Chemo Brain & Recovery [Part 14 of 17]: Therapeutic Value of Physical and Mental Exercise

[janimil08]

She did mention TV is not a good resource for brain-building exercise, which I can totally see why. She did make allowances for any shows that engage critical thinking. I do wonder, though, if the internet is good or bad. I can see, where in some ways it just reinforces my tendency to be scattered and my short attention span, but it also does engage me in some real thinking—searching—researching­—repetitive mind tasks, etc.

[janimil08]

I sleep 9 to 11 hours a night. Wake up some in the night. Usually don't get up, though. I have too heavy a need to go back to sleep. But I think it is helping, after the stress and insomnia of treatment and sudden chemo-pause lasted so long. So I let my body sleep!

[PaytonMcleery]

Dr. Hardwicke, what is the ideal amount of time to sleep. I know some say 8 hours, but for me that is too much. If I sleep 8 hours, I wake up more tired. Do you have any information about that?

[OutragedPeople]

I have read that exercise that help prevent cancer. Do you have any data on that?