Hi, this is a question for those who have finished, I’m 9 days post last AC and looking forward to getting well again. I’ve got really excited about booking 3 days skiing in early March with my husband (I’ve found great flights to geneva really cheap!). I so want a treat to look forward to and I want to do something active as I’m fed up with lying around doing nothing. My husband thinks I’m nuts as I can barely climb the stairs at the moment. I know everyone is different but is there a chance I can be fit enough by then to do at least a few hours skiing a day?
thanks, Naomi
Your poor body has taken a battering so it needs a bit of a rest. I remember the frustration of not being able to DO things but recovery takes time. You will be able to do more and more each day and I bet you’ll be flying down the piste in March!
Best wishes,
AlexG
well I finished my chemo 26/8/2010 and felt very very weak until last week when I am sure I have turned a corner (just undergoing Rads at the mo). At the beginning of diagnosis I had just returned from my first ever ski trip and was planning to book again, the surgeon told me to go ahead and I plan to be fully fit come Feb half term when I plan to be sailing (or tumbling more like) down the Austrian slopes once again.
I feel something to aim for after a fairly rottn year is a good thing
Hi nem
I think it can sometimes take quite a while to get back to 100% of previous energy levels, but I’d expect you to be fine for skiing in March. It’s an old cliché, but we do need to listen to our bodies and not over do it - but you should be able to start exercising pretty soon and rebuilding your strength. Good luck - have a wonderful trip.
finty x
HI there, I’m on pretty much the same timescale as you with similar aims - I’ve logged onto a website called something like hit the streets -you can find it from Great North Run website. Anyway its given me a really gentle and lovely start up programme to getting fit again - today is a 20 minute walk on the flat…yup I’m sure I can manage that even if I have to hit the sofa afterwards.
I just thought if we have good insurance then why not?
Enjoy
Just back from a run. 2 months since rads completed (chemo before that).
I actually did gentle exercise through-out chemo, and I think it is really important for reducing fatigue and also there is strong research that exercise helps keep bc at bay.
Get moving and you’ll be fine by March!!
you will start to feel better day by day,hope your runnin circles round your hubby in march xxxxx
Thanks so much everyone for all the encouragement and great advice, I’ll look at the site moorcow. Its hard to imagine feeling fit and well at the moment.
I’m definitely going ahead and am beyond excited!
Hi Naomi,
I had my last chemo in mid September 2007, and went skiing in the February half term 2008. I was 45 by the time we went skiing. We had been the previous year, our first skiing holiday as a family, but it had been marred by my diagnosis (the holiday was between dx and mastectomy)and illness, which we unfortunately took with us (I was ill the day we arrived) so we were determined to do it again the following year without the problems. I am fairly fit (I run & swim) and was running all through treatment. But I have to say I found the skiing hard going. We did classes in the morning, and then skied as a family in the afternoon, but a couple of days I didn’t go out with the family because I was so tired. I’m not saying don’t do it - book it and have something to look forward to - but be aware that you may not be able to keep up with whoever you are going with, and you may need to pace yourself.
Enjoy!
Thank roadrunner, I’ll try not to get carried away and be disappointed if its hard.
I’ve already decided not to take the children as it would be loads more work ( this was going to be their first time) - haven’t told them yet! I’ll have to make a promise for next year.