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Prostate cancer and co-morbidity. An interesting study.
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And that's exactly the thing to do. I also stay active. I may not have metastatic cancer but I haven't had my first post RARP PSA yet either so I feel like I'm still in limbo. Even then, as I've seen here numerous times, this thing can come back to hit you at any point and my current lucky streak may very well run out. Better to stay in shape, keep my pelvic floor healthy and hedge my bets, it costs nothing more than time and effort to do so.
Case in point: https://www.pcf.org/patient-resources/living-prostate-cancer/exercise-prostate-cancer/
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Exactly. I was paraplegic in a hospital bed for a few months after the cancer metastasised to my spine, and a day didn't go by that I wasn't grateful that I'd been in good shape going in, and that my regular weight training had left me with arms strong enough to pull myself around the bed or onto my side at night (since my legs were just hanging like slabs of meat). Also, my oncologists explicitly said that they agreed with "throwing the kitchen sink" at my cancer in 2021 because I was otherwise strong and healthy, so I could tolerate some pretty harsh side-effects (that might be part of the reason I'm still here to post about it in 2025).
You never know when it will matter, but the stronger and healthier you are going in, the better your chances.