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Needing advice about gym
Hi everyone,
At long last I'm happy to say that I'm getting some energy back after a hell of a year. I'm going to start swimming again this week, but also want to go to the gym which I haven't done before...I'm afraid of doing the wrong thing when it comes to exercising my arms.
I had a right, modified radical mastectomy June last year, with chemo and 25 lots of radiotherapy which finished in February just gone. Touch wood, I don't have lymphodoema in my arm, and I'm not sure what I should and shouldn't do exercise-wise to help avoid it. I've been told not to lift heavy weights, and not to swing my arm around too violently, but other than that, does anyone have any advice for me? I just don't know what to do.
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Caroline
Diag. March 10th 2006, aged 46.
Invasive ductal carcinoma, 2cm + multifocal. Stage 2, Grade 3
HER2+++, ER+/PR+
Right mast. May 2006. 6 of 20 nodes positive
FEC x 4, taxotere x 4; port implanted after 6 cycles
Rads x 25
1 year of Herceptin ended Nov 07.
Arimidex 5 years
Considering reconstruction, maybe soon...
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