Hello everyone.
New here. i start my treatment next week and as a runner was hoping to try and keep running during treatment. Obviously it will all depend on how i react to the treatment and managing my expectations.
Any runners here ? Just wondering on their experiences
Thank you
Yeah runner here Hi Aeson. All the advice I got was do it if you want to and when you don't want to, stop.
Depends the type of treatment.
I had tablet-based chemo for bowel cancer.
If you have introvenus then will be a diff experience.
I was also having radio to my backside.
The tablets, I describe, as slow creep - you barely notice they are making you tired - but your family will notice before you. Eg: reading the kids bedtime stories I'd drop off and talk nonsense without noticing.
Just listen to your body then your mind in that order.
Do it with a smile and obvs don't worry about times.
When you decide to stop find something else, I learned the rubik's cube lol but you know what I mean, anything you fancy. I am four years since my treatment and can promise you that to stay positive will make you happy in four years time too. Obvs we'd never choose to go through this but if I think back I genuinally have positive memories because I treated it all as my job. Head down get it done. Plenty of tears, that's as important as being positive in my book. Both in equal measure.
Good luck with it. Let me know how you get on, I am on Strava if you fancy getting in touch. And funniest thing is today I did my first run since I was all done and dusted - not because I couldn't run, I chose other more indulgent hobbies - actually, after my op I did a 10k to prove I could, then decided to be lazy for two years 
I could always use some more strava friends
