Pinned Thread About How to Lower Recurrence after Chemo

The point of exercise is not just for weight reduction - it is for muscle strength and bone strengthening and also for assisting the lymph system, blood circulation and keeping the body supple..

 Meggy - thanks for the fascinating info.

 Are you aware, that in the 1930s research was looking at iodine in the body/cancer .  And the diets regimes that have become of interest now and things like Gershon therapy have their antecedents from that time too?

 When I have more time I want to look into this a bit more.  I only know about it because my late grandmother was a) a nurse towards the end of WW1   2) was very into food  3) due to a dodgy heart became a vegetarian and was into wholefoods and nutrition from the 1940s onward.  She talkee to me about all these things as a child.

Lastly, she lived to be 98 so she got something right!!!

Thanks for all the info. I did not know about the D3. I will have to ask onc about it. I wonder why he did'nt mention anything about it to me?

Holligoog, my onc said the same, but told to avoid sugar also.  I lost 10 pounds from stress initially and have dropped another 10 since starting chemo, but was am happy right where I am now so I will keep it here. Eat lots of beans and veggies and whole grain, and some fruit. Do take the Vitamin D with the magnesium and calcium something or other. Try to walk when i can. Hardly any sugar, alcohol and caffeine. I will probably be looking into the wheat grass when I am done with chemo. Hope it all works.

Hugs to all

ladies first of all i just wanted to say that i enjoyed this thread and found it very good. I am currently on the avastin trial, take it every three weeks by iv for a 12 month period to lessen chances of recurrance. i find the staging thing confusing, when i was first diagnosed the breast care nurse told me it was grade 3 and stage 3, the scans showed node envolement. thankfully when the oncolgist gave me the results of the histolgy report i had one large tumour that was just over 8 cm that had grown on the chest wall, they got a clear margin behing it but it was too small to measure, i asked the registrar what stage i was and he did not know. i had two lumps on both th ultrasound and mammogram but it was actually only one lump.

i have never been overweight, eat oceans of fruit and vegatbles and had been taken wheat grass capsules for a long time before being diagnosed, i also exercise frequently, i wonder is that study for postmenopausal women or for all women even in there 30's or younger. i put on weight on chemo and am now offically 2lbs overweight but the extra stone is not staying anyway. i must increase my exercise as have been very bad since being diagnosed. any tips for losing the chemo weight welcome as seems to be coming off very slowly.

i think all of us are looking for answers and solutions and cures. My oncoligist said that their am is to get us to 80 plus and that every 10 years the cancer treatment is unrecognisable from the previous so there is good hope and tn cancer is getting a lot of funding at the minute. take care and be positive, we have this beast beaten.

Hi, I was just diagnosed in November, will start chemo on 12/30. 

My mother was triple negative,six years ago, and is doing very well.  She eats very low fat, little sugar, moderate exercise, and no alcohol.

I am about 20 pounds overweight, sugar laden diet, moderate exercise, and lots of stress.I will be following my mothers lifestyle and eliminate the factors I can so I can be here in six more years as I'm sure she will be.

Positive thinking and stubborness help too.

I found an interesting article on this web site. I can't paste it here but if you search. "Is alcohol safe for triple negative patients" you will find it. 

I am going to check my multi-vitamin and make sure I am getting 600 micrograms of folic acid.  

This is such an interesting thread.  Thanks for all the great information.  I am grossly overweight.  I just finished my last chemo tx on Monday and in a few weeks will start rads.  I have just started South Beach diet today.  My goal is to lose the weight, eat a low fat, low sugar diet for the rest of my life.  I havent started exercising yet because I have been so fatigued and I am still suffering from last tx SEs.  I will however start walking once the bone and joint pain is gone.  I am going to do whatever it takes to fight recurrence.  I am a BC survivor and warrior.

Anita

We have a Wii and bought the Wii Fit, which has a yoga program that is very good.  You use the balance board and it shows you if you're doing the excercises correctly.  I like it because I can do it at home and not be embarrased when I'm trying to do a new routine. 

Thank you for the information it is encouraging!

Renee - Are you able to swim or do water aerobics?  Another options would be a stationary bicycle.  Any form of exercise counts!