Well that's great advice for those overweight with breast, prostate or lung cancer but what about the rest of us? I am 26, 6'2" and 145 on a good day. (lost about 20 from the surgery to remove my large intestine and without it I don't absorb everything I need to from my food) I am SKINNY. I have/had colon cancer and am currently half way through my 13 weeks of chemo therapy. Do I still need to exercise? I am not gaining any weight and I don't have much muscle to speak of to loose. At this point I am so exhausted most of the time that I can't stand for more than 15 minutes without being winded. I am exhausted simply by taking a shower. I don't know if I could take 30 mins on my treadmill.

Yea, I learned this in 1987 when I went through chemo the second time. Excessive really helped my mind and body compared to the first time.

I just finished chemo for non-hodgkins lymphoma and did an hour of yoga 3 times a week all through it. I was doing it before I was diagnosed and really think it helped hold it off the really bad symptoms for a long time (2 years). I also think it helped me sail though the effects of chemo with few side effects. I am now cancer free and feeling great. Of course I feel much stronger now, but yoga truly helped me fight the physical and mental side effects of this disease.

I exercised throughout chemo and radiation for breast cancer. I walked at lunch daily for 20 minutes and went hiking on the weekends. My oncologist thought I'd lost my mind and wanted me to take it easy. I actually felt better when I exercised. I had a high level of fitness prior to cancer; I think it would have been difficult to begin a fitness regimen during chemo. I came through treatment with no physical limitations and have a very high energy level. I have mild lymphedema in one arm, but I still play tennis and work out on weights at the gym. It's been two years now, and so far I'm cancer-free.

I was very fit before my cancer adventure doing cardio workouts several times a week and weight training at least once a week. I had a cancer that required extensive abdominal surgery and chemo. I was quite tired during chemo, but never confined to bed. I was as active as a I could be (not working out in a gym -- I was worried about he germs and being immunosuppressed). I did housework, walked around the neighborhood, and walked up and down stairs in the house as soon as allowed to do so after the surgery. As soon as the chemo was finished I went back to the gym and started both cardio and weight training again. I am convinced that my level of fitness prior to cancer helped me tolerate the treatments and bounce back faster. Anemia is a concern with both surgery and chemo, and can cause problems with exercise -- so it is important to get your oncologist's guidance in terms of exercise.

My mom has lung cancer. We found that these exercises (developed by a lung cancer pulmonary clinical nurse specialist) help improve her breathing. Hope they help others.

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My mom has lung cancer.  We found that these exercises (developed by a lung cancer pulmonary clinical nurse specialist) help improve her breathing. You can find them on youtube "lungexercise".   Hope they help others.

Best wishes