Strength after chemo treatment
hi, I’ve only had one chemo treatment and generally doing ok but I am feeling less strong overall and my bones hurt. I am wondering if I will get back to my strength after chemo?
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I don't know how old you are @mman but from personal experience it was easier to maintain my strength during chemo when I was 43 than it was when I was 53.
I guess in some ways I'm fortunate in being a potato fed farm girl with considerable muscle mass to start with. I found the drugs made me tired and prone to muscle fatigue, but overall my strength has not diminished much more than should surprise me given my age.
I'm having more problem with my tendons, ligaments, joints and endurance. I ache. I probably would have anyway. But I can still pick a hay bale up with one hand and can comfortably carry a 25 kg bag of feed on each shoulder. Push a wheelbarrow full of concrete. Depends where you start from in the strength spectrum, I suppose.
Now is not the time to worry about that. Push yourself as far as is comfortable. Walk and stretch. Mxx
I guess in some ways I'm fortunate in being a potato fed farm girl with considerable muscle mass to start with. I found the drugs made me tired and prone to muscle fatigue, but overall my strength has not diminished much more than should surprise me given my age.
I'm having more problem with my tendons, ligaments, joints and endurance. I ache. I probably would have anyway. But I can still pick a hay bale up with one hand and can comfortably carry a 25 kg bag of feed on each shoulder. Push a wheelbarrow full of concrete. Depends where you start from in the strength spectrum, I suppose.
Now is not the time to worry about that. Push yourself as far as is comfortable. Walk and stretch. Mxx