Cancer patients take fight to the gym
Monday, June 17, 2013
Her face flushed, Rosemary Lamont sat on the gym floor one recent afternoon, listening to her trainer’s impassioned commands. “Sit up tall and lift that leg,” the trainer coached, counting down the remaining seconds. “Five, four, three, two, one. Beautiful!” Lamont smiled, exhaling loudly. The 69-year-old woman is among legions of cancer patients adopting a new recovery strategy: They’re abandoning …