Breast Cancer Survivorship Exercise Guide
Celebrate your second life with healthy habits!
If you are interested in breast cancer survivorship, I would like to welcome you to join in a healthy lifestyle. We know there are countless benefits from exercises. To get out of the inactive lifestyle, 150 minutes a week exercise will benefit from reducing side effects from previous treatments, and eventually lowering recurrence rate.
This website can motivate you to get started Flexibility, Aerobic, and Resistance exercises or build up a life-long habit for breast cancer survivors and co-survivors. It provides relevant stories to you, which survivors commonly went through or concern about as well safety guidelines, exercise activities, and weekly plan fill-out form which will encourage you to have exercise at your own pace—so you can feel more confident and in control of your health.
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What is your story?
Susan, a retired high school teacher in Hawaii, was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in 2014. She had a double mastectomy with 16 lymph nodes removed since her lymph nodes were affected by cancer. She has been very well since her treatments were completed: mastectomy, radiation, and chemotherapy. She has never worried about anything else except recurrence, but the small infection caused by cat's scratch changed her life. Her arm started swollen too much with high fever, and she ended up going to the ER to treat the infected arm.
She always felt the tension from her chest to her left armpit which worsened when she stretched out her arm. She knew exercise would help her improve her flexibility. Now, she is asking around what would be the best flexibility exercise to increase her strengths as well as Lymphedema. Based on a true story
Wendy never worried about her breast cancer recurrence because her illness was detected at an early stage 1. She did not pay attention to her diet as well as a physical activity since she felt as normal as she used to be with her life. She especially liked sugary desserts that she had one of them after her dinner. Now found herself diagnosed with diabetes during a follow-up of 6 years. Her weight has also gradually increased compared to her condition prior to her breast cancer diagnosis.
Her doctor recommended her to do aerobic activity for 20-30 minutes a day, 5 days a week to improve her cardiovascular health, reduce her recurrence rate as well as treat her diabetes. She is looking forward to starting her exercise, but she does not how to get started with her current condition. Any suggestions for her?
Tina Chan is a 40-year-old housewife who had completed surgery, chemotherapy, radiation with her Stage 3 breast cancer three years ago. She was very determined to take all vigorous procedures for her young kids. Her quality of life has improved as her side effects from previous treatments and symptoms gradually decreased. However, she has still suffered neuropathic pain such as tingling, numbness, and burning sensation on her feet and hands whose nerves were damaged by chemotherapy.
Her doctor recommends her to do weight exercise to rebuild her nerve system since she had no complicated health condition in her health except for her neuropathic pains. She asked the doctor of a specific exercise to reduce her neuropathic pain, while enhancing her muscle function.
