Hi - this post is Admin approved (just need to be mindful of the community guidelines :smile: )I'm keen to get some recommendations please, of any Exercise Physiologists in Sydney (especially on the Eastern Suburbs or Lower North Shore and surrounds), that specialise in Breast Cancer peops like us! There are a few of them listed in the BCNA service directory - anyone used any of those and found them to be great? Anyone used others that are not listed and found them to be great? Has anyone been to Cancer Fit Australia in Greenwich? Thanks in advance!

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My son is a personal trainer and far from run of the mill. Unfortunately he lives on the other side of the world. It's very interesting to me that it takes a serious health issue to get people into exercise. I hope you can get fit Eastmum. Just as I hope everyone else on the forum can lose the weight they need to. Being fit is so important.

Hi @"Patti J" - I hear you! I am be-moaning the fact that I have let my fitness and healthy weight lag so far behind and I have absolutely no excuse - it's simply a case of 'I'll get to that tomorrow' combined with a sedentary job that has me sitting at a desk for hours on end - I take full ownership for my predicament. On the other hand, I'm celebrating the fact that I have an opportunity to do something about it. This Breast Cancer has given me a huge wake up call - and I think that's the case with the many people who get into exercise as a result of a serious issue. So rather than let this disease get the better of me, and bring me further down into 'un-fitness', within the parameters of what I am able to do during my treatment, I'm going to use it as a spring-board to do as much as I can to come out on the other end as a new and improved version of myself :wink: PS - definitely did not mean to suggest that all personal trainers are 'run of the mill' - a thousand apologies to anyone I've offended - a poor choice of words indeed. What I meant was, that I would particularly love to consult someone who has experience with people who are undergoing treatment for Breast Cancer, and all the baggage that comes along with that. xxxxx

I was doing 5km walks every day for 2 out of the 3 weeks on AC until the last one. Heart rate went up, head pounding, fatigue and breathlessness set in - I'm doing the rehab oncology exercise programme (completely monitored) but have not been able to start walking again which is frustrating

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Patti_J
Member
7 years ago
My son is a personal trainer and far from run of the mill. Unfortunately he lives on the other side of the world.
It's very interesting to me that it takes a serious health issue to get people into exercise.
I hope you can get fit Eastmum. Just as I hope everyone else on the forum can lose the weight they need to. Being fit is so important.
Sister
Member
7 years ago
Good idea @eastmum
Eastmum
Member
7 years ago
Hi @"Patti J" - I'm about to start Chemo and I'm totally unfit. I haven't done any real exercise for an incredibly long time. I want to do something positive throughout all of this treatment, try to lose some weight if that's possible and get exercising - so I'd love to get the advice of an exercise physiologist. I know that all I probably need to do is to start walking - cheap and cheerful! I would like to find out about working with weights though, and I've had a full node clearance on one side + a double mastectomy with expanders in also I'm insulin resistant and have an osteo-arthritic knee with lots of other areas of wear and tear. So I'd prefer to get advice from someone who's worked with Breast Cancer people before rather than just someone at the local gym or any run of the mill personal trainer.
Patti_J
Member
7 years ago
Why do you need an exercise physiologist Eastmum?

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