Grand Traverse WOMAN health
My journal
Jean Mahoney shares a blurb from her personal journal about how she decided to get involved with the Cancer Exercise Class:
Whom the class is for: Anyone diagnosed with cancer within the last two years can benefit from the class. Many of our clients have never been in a gym and others have been exercising all their lives. We tailor each person’s exercise to meet her needs and abilities.
Spring 2008
run for the Bayshore One year ago a nightmare started. It started after a training
Requirements to take the class: Those interested in the class must first get permission from their doctor. We do a pre-assessment with applicants to make sure they are able to do the class and commit to attending on a regular basis. We discuss any physical limitations they may have and sometimes it works out that they need physical therapy before they start the class.
there (or uphill, if you’re Half Marathon. I found a lump, and it went downhill from a runner).
gram scheduled; the My primary care doctor gave me a hug and got the mammo
surgeon and the surgeon radiologist told me to call my husband and sent me to a scheduled surgery and sent me to the oncologist.
Celebrating accomplishments: At the end of the ten weeks we have a celebration lunch. Along with having a good meal, we celebrate each participant’s accomplishments and award graduation certificates.
race by the bay, I So in the time I was planning on training and running a great
race. found myself running an entirely different and much harder
and getting ready to I was just recovered from surgery, struggling through chemo Merill) who was doing start radiation when a friend told me about this woman (Karen
The best part: The best part of teaching this class is the people and the friendships that are made. I have met incredibly strong, resilient and optimistic people who have shared their struggles with me and with each other. It seems that by being together and fighting together it gets easier.
said I could exercise and free exercise classes for cancer patients. My doctors had lly active, but that was that many cancer patients felt better when they were physica
to feel better and I didn’t really hard for me to believe. I didn’t think there was any way
The hardest part: The hardest part is losing those friends. The exercise our clients get in the class helps
really know what I could do.
e could make Out of desperation I called Karen. She convinced me that exercis
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