At home in her living room, guided on screen by physiotherapist Cecilie S. Hagemann, Gro G. Wang trained herself to endure cancer surgery and recover quickly afterward.
The day after she was diagnosed with bowel cancer just before Christmas in 2023, Wang received a call from
Bærum Hospital. Would she consider participating in a patient study on prehabilitation?
In the three weeks leading up to the surgery, she would then receive dietary advice, daily exercise led by
a physiotherapist, as well as psychosocial follow-up if necessary.
– Of course, she replied. Both because she is a generally curious woman, and because she understood that
This way she would have something else and more constructive to concentrate on than the illness.
Source: https://kreftforeningen.no/aktuelt/med-ipad-og-vekter-gikk-gro-fra-bekymring-til-mestring/