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Exercise helps in many ways. Let’s name some:
I heard an excellent presentation by Angelo about reducing fatigue during cancer treatment. The studies he quoted said 30 minutes of walking three times a week were ideal for combating the tiredness that comes with chemotherapy or radiation. Caregivers also battle fatigue as their time is stressed by appointments and caring for their ill loved one.
Taking time to exercise is not a luxury or something to “get around to when things settle down.” It is imperative for the patient and family. Just consider it part of the requirements of treatment, like take your pills twice a day, walk, get prescriptions filled etc.
It’s like brushing your teeth to me, it is something that just gets done on a regular basis. It’s like an automatic alarm goes off, alerting me it’s time to exercise again and I pack my bag and head to the YMCA or lace up my shoes and head outside.
Better yet, schedule regular times to exercise. I have several favorite dance classes I take throughout the week. I bike to my son’s school when I volunteer. When can you find a routine time to exercise? Walk after dinner, after the children are in bed, with your dog? Family members can participate with you or it can be your special alone time to enjoy the stars at night or brilliant sunrises.
In addition to the physical benefits of exercise, it has been shown that if the body is involved in rhythmic activity, parts of the brain are freed up to be more creative. I often get “unstuck” when I am exercising or get a great idea to try.
Depression and fatigue can go hand in hand in a vicious cycle. I know a lady who walks daily to reduce depression. Sometimes her daughter joins her and I imagine they have great chats. I have learned a lot about my son’s active life as we bike, more than the monosyllabic answers about how school was (yes, he’s a teen).
We really appreciate your visiting our Cancer Care website and hope you join us for a support meeting soon. Don’t think you haven’t got anything to contribute. Whatever your relationship to cancer; survivor, current patient or caregiver, there is someone who needs to hear what you have to say. Your comments may just be the ones that illuminate the light at the end of the tunnel for someone.
Anita Horning
Cancer Care Team Member
Grace Fellowship Church
Exercise helps in many ways. Let’s name some:
- It clears the mind
- It strengthens the body
- Time with God and prayer
- Time to appreciate nature and our surroundings
I heard an excellent presentation by Angelo about reducing fatigue during cancer treatment. The studies he quoted said 30 minutes of walking three times a week were ideal for combating the tiredness that comes with chemotherapy or radiation. Caregivers also battle fatigue as their time is stressed by appointments and caring for their ill loved one.
Taking time to exercise is not a luxury or something to “get around to when things settle down.” It is imperative for the patient and family. Just consider it part of the requirements of treatment, like take your pills twice a day, walk, get prescriptions filled etc.
It’s like brushing your teeth to me, it is something that just gets done on a regular basis. It’s like an automatic alarm goes off, alerting me it’s time to exercise again and I pack my bag and head to the YMCA or lace up my shoes and head outside.
Better yet, schedule regular times to exercise. I have several favorite dance classes I take throughout the week. I bike to my son’s school when I volunteer. When can you find a routine time to exercise? Walk after dinner, after the children are in bed, with your dog? Family members can participate with you or it can be your special alone time to enjoy the stars at night or brilliant sunrises.
In addition to the physical benefits of exercise, it has been shown that if the body is involved in rhythmic activity, parts of the brain are freed up to be more creative. I often get “unstuck” when I am exercising or get a great idea to try.
Depression and fatigue can go hand in hand in a vicious cycle. I know a lady who walks daily to reduce depression. Sometimes her daughter joins her and I imagine they have great chats. I have learned a lot about my son’s active life as we bike, more than the monosyllabic answers about how school was (yes, he’s a teen).
We really appreciate your visiting our Cancer Care website and hope you join us for a support meeting soon. Don’t think you haven’t got anything to contribute. Whatever your relationship to cancer; survivor, current patient or caregiver, there is someone who needs to hear what you have to say. Your comments may just be the ones that illuminate the light at the end of the tunnel for someone.
Anita Horning
Cancer Care Team Member
Grace Fellowship Church
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Anita, this is such a wonderful artilce on excercise. The problem is that so many people see exercise as a chore, something extra that has to be done. I have been told that taking the path of lease resistance is that which makes a river crooked, the same can be said of exercise. Taking the path of least resistance, provides a crooked and decrepit body. Excercise, as you point out must become a part of our daily routine. As we age, our bodies depreciate and deteriorate so much faster, added to the fact that the cost of healthcare increases faster that we can keep up. So, we must encourage others to invest in their bodies, if they really love themselves and I dare say their loved ones who will have to care for them when their bodies are incapicitated from the lack of regular and routine excercise.
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