Hi Beth, 

   Welcome!

I'd love to hear suggestions about exercise.  I agree it is a key component of treatment but now a year past treatment my neurapathy is gotten painful enough for me to still take oxycodone for it.  I have figured out that bike riding gives less discomfort since impact triggers the pins and needles pain.

   Murphys law,  after cancer treatment you take a serious interest in healthy diet and fitness you just can't afford to actually do it now.

John

An apple every eight hours will keep three doctors away

Hi Beth,

Oncology nurses ROCK!  As a group you are so compassionate, understanding, patient, and knowledgeable.  What would I do without my chemo nurses??!

I'm interested in learning more about what you do.  One of the things I've neglected during my 5+ yrs of this journey is exercise.  I find I'm more of a social exerciser, with my most successful periods of exercise being when I'm enrolled in a class with friends, or I make friends there.  I'm planning on riding 15 miles in the LiveStrong ride in July, and haven't started training yet.  I'm really rather sedentary, which isn't good at all.

Any suggestions for getting started with exercise?  Chemo brain & the fatigue have me not feeling motivated to do much. Any assistance you can provide is much appreciated.

Thanks for all you do,

Jeanne A

Welcome Beth,

We're glad you are here. Thanks for being an advocate of exercise and diet! We always tell chemo patients to move, move, move. It helps with everything!

 

I don't know if you have seen our website too, but just in case you haven't here it is:

 

www.ccalliance.org

 

Let us know how we can help.

 

Nancy - Patient Support

Help Line - 877-422-2030

 

Hi Beth! What you do is really great-I appreciate it! I try to walk every day-and love it. I've only just begun chemo, and hopefully will continue to go smoothly. I do need some direction in nutrition-was planning on calling a nutritionist-hoping they can help. Any basic ideas that you would suggest to keep or gain weight while going through chemo? What are your thoughts on sugar and cancer? I've seen a lot of debate that it is bad for us, but not sure how true it all is. I am trying to gain/maintain weight, and tend to only think of bad foods that can do that...I need to learn the right way to do things. :)

Welcome Beth!  I just responded to your email!  Thank you for helping our good buddy and friend, Ronnie!  We do encourage all patients to exercise.  Dr. Meyerhardt has done live chats for us here on My CRC as well as presented at our last seminar at Dana Farber last fall:

http://www.ccalliance.org/seminars/2010_boston_webcast.html

let me know if you need any help here and give Ronnie a hug from all of us!

fondly,

jeannie moore

patient support

www.ccalliance.org

877-422-2030