post op exercise question?
Hello all, I have a question, I have also emailed this off to my bc nurse, however they are busy and can not get back to me for a few days, so I thought I would ask here for a general idea, I was di...
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Hi @Maree72 ,
Sorry you are going through this. Certainly ask your surgeon and breast care nurse about exercise. I am a big advocate of exercise and I agree the benefits are enormous for helping mentally and physically during treatment and post treatment to help prevent cancer returning. I had a lumpectomy in may of 2020, followed by chemo and radium.
I walked everyday during my chemo and radium treatment. I waited about 2 or 3 weeks post surgery before walking but once my surgeon gave me the all clear I took to my walking track asap. My lumpectomy was a bigger surgery as i also had a breast reduction as well so my recovery took a little longer. Walking during chemo had some challenges some days as I was fatigued. I also saw an exercise physiologist and did exercises once a week via zoom as we were in lockdown alot in 2020.
I started water aerobics after my radium treatment finished and I had recovered from a couple of burn areas, basically about 3 weeks after my radium finished.
You mentioned surgery but are you having other treatment as those treatments may limit what you are able to do?
Wishing you the very best with your surgery and recovery.
Sorry you are going through this. Certainly ask your surgeon and breast care nurse about exercise. I am a big advocate of exercise and I agree the benefits are enormous for helping mentally and physically during treatment and post treatment to help prevent cancer returning. I had a lumpectomy in may of 2020, followed by chemo and radium.
I walked everyday during my chemo and radium treatment. I waited about 2 or 3 weeks post surgery before walking but once my surgeon gave me the all clear I took to my walking track asap. My lumpectomy was a bigger surgery as i also had a breast reduction as well so my recovery took a little longer. Walking during chemo had some challenges some days as I was fatigued. I also saw an exercise physiologist and did exercises once a week via zoom as we were in lockdown alot in 2020.
I started water aerobics after my radium treatment finished and I had recovered from a couple of burn areas, basically about 3 weeks after my radium finished.
You mentioned surgery but are you having other treatment as those treatments may limit what you are able to do?
Wishing you the very best with your surgery and recovery.