So breast cancer is a marathon I decided after looking at all these other examples that really kept hitting me in the face. As I have mentioned before, we now look at cancer as a chronic disease much like diabetes and once under control, we will continue to monitor and do the right things for long term outcomes. Now, it may mean that you have to look at it as short burst but you are in it for the long haul and what does that take to get there mentally and physically? Everywhere you look they talk about diet but the big word is exercise and maybe we should all donate our couches so we don't become couch potatoes. The moral of the story is " get off the couch!" I want to be the distance runner when it comes to breast cancer for my physical and mental well being. Exercise is better than any pill they can give me so, it is my choice to either get up and more or sit like still water and stagnate. So where are you on this continuum? Are you a marathon runner? I hope you go the distance and if putting it into a different perspective then do so, do what helps you to get thro
Marathons have never been in my vocabulary considering the only time I really run is when I need to go to the bathroom or if someone is chasing me. I watched briefly, one of those shows on tv about weight loss and it was a women that was all of 54 inches tall and she was determined despite the fact that she would be doing twice the amount of work as an average height person but wanted to complete a marathon. My total knee replacements at an early age has left me very guarded and protective of my knees as I know that they will have to be replaced some day and I want to get the most wear out of them that I can. I liken it to a car, if I only drive 25, 000 miles a year on my tires, they will surely last a lot longer than if I put 100,000 a year on with the exception of running over curbs and driving through glass or the like.
So breast cancer is a marathon I decided after looking at all these other examples that really kept hitting me in the face. As I have mentioned before, we now look at cancer as a chronic disease much like diabetes and once under control, we will continue to monitor and do the right things for long term outcomes. Now, it may mean that you have to look at it as short burst but you are in it for the long haul and what does that take to get there mentally and physically? Everywhere you look they talk about diet but the big word is exercise and maybe we should all donate our couches so we don't become couch potatoes. The moral of the story is " get off the couch!" I want to be the distance runner when it comes to breast cancer for my physical and mental well being. Exercise is better than any pill they can give me so, it is my choice to either get up and more or sit like still water and stagnate. So where are you on this continuum? Are you a marathon runner? I hope you go the distance and if putting it into a different perspective then do so, do what helps you to get thro
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AuthorMy name is Sue Kilburn and I am a clinical nurse breast cancer educator at the Yolanda G. Barco Oncology Institute in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Archives
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