"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 624 | I should add that there are some studies which showed that moderate exercise actually reduces cancer fatigue. And that total inactivity actually increases it. Your husband should try to do something, even if it is only walking down to get the newspaper or the mail, or to the corner and back.
Gail
CG to husband Barry, dx. 7/21/05, age 66, SCC rgt. tonsil, BOT, 2 nodes (stg. IV), HPV+, tonsillectomy, 7x carboplatin, 35x tomoTherapy IMRT w/ Ethyol @ Johns Hopkins, thru treatment 9/28/05, HPV vaccine trial 12/06-present. Looking good!
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