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Published Articles
September 2006 Fitness Tip
Many of my articles have given you information on the
benefits of exercise to help prevent disease and to
improve mental and physical health even when you have
all ready been diagnosed with an illness. I have written
these articles based on various studies and from my
experience working with clients. This month’s article is
going to be different because now I am going to share
information about my own health issues and how I am
going to continue to exercise during the next year while
undergoing chemotherapy and radiation.
June 1, 2006 I was told that I had breast cancer and
that I would have to have a lumpectomy followed by
radiation and possibly chemotherapy. After this surgery
took place on June 19th it was discovered that they were
not able to get all the cancer and that it was in my
lymph nodes. Because of my history with multiple
biopsies I decided to have a double mastectomy. This
surgery was completed July 28th.
There was cancer in both breasts. So I will have had my
first chemotherapy treatment by the time this article is
published. These treatments will go on for sixteen weeks
followed by six weeks of radiation. This is not going to
be easy.
The good news is that I exercise regularly so my heart
is strong and I am going into this treatment pretty darn
healthy. I will also continue my regular schedule of
exercise and work as much as possible. There are many
studies to prove that the healthier you are going into
chemotherapy the better you will be able to recover from
the treatments. There is evidence that exercise can help
stimulate some of the cells in the immune system and
help repair some of the damage done by chemotherapy.
This information was from a study released at a
Department of Defense breast cancer meeting by Andrea
Mastro a professor of microbiology and cell biology at
Pennsylvania State University.
So, I hope to prove these results for myself and help
other people through example that Fitness is for Every
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