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Cleansing

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We all have that picture in our heads of the terminal cancer patient, frail, thin,weak, but for some it's a different story, at least early on in diagnosis. There is little talk about terminal cancer patients wanting to lose weight, generally it's the opposite. So what about those of us who want to lose weight? For myself particularly this has been difficult. I was 8 months pregnant when I fractured my femur and was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. After 2 weeks I left the hospital recovering from a c-section, a right hip ORIF with insertion of rod and pins, insertion of a portacath in my chest for chemo. I had already started chemo and had finished 5 rounds of radiation to my spine and pelvis. I had a newborn baby to care for, complete with night feedings, and a toddler who's life was just turned upside down. Do you think I  was about to start a workout out regimen? No. So what's the problem now? A multitude of things has caused me to gain weight at an alarming ra