Hi Hayleycomet,

Welcome to Cancer Chat. I hope you're getting on OK with everything and that you're able to find out more soon about what's going on.

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Ben
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Hi Hayley,

I]'ve had 5 ops, and I could usually go out and be active really soon after each one - I used to try and go out every day even with a drain bottle in!  Running was much harder though, and after radiotherapy and chemotherapy the achey legs and joints took weeks to get better.  I'm back up to 10km runs now, but it's still really hard...

But...  every week it gets easier

Jon

https://knob.blog

Thanks Jon, that's really encouraging. That's cool that you were up and at 'em quickly after surgery...

I'm a bit nervous about resuming running because of the impact, so I'll stick with the walking. I'm also gonna do short HIIT sessions on the stationary bike. I need to get some more advoce about progressive weight training....

Yeah, all that bouncing around doesn't sound fun!  I used to do tabata on the bike - that's incredible exercise.  If you feel up to it, why not?

I asked doctors about weights, but nobody wanted to give me any 'official' advice, so I just did what I was comfortable with.  I've got a barbell in the garage and try and do big compound lifts whenever I can.  The first time felt like my going was going to split, but it didn't...

Jon

https://knob.blog