Can I continue my training during Chemo?

I swim nearly every day at the moment. It is fantastic exercise for the whole body and is really helping with my arm and shoulder recovery (I had 8 lymph nodes removed as well as the mastectomy, back in May last year). You would need to be careful if swimming in a public pool with regards to your immune system during chemo. I had my chemo in winter so did not swim for exercise at that time, just walked. I agree with Robyn about attitude being important with how you handle chemo. I looked at what I could do to help myself and did everything I could. I learnt to ask the onc for medications to help with any side effects and to take these to help if needed. However, it does depend on your physical fitness to begin with and also a bit on luck. I was unlucky and got an infection during my fourth round of chemo and ended up very ill in hospital for 3 days. I never really recovered from this until after my 6th and final chemo. Up until then I walked for exercise and found this definitely helped with recovery each cycle. Very interesting reading your ideas about dreams. I had a dream before I started chemo in which I died. It sounds a bit morbid but it actually helped me to feel less afraid of having cancer. In the dream it was a very peaceful experience where all the stress just melted away and I simply went to 'sleep'. I woke up in tears but actually felt at peace with whatever might happen in the future. I felt like I had faced the worst case scenario and was not afraid of it. I think it has helped me to concentrate on the positives of my journey and feel ok about everything. I'm doing everything I can to stay well and enjoy life but if the worst happened then I would be able to deal with that too. I think getting through chemo is a matter of going with it rather than fighting against it. Eat what you feel like, rest when you need to and exercise gently when you can. Look after your mouth care (I used Biotene too) and take whatever medications you need to to counteract the side effects. Best of luck with your study and with chemo if you need to have it. Take care. Deanne xxx