Getting back to running/swimming after surgery

If you get radiation, swimming might be off the table. I don't think I could have tolerated putting my radiated skin into a chlorinated pool!! I also had open areas of irritation that were best kept away from pool germs. I feel like others have gone swimming though, so perhaps it's individual.

my surgeon oked my request to swim about three weeks post mastectomy. Fortunately i saw my oncologist (a woman) the same day and she said no swimming until all surgical sites fully healed. I stayed out of the pool until about 6 weeks after surgery. I began walking soon after mastectomy with some running at about 4 weeks. As to running let how you feel be your guide. It will probably take you longer to get back to where you were than you want. I know many women who ran through chemo. I did not. I walked a 15 min mile during chemo and swam. During radiation swimming is off the table; i ran and walked. I worked through both treatments