Hi all. I’m.interrsted to know what people are doing to get back into exercise after finishing treatment. Do you find this harder than before?
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I’d be interested in that too. I’m still recovering from radiotherapy and don’t want to do anyhting that involves jiggling until I feel comfortable again in a proper bra. So far I have been sticking to walking - both short walks around the local area and longer hillwalks, but I don’t feel that it burns all that much energy, and I’ve been putting on weight pretty steadily since I started chemo in February. Being outside in the fresh air has been good. Thinking about starting a Pilates class to tighten up all the flab.
Hi, I was a fit gym bunny before diagnosis, doing regular combat, weights, swimming, yoga etc.
I returned to yoga 3 weeks after my mastectomy with implant reconstruction (basically as soon as I could drive) and continued yoga 5 times a week though out chemo. I had a break during rads as couldn’t fit it in.
I think it really helped me to fee normal and grounded, a sense of purpose, routine etc and my surgeon was amazed by my range of movement.
I think much depends on what you did before and your recovery - I couldn’t swim because the wound was very slow to heal.
Got a dog as I was made redundant so had time on my hands and that’s a great distraction and excuse for exercise. X
Hi all thanks for your comments. About a month after surgery (mx and anc) I went back to horse riding and archery. Surgery was Feb and in June I completed a 10k run, on 1st September I’m climbing Ben Nevis and in April next year I’m doing a half marathon.
Today I’m doing a horse back archery course. I’m so excited!!