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When battling cancer you want your body to be functioning at its absolute best and a maintaining a healthy diet, exercise, low stress levels and plenty of sleep will help!  Having a healthy lifestyle will aid in keeping up your strength, energy and immune system. People who are healthier overall are better able to cope with side effects of treatment. 

Resources:

Eating Well During Treatment

Nutrition During Cancer Treatment

Foods to Avoid During Cancer Treatment

Eating Well During and After Your Cancer Treatment

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“For the first month or two, I continued to swim, though not as much as I had been. I assumed that if I stayed active it would help me through the chemo. I was never incapacitated in that sense. There were a few days where either I didn’t feel well or was really tired, so I didn’t go out and pound the pavement or anything.”

Prostatepedia Interview 8/28/18