https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a29412199/exercise-prevents-heart-damage-during-chemotherapy/
OK, for those of you who remember me exercise was always a topic close to my heart.
Talking of which I thought this article summed up the reasons, or at least some of them, that I run and did a lot more so since I got cancer.
I know that not everyone can do it but I found the worse I felt on chemo the better I did after I exercised.
I hope it can make some of those undergoing chemo consider things.
I was at my worst on rounds 7-8 of FOLFOX. I stopped exercising, I lost a lot of fluids, I ended up in the ER with a drip, and then after that I got back into exercising again (slowly) and I felt better the more I exercised.
I'm still here, exercising almost 7 years after stage IV diagnosis.
Exercise
Re: Exercise
Hey kiwi I FEEL your vibe buddy
when I was instructing martial arts (karate) AND training myself, AND learning a new system of Taiji/Qigong
I would get into a zone which I can only describe as " zoned in "
ALL the benefits of physical exercise AND the benefits of the inner body/mind/spirit wellness
can ONLY be a GOOD thing for all of us.
In my many ramblings here I believe I have described the benefit I received from many years of training.
I OWE MY LIFE to the body/mind/spirit connection of who I AM, because of my training
AND how I could take it to ...
TAKE IT TO ..... defeating cancer !
The science and the chemistry killed the cancer inside the patient
The patient INSIDE the cancer ... KILLED THE CANCER
WORD !
Whatever we can bring to the battle ....
That is who we are
and THAT defines us
Peace Love and Harmony
to ALL on the Journey
CRguy
when I was instructing martial arts (karate) AND training myself, AND learning a new system of Taiji/Qigong
I would get into a zone which I can only describe as " zoned in "
ALL the benefits of physical exercise AND the benefits of the inner body/mind/spirit wellness
can ONLY be a GOOD thing for all of us.
In my many ramblings here I believe I have described the benefit I received from many years of training.
I OWE MY LIFE to the body/mind/spirit connection of who I AM, because of my training
AND how I could take it to ...
TAKE IT TO ..... defeating cancer !
The science and the chemistry killed the cancer inside the patient
The patient INSIDE the cancer ... KILLED THE CANCER
WORD !
Whatever we can bring to the battle ....
That is who we are
and THAT defines us
Peace Love and Harmony
to ALL on the Journey
CRguy
Caregiver x 4
Stage IV A rectal cancer/lung met
17 Year survivor
my life is an ongoing totally randomized UNcontrolled experiment with N=1 !
Review of my Journey so far
Stage IV A rectal cancer/lung met
17 Year survivor
my life is an ongoing totally randomized UNcontrolled experiment with N=1 !
Review of my Journey so far
Re: Exercise
I got home last night and DH, who'd just had his chemo infusion late morning, was spinning on his home trainer with the chemo pump hanging off the handlebars 
Exercising has been a huge help to him, both physically and mentally; just like you, he says that he feels better afterwards, even if it's sometimes really hard to get motivated to start (when he feels like crap and just laying in bed).
I know an oncologist in France who started his own "exercise club" for his cancer patients, after noticing over and over how much better people who exercised fared, both in terms of well-being during treatment and in terms of treatment efficacy.
Yay endorphins!
Exercising has been a huge help to him, both physically and mentally; just like you, he says that he feels better afterwards, even if it's sometimes really hard to get motivated to start (when he feels like crap and just laying in bed).
I know an oncologist in France who started his own "exercise club" for his cancer patients, after noticing over and over how much better people who exercised fared, both in terms of well-being during treatment and in terms of treatment efficacy.
Yay endorphins!
