I’ve done a lot of research since being diagnosed and most articles finish off with suggesting making healthy life changes such as exercise and nutrition, so what kind of things if any are you managing to do to keep active before during and after treatment?
Hi Chloe1306
Im sorry to hear of your recent diagnosis, and that you are waiting for a further scan - i too had to wait for a PET CT and i was very nervous waiting for the results, i hope you are being kind to yourself at the moment.
i thought it might be helpful share some of my experiences of physical exercise during treatment,i had chemoradiation (5 weeks) then Brachytherapy (4 days in patient).
I was 45 when diagnosed and was quite physically active, in fact a couple of weekends before diagnosis id been climbing scarfell pike (even though i was quite symptomatic at the time with heavy bleeding)
I decided to try and continue to remain as fit and active as i could during treatment and incorporated daily walks, some strength training (borrowed my sisters kettle bell as i was worried about picking up infections at the gym) and in the early days i was cycling to the hospital on the radiotherapy days (a 7 mile ride into central London) - i listened to my body and the exercise was really much more about supporting my mental health to be honest. After the first two weeks the treatment started having an effect on my bloods and i stopped the cycling as i started to worry about having an accident and having knocks/and some tiredness had started to set in. On the weekends when i didnt have treatment i continued with lots of long walks, finding nature fresh air etc provided lots of much needed escapism. I do think trying to remain as active as possible did aid my physical recovery post treatment and ive made keeping physically active and fit a priority over the past 18 months since treatment ended with lots of cardio and strength training
there was a really interesting article featured in the guardian a couple of weeks ago where there has been some robust research on the benefits of regular physical exercise on reducing the risk of re-occurrence of cancer, and for me being still in the more risky two year post treatment period for re-occurrence it has motivated me even more than ever to keep as active as possible
Im afraid i was not so good with my food choices 
as sugar is my weakness but aside from cakes and chocolate i did try and eat a balanced diet as much as possible, to be honest the chemo made me quite sick so most of the time i ate whatever i could stomach, whether healthy or not - post treatment im eating well but still love my sugar
I will try and get a link the guardian article
