Exercise / Healthy Diet after BC
Hello all, I have been on the site more lately, you all help when things get you down. Just read Stop the Bullshit and it made me put this in writing. We all have been told (a lot) that studies show...
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I, like most of us without a known genetic cause, will never know what caused my breast cancer. Nothing will change the fact that I had it and now live with a risk of recurrence.
I love that saying, 'don't look back, you're not going that way!' Since finishing treatment I have slowly, step by step, done what I can to improve my general health. I feel better for this (but not completely symptom or pain free). I believe it has helped to reduce the impact of treatment and hormonal issues (my cancer was hormone positive). I know it reduces my risk of other diseases. It has helped me enormously on a mental health basis. It reduces my stress levels and has opened up a new way of living for me.
Will diet and exercise make any difference to my chance of recurrence? I don't know. But I do know it is givng me a better quality of life right now and that makes it worth it for me. I think doing whatever helps you to have the best life possible right now is worthwhile. Feeling guilty or trying to work out why I got cancer in the first place is not helpful at all.
I'm looking forward and enjoying what I have right now. The walk up hill is challenging but the view makes it all worthwhile. This was my start to the day today. I am grateful to be able to do it. I know that in a heartbeat it can all change, but that just helps me to appreciate being here now.
I love that saying, 'don't look back, you're not going that way!' Since finishing treatment I have slowly, step by step, done what I can to improve my general health. I feel better for this (but not completely symptom or pain free). I believe it has helped to reduce the impact of treatment and hormonal issues (my cancer was hormone positive). I know it reduces my risk of other diseases. It has helped me enormously on a mental health basis. It reduces my stress levels and has opened up a new way of living for me.
Will diet and exercise make any difference to my chance of recurrence? I don't know. But I do know it is givng me a better quality of life right now and that makes it worth it for me. I think doing whatever helps you to have the best life possible right now is worthwhile. Feeling guilty or trying to work out why I got cancer in the first place is not helpful at all.
I'm looking forward and enjoying what I have right now. The walk up hill is challenging but the view makes it all worthwhile. This was my start to the day today. I am grateful to be able to do it. I know that in a heartbeat it can all change, but that just helps me to appreciate being here now.