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Fiona_BCNA
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8 years ago

Are you worried about weight gain during chemotherapy? (VIC based trial)

Weight gain is common in women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer and can lead to: -          a decrease in quality of life and self esteem -          the development of other conditions...
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EarthWalkerLish
Member
8 years ago
I found out that the YWCA group 'YWCA encore' do exercise and hydrotherapy for free for 8 weeks for all women who were being treated for breast cancer.  However they won't be starting up until October in my area I think, so I'm just doing my walking with the dogs until then.  I think the YWCA encore program is Australia wide too!
http://www.ywcaencore.org.au/