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Seeking stories about exercise 6+weeks after double mastectomy
Hi there, I'm 34 and had a double mastectomy/tissue expander reconstruction 6 weeks ago and successful re-excision 2 weeks ago (legion was super close to skin, so pathologist wanted to take some sk...
After 4 weeks I was back in tbe pool and mainly walking and tiny amounts of swimming. ..which was very much like the post op exercises. I continued this all through chemo and just avoided it day 10 to 13 duribg AC but no avoidance needed on Taxol. I never got sick. I went back to the gym from week 6...but my physio said leave off weights until after 10 weeks. I cannot see why you can't do bike riding if you feel up to it. If needing chemo it may be hard to keep it all up.. I know I did...but I did what I could when I could. Currently doing an encore program to improve my fitness again and doing more walking. They say most infections come from within. My biggest place of fear was the supermarket. But I just used handrub and all good. Enjoy. Kath x