Quote:
Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan
This is awesome. Congrats for beating the cancer. My grandmother beat it once, but succumbed the second time around (... about 10 years later). Beating it that first time gave her an extra decade of life. Keep up the good fight man.  |
Thanks! I think the physical activity let's my body know it's still needed and can still keep going. That is how I rehabbed from the surgery. I completely lost my strength and could barely walk 1/4 mile. A lot of people just don't get past all that and think that life is over, that is why I think the metastasis get's so many. So I made sure to let my body know that it was going to recover to a good percentage of what it used to be.
When I started lifting again, it was with extremely light weights. I still can't run 2 miles anymore but I used to be able to go out and run 4 miles in 40 minutes any time. When I was running in my 30s I would do 5 miles in 38 minutes five days a week. I am pretty sure the chemo is what caused the loss in stamina.