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What if he has high cholesterol before started hormone therapy?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Feb 14 9:51am | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
@brianjarvis that is great to hear!
Hopefully we come through this together as well as you. Will be amping up both our workouts too so looking forward to a reason to buy more clothes as well haha. Nice to know your extra efforts paid off - congrats! Did you have to push through when tired or that didn’t impact you much? I am a little unsure when to encourage or when to call it nap time.
Replies to "@brianjarvis that is great to hear! Hopefully we come through this together as well as you...."
The push through is real for me. I do spin classes 4 times a week even if tired and slacking, weight lifting 2-3, and run 2-3. The incentive is I do feel like the real me once my system gets cranking. The struggle to push away from the easy chair is real especially in the afternoon. Congrats to those that have the discipline to do so.
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Everyday immediately after each proton radiation treatment I headed straight for the gym to lift weights. (That prevented me from being at home and having any excuses to miss working out.)
In addition, every other day, I also either swam laps for 35-45 minutes or ran a 5K.
My change of diet included a protein/fruit smoothie every morning, and a protein bar & two energy bars every day. I think that was helpful in sustaining energy and endurance during the months of low-testosterone.
Also important was for the radiation not to overshoot the prostate. The more otherwise healthy nearby tissues and organs that get hit with unnecessary radiation, the more fatigue will set in as the body has to deal with that.