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Smudge1 4 hours ago

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Hi - please can i ask how people built up strength and increased exercise their after cancer treatment?

i have finally finished BC treatment after 9 months (chemo//surgery and radiotherapy) and have just started letrozole and ribociclib as a preventative.

I now have peripheral neuropathy in feet/fingers and constant fatigue.
My head is telling me i should be doing more - currently just doing about 6000 steps a day but what with fatigue and feet problem am really struggling to get motivated or know where to start but i know will help me on recovery journey.

Any hints and tips greatly appreciated as to what has worked for you.

Mrs Gordon 2 hours ago

Give yourself a break - you're only 9 months post treatment! It took me over 3 years to get back into the swing of exercise things and I didn't have chemo (opted out). 6k steps a day I'd say is enough for now, but I would add some weight training to your regime to get your muscle built back up and hopefully help with the neuropathy. I'd also priortise protein intake to prevent any futher sarcopenia. Get that in any way you can - UFIT shakes are great (50gr per 500ml), but use only if you cant physically get the protein in.

I wish you a speedy recovery and the best of luck with your treatment xx

Smudge1 2 hours ago in reply to Mrs Gordon

Thank you - just impatient to hsve my ‘normal’ life back - will certainly look into doing some weight training and increasing protein,

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