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'lizbeth · 11-14-2012, 09:57 AM

My doctor, Joe Mondry, had me on the treadmill for 40 minutes three days a week. Plus an hour of lifting weights. My miracle worker - went from a shaky weak cancer survivor back to a high quality of life.

I had walked an hour per day, but had not been getting my heart rate high enough to be effective. I'm to get my bpm between 124 and 134 and to work up to 1 hour on the treadmill. I can go higher up to 173 bpm max.

It was terrible in the beginning, I was exhausted after my workouts and would go home and crash. But I stuck with it and it totally paid off. Another trick Dr. Joe used was to play music while I exercised, and he asked me a lot of questions and made me think to help with the cognitive issues.

Awesome, effective doctor and if you are in San Diego please check out him and his wife at New Horizon's physical therapy. They are also experienced lymphedema experts.

11-14-2012, 09:57 AM	#2
'lizbeth Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sunny San Diego Posts: 2,214	Re: Cancer-related fatigue can be helped by aerobic exercise My doctor, Joe Mondry, had me on the treadmill for 40 minutes three days a week. Plus an hour of lifting weights. My miracle worker - went from a shaky weak cancer survivor back to a high quality of life. I had walked an hour per day, but had not been getting my heart rate high enough to be effective. I'm to get my bpm between 124 and 134 and to work up to 1 hour on the treadmill. I can go higher up to 173 bpm max. It was terrible in the beginning, I was exhausted after my workouts and would go home and crash. But I stuck with it and it totally paid off. Another trick Dr. Joe used was to play music while I exercised, and he asked me a lot of questions and made me think to help with the cognitive issues. Awesome, effective doctor and if you are in San Diego please check out him and his wife at New Horizon's physical therapy. They are also experienced lymphedema experts. __________________ Diagnosed 2007 Stage IIb Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Pagets, 3 of 15 positive nodes Traditional Treatment: Mastectomy and Axillary Node Dissection followed by Taxotere, 6 treatments and 1 year of Herceptin, no radiation Former Chemo Ninja "Takizi Zukuchiri" Additional treatments: GP2 vaccine, San Antonio Med Ctr Prescriptive Exercise for Cancer Patients ENERGY Study, UCSD La Jolla Reconstruction: TRAM flap, partial loss, Revision The content of my posts are meant for informational purposes only. The medical information is intended for general information only and should not be used in any way to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease