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Prostate cancer and co-morbidity. An interesting study.
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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.
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I think a healthy lifestyle is beneficial no matter what someone's circumstances are, but it for sure makes a huge difference in recovery!
When I had a cancerous kidney removed in 2014 (coincidentally it was the same surgeon, the same robot and he used the same old incisions for my prostatectomy) I did the same thing. I was already in good shape but I started crushing it a couple months before surgery and my recovery was very speedy.
This time around my recovery is slower but only due to one incision opening up on me - something I do not recommend as I have to stuff gauze deep into my gut twice a day. Every other incision is almost totally healed up and I'm mostly back to normal. I'm still obeying the weight limit for another two weeks, even though I feel like I could do it now, and hopefully this incision will heal in a few weeks, but otherwise my focus on health and fitness made this a relatively easy recovery overall.