Staying Fit Even After Being Diagnosed with Cancer

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Today I'm featuring an article by David Haas, Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance Guest Blogger. Please check out the links for more detailed information.

Staying Fit Even After Being Diagnosed with Cancer

The diagnosis that you have cancer may be a very stressful thing to hear and
going through treatment could be a long road of recovery with many ups and
downs. However, it doesn’t matter whether you are dealing with skin cancer
or the rare cancers such as mesothelioma, the treatment process in almost all
cancer cases is very aggressive and can take a serious toll on your body.

You have to maintain a positive mental attitude in order to survive the cancer
treatment process. Patients diagnosed with cancer run a much greater risk of
getting depressed; however, the Center for Disease Control has mentioned the
ability of exercise to improve your mood. With a positive mental attitude, the
chances of getting depressed due to cancer treatments are almost non-existent.

Cancer is arguably the most studied disease that plagues the human race. A
lot of studies have been conducted to determine whether physical exercise has
any effects on the disease. Research is still ongoing to determine how exercise
affects common forms of cancer as well as rare ones such as mesothelioma.
Many studies suggest that physical activity leads to a reduced risk of contracting
breast and colon cancers. There is also an indication that it reduces chances of
endometrial and prostate cancer.

Fatigue can be a really hard thing for cancer patients to shake while they are
undergoing treatment and fighting back the disease. To be precise, doctors say
that in most cases, sleeping isn’t enough to get rid of cancer-related fatigue.
They recommend that an active lifestyle be adopted to deal with this particular
loss of energy. This is because engaging in physical exercise encourages your
body to constantly produce a higher amount of energy.

Physical activity is known to help people to improve energy balance, reduce
fatigue, and improve quality of life. This is especially important to cancer patients
since being physically active gives them a better sense of well-being. Developing
a culture of regular physical exercise improves their quality of life well beyond the
cancer remission stage.