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Exercise and Cancer
unsure if this has been posted before but here is a link for a doco on catalyst on the ABC.
Before I started teaching, I was an exercise physiologist. This study is very very interesting and promising. I know it is hard for people to exercise throughout chemo but here is a doco on the benefits.
As I know about the benefits of exercise and cancer from previous study I have continued to exercise: walking 3 times a week, yoga once or twice as well as started back doing gym work. I feel it has helped with my side effects. And received an amazing compliment from a doctor the other day that has never met me before (I don't know whether to say it or not as well I don't want to jinx myself haha).
here it is: Watching Catalyst Series 17 Ep 14 Exercise And Cancer in iview![]()
Before I started teaching, I was an exercise physiologist. This study is very very interesting and promising. I know it is hard for people to exercise throughout chemo but here is a doco on the benefits.
As I know about the benefits of exercise and cancer from previous study I have continued to exercise: walking 3 times a week, yoga once or twice as well as started back doing gym work. I feel it has helped with my side effects. And received an amazing compliment from a doctor the other day that has never met me before (I don't know whether to say it or not as well I don't want to jinx myself haha).
here it is: Watching Catalyst Series 17 Ep 14 Exercise And Cancer in iview
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- I missed that video on targeted exercise as cancer medicine last year. Thanks @Gen_ for posting. It is very encouraging; not off-putting. Seven years after cancer diagnosis; exercise is very much part of my life.
- Well done on finding that @Gen_ - I reckon it should be 'stickied' & included with the other 'what to do' tips!
Well done @GorgyS
@Mez_BCNA .... what do you reckon? Worth pinning?
- As 'ordered' by my oncologist, I have started targeted exercise for 12 weeks, three times per week. This is quite a progress for someone who never went to the gym before, and I love it! I plan to continue beyond 12 weeks as I will be on hormone blockers, which may cause additional side effects. Hopefully, these can be managed with exercise. In comparison with the treatment, this is so relaxing and normal. :)
- The program is no longer on iView but it is here https://youtu.be/ffgAVrANmS4 how amazing!
- @ccasper I have sent you a PM.
- Love it @Deanne
@"Michelle R" I know you are 5 years past cancer, can I ask how active you were during and after your treatment? - I hope that more and more oncologists will view exercise as another MEDICINE that they can prescribe to help improve outcomes for cancer patients. For me, I love that it is the only part of my treatment that has NO negative side effects. Now it is, hopefully, helping me to build bone lost through my on-going anti-hormone therapy.
Bottom line - it improves my quality of life! :) - Thanks for the link ccasper - it really inspires you to keep going. I find that on the days I don't exercise I feel very blah and flat. After a 35 min blast on the treadmill my mood completely changes and I feel 'up' again. The thought that it is killing any malignant cells at the same time will certainly help! Michelle x
- I agree about the exercise. I know some days you can't manage to get out of bed for more than about 5 minutes (luckily I've only had one of those days) but I actually think you feel worse if you stay in bed all day. I went to a pilates class this morning which I hadn't done in ages and felt so good afterwards. It has inspired me to commit to more fitness classes through my chemo.
