Hi Sisters I was diagnosed Friday 13 Jan. I am fit and healthy, 49 yrs (50 in a couple of weeks) run a full Gold Coast marathon 42.2 km in July 2016 with the lump in my armpit (in lymph node). Dr said lump was due to shaving and examined my breasts before and after marathon. Finally got around to mammogram before Christmas but felt so sure about lump due to shaving. So far nothing has showed up in neither breasts through mammogram nor ultrasound (but am waiting on MRI results), did bonescan and CT scan last week. It is so surreal and there is no family history whatsover and I eat well, exercise regularly so it has come as a complete shock. I feel I will be fine just need to fix it. Next time I read another article saying that exercise, maintaining healthy weight, and eating healthy prevents cancer I will laugh (or maybe not). Later today I am supposedly getting a treatment plan, surgery this week or next who knows? Don't even know type of cancer yet.

@Monicasfootsteps well done on your GC Marathon, I am registered for this year... :)Maybe all we do doesnt prevent cancer but I tell myself, if I didn't eat healthily, keep active, try to live right - what kind of extr&a trouble would I be in??? It might have been far more aggressive....Its all about the silver lining :)

Hi Monicasfootsteps, yes I was shocked too being so healthy, running & gym, minimal alcohol but your fitness will put you in a good position for treatment & recovery. I have had 4 AC & 7 of 12 Taxol treatments so nearly there. I have had minimal side affects & worked & exercised all way through. Good luck with your treatment plan!

thanks @Cate64 I think you are right, and somewhere i believe my body decided to just placed it and encapsulated it in the lymph node so i would find it. Perhaps I will be able to go GCAM 2017 after all, not so sure about the full on training for a full marathon again though.

@Monicasfootsteps being so healthy going into treatment will help you cope with it better. I managed to keep parkrunning each Saturday thru treatment & also to work full time. I firmly believe it is because I was as healthy as I could be when starting Chemo. PLUS, I am one stubborn, stubborn piece of work, telling me I cant or wont be able to do something does not compute with me...Maybe we can run alongside each out at GCAM17 in one of the shorter legs... 5.7km or 10km... We are tough women... I am XENA Warroir Princess!!!

Hi @Monicasfootsteps this is my first post, I was diagnosed in October and its been a whirlwind. All I can say is stay strong and take on any advice you can onboard then do what feels right for you.

Shock but believe I will be okay

Cate64
Member
9 years ago
@Monicasfootsteps well done on your GC Marathon, I am registered for this year... :)

Maybe all we do doesnt prevent cancer but I tell myself, if I didn't eat healthily, keep active, try to live right - what kind of extr&a trouble would I be in??? It might have been far more aggressive....

Its all about the silver lining :)
Glemmis
Member
9 years ago
Hi Monicasfootsteps, yes I was shocked too being so healthy, running & gym, minimal alcohol but your fitness will put you in a good position for treatment & recovery. I have had 4 AC & 7 of 12 Taxol treatments so nearly there. I have had minimal side affects & worked & exercised all way through. Good luck with your treatment plan!
Monicasfootstep
Member
9 years ago
thanks @Cate64 I think you are right, and somewhere i believe my body decided to just placed it and encapsulated it in the lymph node so i would find it. Perhaps I will be able to go GCAM 2017 after all, not so sure about the full on training for a full marathon again though.
Cate64
Member
9 years ago
@Monicasfootsteps being so healthy going into treatment will help you cope with it better. I managed to keep parkrunning each Saturday thru treatment & also to work full time. I firmly believe it is because I was as healthy as I could be when starting Chemo. PLUS, I am one stubborn, stubborn piece of work, telling me I cant or wont be able to do something does not compute with me...

Maybe we can run alongside each out at GCAM17 in one of the shorter legs... 5.7km or 10km... We are tough women...

I am XENA Warroir Princess!!!
alih
Member
9 years ago
Hi @Monicasfootsteps this is my first post, I was diagnosed in October and its been a whirlwind. All I can say is stay strong and take on any advice you can onboard then do what feels right for you.
Monicasfootstep
Member
9 years ago
Thanks @Glemmis what does 4 AC mean? I am sure i will learn all the new acronyms soon.
definitely all the #BCNA running events are on my list now, and am definitely thinking GCAM2017 again thanks to @Cate64
Cate64
Member
9 years ago
@Monicasfootsteps AC Chemo is what I had but I have 6 cycle. I was lucky & suffered little from it. Hair loss is all & actually having no hair made my life easy, I got up each morning & put my hair on & went to work, there was not wasting 30 mins of my day washing, drying & styling it :) Bonus!!!
Mira
Member
9 years ago
HI Monicafootsteps, add me to the list of people who ate healthy and kept fit and still got cancer. Being fit and healthy did mean that I found it earlier and made treatment easier so I am thankful that I was. Good luck with it all :)
melclarity
Member
9 years ago
@Monicasfootsteps Uuuugh goodness!!! It really is crazy isn't it??? and yes it doesn't discriminate no matter how fit and healthy you are or family history. 95% of BC is random. Its like any health issue, they recommend eating healthy and exercise, it all makes sense and yes you certainly feel better, now that Im finally moving, it does feel good, after being so very ill from treatment. Its that crazy that a rehab course I did, the Dietician stood there and said that all the studies that come out about different foods that cause it are actually all minority studies. I was floored! Ive had it twice in 4yrs always been very healthy and luckily caught early both times but only because Ive been in the system for 10yrs All the best, let us know how you go! Hugs Melinda xo
socoda
Member
9 years ago
Hi @Monicasfootsteps, just wishing you all the best for your results and ensuing surgery and treatment plan. Let us know how you get on. Xx Cath