[quote=PaulB]I don't think working out has anything to do with how you react to chemo, in that case, I should never had a problem. I ran, biked, swam, boxed, and lifted weights, since I was 15, amongst several martial arts programs in between, and all my jobs required me to be physicaly fit, and be a deterrent, sometimes physically. I started chemo at 245 lbs, and after a severe reaction to the same chemo, Taxotere, Cisplatin. 5-FU, near death, I was 130lbs in less than a month. The side effects are too numerous to list. I think of it similar to an allergic reaction, some have no problems to certain foods, and some do. Can't do much to change that, just change the food. In this case toxin, if you can, and sometimes all it takes is once, and that's why they give you all the other meds to lessen the toxicities and side effects. [/quote]

Hi Paul, you make a good case; and I'm sure that that is very likely the case with you. But I am not convinced that this (allergy analogue) is the case in all, or even most cases; the reason being the dramatically different reactions in my case, between not working out during the chemo and doing so during the chemo.

May I ask if you continued to work out while you were being treated?

My MO and I have discussed this at length, and he is convinced to the point that he has started advising his patients to give it a try.

But you do make another good point, that being that no protocol is a "one size fits all." What works well for one patient may not work at all, and may even prove counter-productive for others. But working out can not hurt (cause further harm) if one can do it; but it can help.

I offer this in the hope that it does. It definitely helped me enormously.