Hey Kari!
I finished chemo in December 2015. I was so ill 4.5 months that exercise wasnt an option i in fact had to learn to walk again. Since November I have also been seeing an Exercise Physiologist as part of my income protection, what an eye opener! Its been amazing!! I highly recommend it to anyone to start from this point with one. She does not work with anyone still in treatment as she said apart from maybe some light walking its a time of healing. Even now, we are still building and its been about stretching the entire body and strengthening my core. AMAZING!!! I too am on Arimidex though my Oncologist is trialling me off it for 6 weeks as my side effects are still severe. I wanted to say what you will find is the reason behind how sore you are is Chemo and Arimidex together, I know because I too have battled this for 14 months now and only making slow inroads. The MUSCLE SORENESS is in fact because they are fatigued, the other reason is because Chemo shrinks the sheath across the muscles! causing pain....this is also causing cramps all over my body especially throughout my back, so the stretching is key in helping this. It is a super slow process and I think we forget what our bodies have been through, that it takes a long time to heal. Im 49 and feel 79 LOL its CRAP!!! Hope that helps! She did STRESS the worst thing post treatment to do is PUSH yourself as we would normally do when we exercise because the muscles fatigue so quickly by pushing through it takes so much longer to recover, the trick she said is a little bit at a time and increase slowly. Hugs!!! slowly but surely you will get there Melinda xo
