Motivate Me.. !!

Hi Everyone,

this is my first post. I felt I needed to reply to LMA. Keep trying, exercise does work but, if you are like me it takes longer than I ever thought.

Its now just 2 years since I finished my surgery/chemo RT treatment. Like others I worked right thru, exercised, then started Arimidex in June 2013 (similar to Tamoxifen but used when patient is post menopausal) but about then I started to go backwards. By December I had to stop working due to pain and fatigue. My oncologist diagnosed significant neuropathy from the chemo. I havent worked since.

 I got myself an exercise physiologist and a psychologist, we've been working together ever since. I spent about a year doing strengthening exercises and stretches (due to my muscles tightening up all over) and trying to go for a walk every day. By December 2014 I could keep up with this program. I'm now much stronger and have started running twice a week along with the daily stretches and strength training.

I'm sure my EP and the work I've done has saved me from total misery as I didn't know where to turn when this happened! After I stopped work my days had no structure or purpose but I found the exercise routine got me up and moving and the stretches gave me pain relief. I felt some sense of achievement getting thru the program each day and I think this was really important to help me adjust to what had happened.

Now, mostly my pain is controlled and I manage fatigue, so long as I pace myself to my capacity and keep to a routine. I'm taking other medications for nerve pain and all say weight gain is common. I have been lucky as my weight has remained steady. I can honestly say its all getting better. 

Still not working, but have a goal to be able to run 5 km by December this year.