Exercise enhances therapeutics effects of chemotherapy and decreases side effects
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4459555.htm and https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ffgAVrANmS4
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...I sorted through some of this info for my dose dense AC 4/Taxol 4.
Exercise before and immediately after the infusion helps - it increases white blood cell count.
Hence the study. Even if it is 20-30 minutes of walking or walking up a few flights of stairs.
I have to say the AC hit me hard, dropped my HB to 8 so it was more like a crawl upstairs but by golly as long as kept breathing I could crawl.
Other things to consider:
- fasting
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v4ame4E1rtE
I am not sugesting you try and fast 48 hours prior and 24 hours after ( if you attempt this you need medical supervision for side effects of ketosis) but - going plant based only, no sugar, lots of fluids for that peri-infusion time should not be too hard and stopping meals at 5-6 pm night before and skipping breakfast will give you a good 18 hour fast.
One small detail - I could never figure out why they served hot tea/soup at the infusion centre - you want a low sugar icy poles/iced drink - icing your mouth like cold caps should mean less mouth ulcers (no study, I just thought it was logical...)
Finally a word on Dexamethasone - given as a drug for nausea (for home ask for ondansetron ) and given in higher doses to protect from a reaction to Taxol ( Paclitaxel). It is a steroid - it has some immunosuppressive effects.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4839331/
There are others... so as much as possible all I read suggest staying on the lower dose of dexa or avoiding if possible. Worth asking your onc about it.
...I sorted through some of this info for my dose dense AC 4/Taxol 4.
Exercise before and immediately after the infusion helps - it increases white blood cell count.
Hence the study. Even if it is 20-30 minutes of walking or walking up a few flights of stairs.
I have to say the AC hit me hard, dropped my HB to 8 so it was more like a crawl upstairs but by golly as long as kept breathing I could crawl.
Other things to consider:
- fasting
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v4ame4E1rtE
I am not sugesting you try and fast 48 hours prior and 24 hours after ( if you attempt this you need medical supervision for side effects of ketosis) but - going plant based only, no sugar, lots of fluids for that peri-infusion time should not be too hard and stopping meals at 5-6 pm night before and skipping breakfast will give you a good 18 hour fast.
One small detail - I could never figure out why they served hot tea/soup at the infusion centre - you want a low sugar icy poles/iced drink - icing your mouth like cold caps should mean less mouth ulcers (no study, I just thought it was logical...)
Finally a word on Dexamethasone - given as a drug for nausea (for home ask for ondansetron ) and given in higher doses to protect from a reaction to Taxol ( Paclitaxel). It is a steroid - it has some immunosuppressive effects.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4839331/
There are others... so as much as possible all I read suggest staying on the lower dose of dexa or avoiding if possible. Worth asking your onc about it.