Jonny Goldstein’s American Colon: Walking Can Reduce The Risk of Colon Cancer & Exercise Boosts Survival 50%

2022-04-11

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“Everybody's different. You have to find what you like. But whatever it is. You'll feel happier if you do it,” shares Jonny Goldstein, artist, writer, and art educator from New York City. Jonny is currently working on his graphic novel, American Colon, after surviving colon cancer. When Jonny was recovering from surgery, his doctor asked about his exercise regime. While in recovery, Jonny wasn’t very physically active. His doctor made him realize that in order to heal, he actually needed to get moving. Jonny became ...

Jonny became hyper aware of his body when his health took a turn. The doctor informed Jonny that he should actually be walking three miles a day and that walking would help his body to heal faster. Being able to actually do things and get moving helped Jonny to feel more like himself again. He attributes movement with helping him recover stronger from colon cancer and encourages others that even if they have physical limitations, they can still do something to exercise.

Tune into this week’s episode of Movement: The Science of The Self to learn more about how important walking and overall exercise are to health.

Quotes

• “I was talking to my oncologist when I still had this tube in me and had this bulb it was draining into that was like a safety pinned device inside of my pants or the outside of my pants. And, he was like, so what's your physical routine like, and I'm like, I'm taking it very easy. I just want to heal up, I don't want to mess anything up. And he's like, You should be walking three miles a day.” (34:20-34:43 | Jonny)

• “Everybody's different. You have to find what you like. Whatever it is, you'll feel happier if you do it.” (35:48-35:57 | Jonny)

• “Basically, doctors recommend you walk 10,000 steps a day. It's your average typical adult, right? The average American walks like 4,000 steps a day. Australians walk like 9,000 steps a day or something. I'm sort of pulling these out of the air that might be off by 1000 or something but that's the idea. And it's really good for you to move around and do stuff.” (36:15-36:40 | Jonny)

• "I did some work with you years ago, but it was very helpful for me. I think more than anything, it just got me back into being more aware of my body and I enjoyed being in my body and doing stuff. That was good for me.” (36:42-36:04 | Jonny)

• “Nothing got me more aware of my physical self than having these medical issues. You know, we are very physical beings.” (37:43-37:54 | Jonny)

•"To quote Olivia Newton John: Let's get physical." (38:03-38:11 | Jonny)

Links

Website: https://www.jonnygoldstein.com/

https://www.webmd.com/colorectal-cancer/news/20060714/exercise-boosts-colon-cancer-survival

https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/study-even-a-little-walking-may-help-you-live-longer.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6563593/?report=classic

https://www.pongopower.com/medical-exercise-conditions/

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