Exercise and Cancer- Not a Cure but an Improvement

Hi Jocelyn, 

Thanks so much for your consideration and compassion! The article attached, which I recently completed, is about the benefits of fitness and eating healthy during and after a diagnosis of any kind of cancer. Each different cancer has its limitations, but if one can keep a healthy body, they can have a better chance to overcome this awful disease. I have linked to reputable sources and studies in this field and tailored the article to your blog. Please let me know if you are able to post the article so I can shout it out from my twitter and facebook following in order to give your site more traffic. 

Thanks so much for the help and all you do for these people, 

David



Exercise and Cancer- Not a Cure but an Improvement

Physical fitness is always a good thing; there is no such thing as a time when being physically fit is not a good thing, even when you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, undergoing a difficult treatment regiment, or are in remission and fighting to keep cancer from coming back. http://www.mesothelioma.com/treatment/ mesothelioma treatment

 Physical fitness might not be something you think is possible when you are undergoing difficult treatments that take such a toll on your body, or after treatment when your body is weak, tired and your emotional well being is so fragile. However, physical fitness is something doctors and the National Institute of Cancer believe is beneficial to all cancer patients; suffering or in remission.  http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/prevention/physicalactivity 

Physical fitness is beneficial in a number of ways; the first being that it keeps your body healthy. Not only does your body look better from the outside, it is better on the inside when you exercise. Exercise produces a hormone that eliminates negative hormones caused by stress and anxiety. The hormones caused by stress and anxiety negatively impact your immune system, making it more difficult to overcome illness, which is detrimental to cancer treatments and recovery. The hormone produced by exercise helps to build your immune system’s strength, which allows you to feel better when it comes to illness. 



Additionally, exercise hormones are a feel good stimulant in other ways, as well. Exercise hormones make you feel good emotionally and mentally. Exercise makes you feel better about your body and the feeling you get after you exercise is one of pride and accomplishment; you know you’ve just done something good for yourself and it makes you feel better about your decisions and yourself. What this all amounts to is a better quality of life; cancer takes so much from a person and exercise is a way to get some of what your cancer took from you back. Cancer may cause you stress and anxiety, worry and depression but you can make yourself feel more like yourself by exercising. 



While it is not always going to be possible to exercise during the course of your treatment or afterward, it is important to exercise when you can. Even the most minimal amount of physical activity will have you feeling better. A simple walk up and down your street will help. Taking the stairs instead of the elevator at your next doctor appointment will help. Parking in the farthest spot from the store and walking the length of the parking lot will help. It really does not take much to improve your mood, quality of life and health when it comes to exercise. In fact, 20 short minutes a day makes a huge impact on your health; your mind, body and spirit.




 Almost all of us know someone that has battled or is battling  cancer! Thanks David for sharing this!


 http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/prevention/physicalactivity