Active against cancer - these women do it
During a cancer therapy, the body must endure a lot - but the psyche too, because the disease leaves visible traces: "Without breasts and hair, I felt like an old woman, for whom no one is interested," says a Norwegian, suffering from breast cancer is. These feelings are shared by many cancer patients.
It is all the more important to strengthen your self-confidence during this difficult time. Many women do this by becoming active. "If physical exercise were a pill, it would be the most prescribed drug in the world," said Grete Waitz, the now-dead co-founder of "Active Against Cancer." The organization is committed to ensuring that physical activity is established as an integral part of cancer therapy. The first fitness rooms for cancer patients in hospitals already exist.
For good reason, because physical activity improves the quality of life of cancer patients - both during therapy and in rehabilitation - has been scientifically proven. Endurance sports can even relieve the side effects of chemotherapy. Staying active also reduces the risk of relapse.
With an unusual project, "Active Against Cancer" wants to raise awareness and prove that cancer does not have to destroy self-confidence. In addition, they have pre-buttoned the most physical video of all time - Eric Prydz 'mega hit "Call On Me" from 2004. In a remake, eight Norwegian cancer patients dance in tight turn-out suits like the pros from the original - and show that they despite scars have not lost their joy of life:
