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Mary Dawson, 72, has been living with kidney cancer now for more than a decade, which may have been avoided if it was caught earlier
The best treatment for the bone-crushing fatigue caused by cancer and its treatment may be the very last one you'd imagine. It's exercise.
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Jelle Damhuis is a 2-time cancer survivor who most recently completed treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2018. He is now reintegrating back into the workplace and helping spread the word about cancer-related fatigue to patient groups around the world.
Cancer fatigue is different from fatigue that healthy people feel.
Fatigue is the most common side effect of breast cancer treatment. Some doctors estimate that 9 out of 10 people experience fatigue at some point during treatment. Fatigue from treatment can appear suddenly, at any time, and can be overwhelming.
A few months and many deaths ago, I woke up exhausted, again. Every morning, I felt like I was rebuilding myself from the ground up. Waking up was hard. Getting to my desk to write was hard. Taking care of my body was hard. Remembering the point of it all was hard.
For women like me who lose our nipples to breast cancer, learning to love our changed bodies can be a journey.
A panel of experts has released guidelines stating that regular exercise can help prevent cancer as well as help people undergoing cancer treatment.
Don't stop moving. Research confirms that exercising can help you not just survive but thrive during and after cancer.
If any feminist walks the walk, it's author, actress and activist Eve Ensler, best known for her play The Vagina Monologues. In 2009, Ensler went to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help victims of rape and torture create a sanctuary called City of Joy. That's when her own life got upended.