Being healthy is a great asset. When you are confronted with illness, nothing seems to be taken for granted anymore.
In late 2009, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. We caught it just in time, and for the next five months, I was on a kind of rollercoaster: three surgeries and six rounds of chemo later, my first thought was HURRAY, I'm alive! However, the quality of my life wasn't great.
Chemo destroys more than you love, and the other medication also had nasty side effects, meaning I had to deal with poor kidney and liver function, weight gain (40 kg), diabetes, neuropathy, and fatigue.
Personal training and lifestyle coaching
In 2011, I came into contact with personal trainer Robert Havelaar of RWIJK GYM And since then, I have been doing personal training with him and his team. In addition, I have coaching sessions every other week regarding what I can do alongside exercising to improve my lifestyle. Matters concerning my power supply and a pattern within that comes up for discussion, but also other matters such as sleep quality, daily exercise, etc. This has ensured that I have gained more knowledge about these matters. I can now manage myself better in this regard and knows which choices are good be for me and which I must try to limit.
However, it wasn't until 2015 that I finished cancer treatment and could begin improving/rebuilding my health. Because of all the rubbish I had swallowed in the preceding years, I refused to take medication.
Quality of my life has improved significantly
By exercising weekly and also paying attention to my dietary intake, under the guidance of my personal trainer, my quality of life has improved significantly. Nowadays, I feel fitter and stronger, have better stamina, am less fatigued, and have lost quite a few kilos over the years.
And although my lifestyle journey has its ups and downs, at the last check-up at the hospital in December 2023, I was told that my kidney and liver function are good again and that I no longer have diabetes. The only advice the doctor gave me was that I still needed to do something about my weight, but here too I have high hopes that this will also turn out perfectly fine. I am continuing the path I started years ago in 2024 with high spirits and know that together with the help of RWIJK GYM will certainly reach my final destination in Rijswijk!
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