Self Help advice needed

Life after a breast cancer diagnosis Living with breast cancer
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I understand that lifestyle changes can make a (significant?) difference to survival rates. Put simply, I don’t know where to start. Can anyone point me to an uplifting book, YouTube video, anything that might give me ideas please?

 

I’m on anastrozole for 10 years, I suspect its more pernicious side effects are disguised by the pregabalin prescribed for neuropathic pain. I am being monitored by my oncologist because I was ‘heavily node-positive’ but don’t yet know what ‘monitored’ will mean. But I am NED, cancer-free. My major problem is that exercise is close to anathema to me, I have always had a weird eating disorder and I am agoraphobic with panic disorder, which limits my lifestyle considerably. So if it’s healthy eating, getting out and exercise, I’m going to need a personality transplant first. I just hate the idea that my current lifestyle is not helping reduce the risk of recurrence and I know small changes can lead to big changes eventually. 

 

Any suggestions (yes, I know I need a good kick up the bum but that’s never worked with me) will be gratefully received and investigated x

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Hi jaybro 

 

My name is Kerry and was diagnosed in 2017 and is also cancer- free now.  I Also struggled to change my lifestyle at the start so I decided to take small steps at a time. 

first I began recording my diet intake for a week and decided what content should I reduce or get rid of. The following week I took out the “bad stuff” sometimes in small quantities and sometimes completely removing them. Sugar was the first one. After a month, I stopped craving for any sugar. 

changing my mindset was the start and practicing it just followed smoothly. 

I don’t mind being your accountability partner whereby we could share our weekly goals. 

Let me know what you think. 

best of luck

kerry