How Much Exercise during ADT?

15 months of Elligard and I seem to be exhausted every day and mostly awake at night sadly...I walk and lift light weights daily and try to fight off the daytime nod offs. I would rather get a good night's sleep but it's been difficult. I guess the ADT likes the night life...)

I'm about the same on Eligard. I take a nap every day. It's not a long one. I do the same, walk everyday and band work. The "manapause" is quite powerful! As for the sleep issues. Totally hear you there. I've taken a magnesium pill the last couple days and it does seem to help. I feel a bit more relaxed than previous. We go this fellas!!!!

Doug

yes..just started on Orgovyx-1 month in- and the damn stuff does make you feel exhausted, jittery and dont sleep well..I hear those side effects relent some over time, but what a torturous remedy..!! I really would welcome suggestions..I do workout in the house- it seems that the heat we have in central texas in summer does exacerbate the dehydration and other symptoms...

I have noticed Big Dan is now a shadow of his former self and not much interested the girls- this after a life of being a puss aficiando..so I guess the stuff is working..altho havent lost body hair really..

Next big event is rectal spacer...I picture a work crew with orange cones and maybe a few jack hammers working to open up my asshole for the "spacer"..sounds like it might have been fun years ago with an all girl crew and plenty of lube, before my prostate betrayed me...

I'm about the same on Eligard. I take a nap every day. It's not a long one. I do the same, walk everyday and band work. The "manapause" is quite powerful! As for the sleep issues. Totally hear you there. I've taken a magnesium pill the last couple days and it does seem to help. I feel a bit more relaxed than previous. We go this fellas!!!!

Doug

I was on Lupron, Abiraterone and Prednisone for three years. I have been off for ten months and my testosterone is coming back and my PSA is remaining “undetectable”. I have been walking 3 to 5 miles daily, doing strenuous yoga three times a week and working out with weights three times a week. I still have hot flashes, cry frequently etc but my RBC has improved as has my anxiety and depression. I am hopeful that once my testosterone returns to normal, that my cancer doesn’t return and that the ADT/low testosterone side effects go away. My frequent exercise has been a big help and I have not lost muscle or gained weight.

I had a routine. I wake up really early. Do 30-45 minutes of Dizpenza meditaion. Then 20-30 minutes of tai chi/Qigong/yoga. Then I hit the gym for 15 minute HIT workout. I find that if I don't get it done in the morning , it ain't getting done. This routine has been compromised by an epigastric hernia, which has gotten exponentially worse over the past 2 weeks,so I can only do low intensity resistance exercises until I get the hernia fixed which won't be for at least a month because of life circumstances. I'm on Orgovyx until the end of Sept, but the timing couldn't be worse.

Hernia repair is a major reason I didn't choose surgery, because the surgeon wasn't confident he could remove the affected lymph nodes without damaging the hernia repair mesh. Prayer for your hernia resolution and recovery from ADT!

I've already had my prostate removed so that won't be an issue. My hernia is epigastric. What is yours.