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Exercises
Dear Ladies
im wondering ... it has been already a year since my double mastectomy n reconstruction with implants ... n I will love to start boxing or lifting small weights ..... is it too much?
I don’t want to believe that since the reconstruction I can’t do much... or since I got diagnosed everything had to change. There is like a blank space in my mind for those 2 long years that I fought n now I wanna feel like before.:: too radical?
Any advice would b appreciate it
im wondering ... it has been already a year since my double mastectomy n reconstruction with implants ... n I will love to start boxing or lifting small weights ..... is it too much?
I don’t want to believe that since the reconstruction I can’t do much... or since I got diagnosed everything had to change. There is like a blank space in my mind for those 2 long years that I fought n now I wanna feel like before.:: too radical?
Any advice would b appreciate it
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- @Joannie Thank you. Feeling like an old lady right now...
- So this morning I finished filling out the long and minutely detailed pre-admission form for the hospital and popped it in the envelope.
Then I paid the anaesthetist and read the info she sent me. Amongst the advice was 30 minutes plus of moderate intensity exercise per day in the lead up to the operation would aid recovery.
Righto I thought, I'll take the dogs and myself for a walk, and post the form in a letterbox while I'm out.
I walked down the street, through the park, and on a rough bit of ground rolled my ankle and promptly fell over, grazing and cutting my arm & leg on the gravel. I lay on the ground, not a soul in sight, writhing in that particular rolled ankle agony, tangled in dogs and leads. FFS the last time I did this was eight years ago!
Amongst the many questions on the form were 'have you had any falls in the last six months' and 'do you have any broken skin or wounds'. I had happily ticked no...
You just wouldn't credit it eh?! I feel like I can't take a bloody trick at the moment. Exercise can be dangerous! Garrggh!! :# - @Claudia79
not sure what State you are from so here is a link with some ideas of where there are some structured programs for exercise
https://www.bcna.org.au/health-wellbeing/physical-wellbeing/exercise-and-staying-fit/exercise-programs/
Also in my kit from the breast care nurse was a DVD from BCNA called "Strengthen Your Recovery" a pilates programe following breast cancer surgery - it is mentioned in this link here
https://www.bcna.org.au/understanding-breast-cancer/treatment/surgery/staying-mobile-after-surgery/
Take care - Where do you do that programme @Joannie?
- Dear Ladies... u r inspiration for me. Not just ur advice but ur strength n determination in not let this beast to beat us. Love u even though I don’t know u personally
- After doing the Encore programme, just after my breast reconstruction, I started aquarobics classes, two times per week. I have now been doing these classes for 13 years. I have walked and run in the "City to Surf" numerous times. Up until the beginning of this year, even though I was having IV chemo for metastatic breast cancer, I was doing self defence classes, once per week.I had to stop these because they are high impact, and I was worried about bruising. I am now doing yoga at least three times per week. Plus I walk at least four times per week. I also garden. Don't let anything stop you from exercising. It is the best anti-depressant ever.
- I would second seeing an exercise physiologist or specialised physiotherapist as a starting point so that you build up gradually.
