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Muscle recovery time post 12 months ADT
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@carlsbadguy
Thanks so much for posting this since it is important for future patients to see and know that the most ADT side effects can be mitigated with regular and correct exercise (every day !) and with correct diet. Of course, it all also depends of the starting point too because if multiple health issues are present before PC diagnosis than following intensive exercise can be difficult, but that does not mean that even lower levels of exercise will not help. To the contrary.
As you said - one knows if one lost muscle or fat. If your pants fit better and you can move a notch on your pants - you lost fat. If you can lift more and more weight every week - you developed new muscle strands ; ). And if you brake a door handle by accident - you definitely got stronger ( I am joking since it happened to my husband 2 days ago ha ha, I was like "honey, be gentle with doors from now on " lol . )
Mr. Surf started his salvage RT yesterday - it was "non event" by all means. He came home smiling and full of stories of whom he met, what jokes were said in the waiting room, etc. His RO came to say hello and even gave him a book to read, one that you like ( we have it but my husband was polite and took it, of course). The zapping was 10 min total and he than went to nice coffee shop to relax and eat something and came home happy. He is having VMRT which is similar to IMRT, don't ask me the difference 🤪, I am useless in that area. It is open machine - actually table with half cylinder that makes 4 circles around body and that is it. You lay down, they adjust you, machine activates zooom zoooom zoooom zooom, and you are done. 👍 Next week he will start going to the hospital gym after treatment since I read that it can enhance RT effect on cancer cells.
I hope that this description eased your mind somewhat - I think that after you are done with fiducial markers insertion and SpaceOR that you will be able to relax. The first day of anything is always little bit stressful but after you actually see how simple all is, you will be able to relax.
Keep us posted and good luck 🍀 : )))
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@surftohealth88
Hi Mrs. Surf, It's funny that Mr. Surf is starting radiation just as I am finishing my course (this Friday).
So far it has been fine...the only challenge is the "full bladder/empty rectum" regime that is required. Once or twice I almost jumped off the table when the zapping was done to find a bathroom.
My appointments are first thing in the morning, so no exercise for me until after the treatment. And like others, I can't imagine doing exercise with a full bladder.
After treatment, I jump on my bike and it almost immediately helps with the pressure I feel in my head most mornings, which is moderating over time. This is a new side effect that my doctors havent sen before but believe it is a reaction to the big change in hormones going on in my body (I am on the patch and Zytiga/prednisone and my T went from 350 to <3 in a month). After the bike ride I go to the gym and lift weights following my standard routine, but I think I will check out some of these resources for exercising while on ADT, as I have definitely gained weight and it sure isn't muscle. 🙂
Hope Mr. Surf continues to have smooth sailing with the RT!
@surftohealth88
Please keep me posted about your husband’s journey. So glad to hear about that smile on his face.
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@surftohealth88
"Next week he will start going to the hospital gym after treatment since I read that it can enhance RT effect on cancer cells."
Actually Dr Newton recommends 10-20 minutes of exercise shortly before radiation, both in his 2025 PCRI presentation as well as his book. It gets blood and oxygen flowing to the tumor which helps with the radiation. Not sure how easily I could work in a 20 minute workout prior to my treatment, with a full bladder no less, but will do everything I can to keep up my present routine.
Thank you for the kind and reassuring words, I will certainly feel better after next week, hopefully the actual treatments will be as much of a "non event" as Mr Surf's was.