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What rehab to do after 6 months of Orgovyx and 38 sessions IMRT?
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@jeffmarc As I am putting down all the things I need to do, what you have been doing gives me inspiration. It has always been hard for me to get to the gym three times a week and when I went onto Orgovyx it went out the window. I need to establish a good work out plan and keep to it. Then if the PSA starts to go up I will be better prepared to do the routine if I go onto Orgovyx again. My biggest problem with Orgovyx was mental and I believe it was the lack of sleep. Up until later on the radiation I was keeping up my cardio but I have not done it for four weeks, I will see if I can get back into it. There is no question when I am exercising I feel better and more alert. Best wishes always and thanks for the guidance. As other people have said this is a journey.
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ADT deteriorated my muscles to the point that I couldn’t get off the floor without pulling myself up on something. I didn’t really realize how much it damaged muscles.
With some exercise, I am stuck doing things with much lighter weights than I thought I would be able to handle. As @heavyphil mentions however, Doing as many reps as you can with lighter weights, until you can’t do another one, really does build those muscles. Over time you can move up to heavier weights. Getting in there and doing it early, can prevent the loss of muscles that are going to happen, if you don’t do the exercising.
I’ve heard many people talk about the sleep problems. Are you making sure not to sleep during the day so that you are tired at night? I don’t recall ever having a sleep problem with ADT, But for a few years, I would wake up multiple times feeling I had to go pee and I knew I didn’t. Fortunately, taking the right drug fixed that. I don’t go to sleep until midnight and wake up about 6:30, That assures that I’m tired and I don’t usually wake up In the middle of the night, It happens occasionally, but I go right back to sleep. Not sure this really helps but figured I’d bring up things that work for me.