I have cut back on alcohol, at most one drink a week and then sometimes can’t even be bothered with that. I have swum more since my diagnosis than in all of my life prior. I am not a swimmer at all, but have gradually worked up to a slow 500m. At the moment doing that daily (how insane for non athletic person like me) as visiting family in Arizona and in the hot weather, indoor swimming then dangling in the water up to my chin for 10 minutes afterwards to let things settle, together with Kinesio taping seems to help. I expect to go back to a few times a week once I get home. At the moment I can’t do anything that causes me to heat up without getting swelling in side of chest/armpit and breast, so trying to thread that needle of exercise but at just the right intensity/length. I had a pretty good diet from years of trying to manage migraines, but since the diagnosis I probably am less careful with my diet. I really really really need to reduce stress, but visiting family is setting that way back - hoping to get back on track when I return home.
