Cancer and Weight gain
I'm 4 weeks into my taxol treatment and felt fabulous at the beginning. I was so excited to finish AC chemo and have just a wee bit of energy and retained sone energy after 1st round of taxol.
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It is a long road of treatment, Kath! But getting the right advice, like you are doing, does help you to travel it in the best condition you can. Yay for you!
Like many of us, I put on a little weight in the second half of chemo (I had Docetaxel 3 weekly after FEC, but very similar I think to weekly taxol in its effects from the extra steriods and inability to exercise as much). BUT within 6 months of treatment ending I had lost not only that extra weight but a further 6 kgs.
With advice about nutrition and plenty of regular weight bearing exercise I have stayed that healthier weight ever since (3 years since diagnosis). I had always struggled to stay a healthy weight but now it is not a problem. I wish I had learnt what I know now a lot earlier in life!
It will get better soon. Hoping those last 8 treatments go quickly for you. You are doing so well and it will be ok in the long run because you are reaching out for help when you need it. We don't have to do this alone! :) Deanne