55 - HOPE - DISCERNING GOD'S ROLE
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56 - DIVERSIFY YOUR PORTFOLIO OF HOPES
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“There are only two kinds of people, those who have dreams and those who had dreams!” (Gino Grunberg)
57 - THE BACKSTRETCH – JOURNEY
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OPTIMIZING YOUR BASIC HEALTH
58 - OVERCOMING THE FATIGUE
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Everything about cancer makes you tired: the diagnosis, the depression, the treatment and the inactivity. A 2013 review of 56 studies on cancer related fatigue and exercise reported in the Harvard Men’s Health Watch suggests “that instead of resting, people with cancer related fatigue should try aerobic exercise if they can. This includes brisk walking, a light workout on a treadmill or exercise cycle, or water aerobics.” Weight lifting was of no benefit against fatigue. In addition to the physical benefits, exercise improves sleep and lessons depression.
59 - BACKSTRETCH: OPTIMIZE DIET, EXERCISE & ATTITUDE
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The cancer treatment is over and much of the medical professionals disappear or move only into a surveillance mode. There is growing information to suggest that lifestyle, nutrition, exercise and attitude can affect gene expression and cell behavior of both healthy, not so healthy and malignant cells - upregulating or down regulating certain cellular behaviors by affecting their microenvironments through a mechanism called epigenetics. While special diets cannot cure cancer, they may have a role in keeping it at bay and preventing it from regrowing.