High-Intensity Exercise During Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Improves Survival
High-Intensity Exercise During Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Improves Survival
September 18, 2024
Women who did a combination of high-intensity interval training, plus either strength work or moderate-intensity aerobic exercise, during chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer were more likely to be alive and less likely to have the cancer come back than women who didn’t exercise during chemo. Read more…
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I exercised but it wasn't high intensity. I barely got down the sidewalk during the last few weeks.
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We can certainly understand how exercising can be challenging, especially during treatment! But it sounds like every little bit helps! Thanks for sharing, @kaynotrealname !
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If it helps anyone….
I know how kaynotrealname felt! I am a swimmer, and would hit the pool four days after chemo sessions. Towards the end I was so tired I would sit in my car for fifteen minutes willing myself to trudge into the building. and would look for the lane closest to the lifeguard, just in case I couldn’t manage it. The first 20 laps felt like swimming through jello. Then something would kick in, and I would make it through my mile and feel completely energized after. The exercise somehow beat out the exhaustion.
I know this may not be true for everyone, but it was a lifesaver for me in many ways. As a bonus, complete clinical response after finishing neoadjuvant chemo and no recurrence eight years out.
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So nice to read ratherbesailing! You know, I remember those last sessions, too. I'd start walking and my muscles would hurt so much and then somehow halfway through it would just stop. Maybe go numb, maybe just get used to it, I don't know. But I would finish and feel better for the effort. Being active during chemo, whatever your level, is very much worth it.
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