Chemo over, but just the beginning...
Last Friday I finished 5 months of chemo, 4 AC dose dense every two weeks then 12 weekly taxol. The last 3 weeks I only got out of bed with painkillers such was the burning in my muscles and bones. My...
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I so get it. I remember thinking I'd be ready to work 3 weeks after treatment finished. Bwahahaha. I really needed much longer...I think 7 weeks. Then I returned at 4 hours a day only and slept every day. Re-conditioning takes some time. First recovery from the worst effects of treatment. The rest is rebuilding all the loss muscle mass, the reduced heart pumping capacity and general fitness. Sleep is really important. A really well balanced diet is too. If you don't have the energy. ..and nobody helps...consider something like "light and easy" being delivered...plus addtional foods if you don't want weight loss. Well balanced and pre planned.
When ready consider tbe YWCA encore program or an exercise physiologist to help with recovery. I initially just started walking 10 minutes a day. Then twice a day. 15 months from chemo, 10 months since herceptin (with heart failure) and I'm still working at it. I'm working full time. Its just the exercise I'm still struggling with. But recover I will. I want my life back. It is, after all what we all fought for. Forever changed...but a life worth reclaiming. Kath x
When ready consider tbe YWCA encore program or an exercise physiologist to help with recovery. I initially just started walking 10 minutes a day. Then twice a day. 15 months from chemo, 10 months since herceptin (with heart failure) and I'm still working at it. I'm working full time. Its just the exercise I'm still struggling with. But recover I will. I want my life back. It is, after all what we all fought for. Forever changed...but a life worth reclaiming. Kath x