolin has done amazing things for me, but I'm clearly having digestive upset. I will soon be trying D3 from lichen and hope that will stick. I can see such a huge difference with 1000 IU a day of D3. It's like a miracle drug. Mood, energy, symptoms, you name it. Amazing!
I'm so glad to hear you've had improvement, and without even noticing it. It's nice, isn't it?
I hope you continue to have such improvement. I'm going to emphasize D and get it whenever I can. Your ray of hope is very welcome. I will have my numbers tested in the next month or two, to see where I'm at, and whether I've seen improvement.
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Yes, taking one, or a couple spaced out, short breaks down south during the height of a cold dark winter can make a big difference, physically and mentally. Perhaps consider a "winter home" since you probably have sun in summers.
One place to suggest for Vita D travel ... if you want something cost effective, hunt around for good airfare and stay in a health resort or use vrbo.com or airbnb.com to stay in the Puna area of the big island of Hawaii. This is a very affordable, downright cheap, area of the whole islands to stay. American's think of Hawaii of being just off the coast of California. The fact is that it is closer in latitude to Mexico City. Great, affordable place for Winter Vitamin D. Full of Minnesotans in winter.
As for PN improvement, at the time I had a couple of emotional meltdowns because I had some instances where I could see that my PN was much worse than I previous thought it was. However, later this year I have had some wonderful PN surprises, where my partner has looked at me and said "look you are (standing, walking, being in the cold, etc) much longer than a year ago ... you could never had done this a year ago". I have been considering writing a post titled "here's some evidence of hope for fellow chemo pn-ers", however, I don't want to jump the gun. I need to properly push myself and test out exactly what my limits are and if/how they have improved.
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