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Exercise during chemo

Cancer: Managing Symptoms | Last Active: Feb 20 7:40am | Replies (142)

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@becsbuddy

@janlanderz Hello, and welcome to Connect. We’re not physicians here, but we can all try to share experiences and hopefully help you find answers. You’ve asked about exercise during chemo. I do know that chemo will make you tired, but that’s all the more reason to exercise. As an oncology nurse, one of the doctors we worked with had just done a study on the benefits of exercise for chemo patients. She then wrote a book but of course, I don’t know the name of it. 😑 I’ll have to look it up. Check with the oncology center where you get treated—they may have groups that exercise together. Get an OK from your doctor, but I’m sure it will be alright. Just start out slow and easy

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Thank You very much Becky for you input into the exercise regime. I am pretty healthy other than knowing I have the cancer in my body. I do go to a slow paced tai chi class on Wednesday's.. and don't like going to the gym anymore due to the chemo and maybe getting a bacterial infection from the gym... I do try and walk now and again, but I know when Winter comes... those walks will be far and few between. The cancer centre I am going to does not have exercise programs but will refer you basically to community services that do, somewhat, that's how I got into the tai chi...and apparently they will be starting yoga in September that I also plan to attend. I do attend the tai chi classes at a hospice centre. I am meeting with someone late August to maybe suggest that they have a room at the hospice centre, that a person could just go work out in... maybe a stationary bike or two and some other gym equipment... the people I will be seeing are from an agency called the Compassionate Care Community that work out of the hospice centre and that's what they are all about ... trying to help people where the help is needed. I was just able to get a support group for Cancer started at one of our public Libraries by opening my mouth at a meet and greet event that was held at our public library... the first meeting will be in September.. so I am hoping this little big mouth can get more going for the Cancer Community in my Community... I am finding the depression is the real culprit getting in the way of my exercising... along with a PVT blood clot I got approximately 3 months ago...