Exercise Helps Immune System Protect Against Future Cancers

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cp418
cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
edited June 2014 in Clinical Trials, Research News, Podcasts, and Study Results

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/251415.php

Exercise Helps Immune System Protect Against Future Cancers

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  • jenrio
    jenrio Member Posts: 558
    edited October 2012

    Thanks for sharing!   Everyone should exercise more, and it's pretty cool to figure out exactly what helps the body fight the cancer.  I hope one day those who could not exercise could still benefit from this research.

    Bottom line is:  breast cancer has no cure.   Recurrence is a crap shot.   Keep investing and keep working on the cure. 

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  • wallycat
    wallycat Member Posts: 3,227
    edited October 2012

    For those trying to lose weight....a new study showed 30 minutes of exercise helped people lose 3 or so more pounds than those who exercised an hour.

    Before BC, I would exercise 2.5 hours/day......yeah, that worked for me Yell

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  • Blessings2011
    Blessings2011 Member Posts: 4,276
    edited October 2012

    I was dx'd in September 2011. In March 2012, I began an intensive diet and exercise program that was closely medically monitored.

    I started exercising slowly - a walk to the mailbox and back. Undecided Eventually I could power-walk for an hour. I rode my bike. I did water aerobics for 90 minutes, three times a week.

    When I'd lost almost 60 pounds, more than 65 total inches, and my BMI went from 34.1 to 24.1, my oncologist told me I had reduced my risk of recurrence by 23%.

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  • cp418
    cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
    edited October 2012

    Blessings - that is AWESOME!!!!  Congratulations and I better you feel better too!!!

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  • Blessings2011
    Blessings2011 Member Posts: 4,276
    edited October 2012

    Thank you, cp418. I feel better today than I have in 20 years.

    That breast cancer diagnosis saved my life in SO many ways!!!

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  • mommy4
    mommy4 Member Posts: 21
    edited October 2012

    I lost. Exercised daily and ate fresh and healthy until my dx. Thank you for all of your posts. After another numerous surgeries thankfully not cancer related but onc needed to double and triple check to make sure. and a weight gain of over forty lbs on my part your inspiring words are putting me back to try to eat healthy and exercise again. lets see,:)

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  • mary625
    mary625 Member Posts: 1,056
    edited October 2012

    Blessings--you are an inspiration! I was diagnosed only about 2 weeks ahead of you and had a longer treatment cycle, but you are such an inspiration that I am going to step up my workout efforts. I lost 20 pounds during treatment, which I know is unusual, and I'm trying hard to lose 10-20 more, get into a healthy BMI and continue my daily exercise program.

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  • Blessings2011
    Blessings2011 Member Posts: 4,276
    edited October 2012

    Aw, thanks, mary625....but I didn't have rads OR chemo. I think if I had been in active treatment, it would have been MUCH harder.

    Because I am 100%ER+, I initially started my diet and exercise program as ammunition against my oncologist, so I wouldn't have to take the Arimidex. I had told her that I didn't need the AI because I was post-menopausal and had already had a hysterectomy. She kindly pointed out that estrogen was produced in body fat, of which I had plenty.

    I couldn't control the fact that I got BC, but I felt like I could control the amount of body fat I had.

    I think the reason that I was succesful was that I considered that this program WAS my breast cancer treatment.

    There was no way I was going to "cheat", and no way I was going to weenie out on my workouts. I looked at it as medicine.

    (I ended up taking the Arimidex anyway....Wink )

    Wishing you - and mommy4 - the best. You can do it! (One day, one step at a time...)

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  • mommy4
    mommy4 Member Posts: 21
    edited October 2012

    Thank you. Congratulations on your well deserved success. Interesting point about estrogen stored in body fat. A true incentive. my onc never told me that.

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