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AlisonSilveria
AlisonSilveria Posts: 2 Member
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Hello. I wanted to introduce myself and let you know how excited I am to become part of this community. I've been battling breast cancer and, I'm happy to say I'm cancer free, but the body took a hit. 7 surgeries and four rounds of chemotherapy has left my muscles in need of some wholesome TLC. With your help, MyFitnessPals and Warrior Babe I want to get toned and stronger and find a satisfying level of fitness again. So you can call me Alison, or my nickname is Ali for short. Much love ❤️ and gratitude as I hope to find interaction and inspiration from other members. ☮️🙏

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  • AlisonSilveria
    AlisonSilveria Posts: 2 Member
    *Introduction Haha
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,737 Member
    Hi, Ali,

    I'm also a breast cancer survivor, stage III locally advanced BC that was now (!) 24 years ago. I had bilateral mastectomies (one simple, one modified radical) with no reconstruction, 4 x 3 weeks Adriamycin + Cytoxan, 4 x 3 weeks Taxol, around 6 weeks of 5-field radiation therapy, 2.5 years of Tamoxifen, 5 years of Arimidex. So far, so good, in terms of metastases. I feel lucky! I was 44 at diagnosis, 68 now.

    Similar to you, I realized I needed to be more active exercise-wise after treatment if I hoped to regain strength and energy level. I hadn't been routinely active before treatment, and was greatly depleted after, so I started slowly and gradually. Happily, a year or two into that, I was introduced to a sport I love so much that I'd do it even if it weren't good for me, but it is. Huge quality of life improvement from all of that!

    Unfortunately, I wasn't insightful enough to commit to weight loss at that point, even though I was overweight/obese. I just became the statistically unusual pretty-fit fat person. Don't get me wrong, that was a super helpful thing, just not the whole needful thing.

    At 59, I finally committed to weight loss (and meant it), then started using MFP. In just under a year, I lost from class 1 obese to a healthy weight. That was another huge quality of life improvement!

    Now, at 68, I'm still at a healthy weight, still active . . . and grateful for all of it.

    You can find improvement, too, I predict. I'm cheering for you to succeed!

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