Flu & Covid jab & vitamin infusions & lifestyle changes

Hi there, I had COVID jabs during chemo, but after chemo I was no longer immunocompromised and no longer eligible so I haven't had the, since. I have an annual flu jab. I travel a lot for work so this helps me as I’m on planes and in different environments.

Like you, I am given calcium supplements, but I don't take anything else.  I try hard to eat healthily. I avoid meat 3-4 days a week, only drink alcohol a couple of evenings and eat a lot of plant based foods and very little processed.  I walk a lot and try to spend time outdoors.  I have to admit I feel I have a healthy lifestyle, but I cannot seem to shift the weight I put on after chemo, and this is frustrating.  Best wishes with your lifestyle changes 

Thank you for replying and sharing your lifestyle changes. I think I will get the flu jab.

I know it’s hard to shift the excess weight, we just have to do what we can and hope for the best, our bodies have been through a lot. 

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i always have the flu jab because I have asthma. Covid jab I had when they came out, but admit I have not had any for 2 years now. I get invited to have them but I am not 100% happy with them now! I too take multi vitamins, mainly for my joints due to letrozole side effects. I have vitamin D and calcium tablets on prescription as my Dexa scan showed my bones were a bit thin. I put on 2 stone through chemo so began a diet in January. I lost the weight I wanted and now eat more healthily. I walk my dog twice daily over fields so average about 4 miles per day. I am maintaining a healthier weight and do feel fitter. 

I have just started treatment for breast cancer. I am a Lymphoma survivor from 28 years ago and completely relate to struggling with the weight issue post treatment. It’s great to hear advice from you and all the others on this forum. Just to put my penny’s worth in on the weight issue, I recently did a 75 day program called the Six Pack Revolution (crazy name, don’t laugh). It consisted of a few sessions of exercise each week (nothing too taxing) but the main part of the program was the nutrition. It was totally home-made unprocessed food and you had to eat six times a day! I’ve never eaten so much food and lost weight so quickly and easily. I actually did it for a happy reason as it was my daughter’s wedding. I wouldn’t class myself as having been a particularly overweight person but I lost five inches off my waist and 18 pounds in those 75 days. You can look at it and join online or if you prefer simply just buy the two recipe books on Amazon. Sorry to be so trivial talking about weight on this much more serious forum but I know it’s something so many of us have to grapple with post steroids/treatment. The upside is that this very healthy program has enabled me to go into treatment feeling fit and at my fighting weight. 

Thanks so much for sharing that, I know some people don’t like to share these things but ultimately we are all in the same boat aren’t we.