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Re: Exercising on Tykerb/Xeloda
I haven't been on the same meds as you but being a cyclist and working in the health field I can offer a bit of advice. You may want to purchase a heart rate monitor. It will give you a better idea of just how hard you are working. The fact that you are just getting back into things and with the other factors, staying within you target heart rate range is important. Even if you don't have a heart condition your heart is a muscle and requires the same fuel to operate. So if you are dehydrated and anemic it will not be receiving the fuel it needs to function at a high level, and it will tell you in the form of chest pain.
You can get HR monitor at any sporting store. I use Polar brand they have a range of prices, the more you pay the more stuff it tracts, ie calories and such. I would still mention it to your Dr. of course, but it may just be that you are working at to high an intensity especially if you are pulling your child in the trailer that doubles your workload.
If you don't know how to figure your target heart rate just google it there are a coulpe of ways to do it, just simple math.
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 dx: DCIS 6/8/10, HER 2+ 7/26/10; Stage I Age 41
Double mast w reconstruction
6 TCH w 1yr herceptin
Tamox.
25 radiation tx
Removal of expander on L due to infection. Tried to save it had 3 bouts of antibiotics and went to see plastic surgeon 2-3x wk to get drained. Saving it was my idea not his. But lost it anyway.
Reconstruction set for December 21st,2011
Finished chemo 12/2010
Finished Herceptin 8/26/11
Reconstruction 12/21/11
Expanders exchanged for silicon 3/19/12
Nipple reconstruction 5/18/12
Nipple tatooing- 7/9/12- All done yay!
11/22/12-Went back to get scar tissue stretched to even the outside of breast, didn't work due to it being radiated skin.
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