Wife of Dx 04/18 (51 yo). MSS, KRAS G12A, no primary
Tumors: L4 04/18; left adrenal gland & small lung nodules 03/19
rectum 02/22 (pT3 pN0 stage 2A); L3 09/22
Surgeries: intestinal resect. 05/18 (no cancer - Crohn's); adrenalectomy 02/20
L3-L4-L5 fusion and corpectomy 05/20; LAR 04/22; ileo reversal 09/22
L2-L3 fusion and corpectomy 09/22
Treatments: EBRT 04/18; SBRT 02/19; Failed adjuvant Xelox ; Folfiri/Avastin 03/19 - 01/20
adjuvant chemorad (Xeloda) 06/22; SBRT 11/22; Xeloda/Avastin since 01/24
Tumors: L4 04/18; left adrenal gland & small lung nodules 03/19
rectum 02/22 (pT3 pN0 stage 2A); L3 09/22
Surgeries: intestinal resect. 05/18 (no cancer - Crohn's); adrenalectomy 02/20
L3-L4-L5 fusion and corpectomy 05/20; LAR 04/22; ileo reversal 09/22
L2-L3 fusion and corpectomy 09/22
Treatments: EBRT 04/18; SBRT 02/19; Failed adjuvant Xelox ; Folfiri/Avastin 03/19 - 01/20
adjuvant chemorad (Xeloda) 06/22; SBRT 11/22; Xeloda/Avastin since 01/24
Re: Exercise
It definitely helps both mentally and physically.
Yoga and running are part of my exercise regimen.
Yoga and running are part of my exercise regimen.
46yo M msi-high Lynch +ve
5/16 lap AR 14/21 L nodes +ve
T4N2M1
7/16 Capox 9 cyc
9/16 cea 2
1/17 550
PET CT mets in lung & peri
iri+ avast fail
3/17 10577
4/17 regro fail
5/17 cea 28800
5/17 CT inc in size of mes nodes ,onset of multi nodules in liver
6/17 Opdivo start
7/17 26754
8/17 5623
9/17 497
10/17 52
CT all clear exc a nodule in Lung. liver norm
1/18 3.6
Aspirin start
6/18 1.5 CT clear
12/18 1.1 NED
1/20 NED Opdivo stop
8/23 1.0 All ok
5/16 lap AR 14/21 L nodes +ve
T4N2M1
7/16 Capox 9 cyc
9/16 cea 2
1/17 550
PET CT mets in lung & peri
iri+ avast fail
3/17 10577
4/17 regro fail
5/17 cea 28800
5/17 CT inc in size of mes nodes ,onset of multi nodules in liver
6/17 Opdivo start
7/17 26754
8/17 5623
9/17 497
10/17 52
CT all clear exc a nodule in Lung. liver norm
1/18 3.6
Aspirin start
6/18 1.5 CT clear
12/18 1.1 NED
1/20 NED Opdivo stop
8/23 1.0 All ok
Re: Exercise
My husband recovered faster from surgery and tolerated chemo very well because he exercised the whole time.
He never skipped more than 2 days. He kept telling me I feel like s*hit but I know if I don't go to the gym I'll feel even worse andddd sure thing he would come back from his training and be a whole different person. I am 100% sure exercise made his journey a lot more "bearable".
He never skipped more than 2 days. He kept telling me I feel like s*hit but I know if I don't go to the gym I'll feel even worse andddd sure thing he would come back from his training and be a whole different person. I am 100% sure exercise made his journey a lot more "bearable".
21/12/2018 DH 28 diag. Rectal cancer
T2N1M0 - Stage IIIA
6 weeks of Chemorad Jan-March 2019
APR surgery June 2019
Permanent colostomy
Path report : tumor completely gone but 1 lymph node out of 8 tested positive
6 rounds of Mop up XELOX August 2019
NED December 2019
T2N1M0 - Stage IIIA
6 weeks of Chemorad Jan-March 2019
APR surgery June 2019
Permanent colostomy
Path report : tumor completely gone but 1 lymph node out of 8 tested positive
6 rounds of Mop up XELOX August 2019
NED December 2019
Re: Exercise
Nice! My (sedentary) friends thought that I was nuts for hitting the gym during chemo but it was a great stress reliever for me.
I'm just a dude who still can't believe he had a resection and went through chemo (currently 13 years NED). Is this real life?
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