Ongoing Prostate Cancer Treatment

In My Humble Opinion
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I vote, from now on, we the philosopher kings of the internet (self-proclaimed) issue an edict where cancers can only happen to people we deem worthy of such and a long and vibrant debate.

'cause I’m sick of bad things happening to good people. Yes, 'tis always been so, but a man can get cranky after so much misery to good people, while others get off with mere brain worms that die from starvation!

Seriously though, @What_Exit - hoping for nothing for good things for you, and others who have/have upcoming treatments for themselves and their loved ones.

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Whelp, I’m feeling pretty wiped out today. so I =guess it is a good thing I have two more days off before the third treatment.

I kept waking up last night, every two hours or so with an urge to urinate. After the first one there wasn’t much, so hopefully that was a one off night.

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That sounds really frustrating.

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If it is one night, no big deal. I know how much worse the old radiation treatments were. Incontinence was common, along with bloody stool.

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Yeah, I took 20 hits of rad rx in a month for mine, and thank the gods for bidets and the fact that my home has plenty of bathrooms so I was never far from one. Even then I . . . oh, never mind.

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I just took a walk around the block. It exhausted me. Damn.
1500’ was enough to exhaust me.

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Switch to metric distance. :roll_eyes:

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I’m late to this thread, but I can’t find anyone who’s mentioned this:

My understanding: Contracting muscles produce a variety of chemicals collectively called myokines. Some of these myokines have anti-cancer effects. But you don’t get very much of them unless you exercise vigorously. This is the reason that athletes have a much lower incidence of cancer than the general population.

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I hope you recover quickly! :heart_suit:

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I had forty four radiation treatments and then hormone blockade. I am just a bit over halfway for my medications. The side effects can be challenging. Also, I am not a big fan of the impotence which is front and center as the trigger for the depression listed among the side effects.

I am in the gym every day working to keep the weight gain side effect at bay

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The hot flashes are weird. They are much more intense when I am working out

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how are you feeling after the latest?

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Pretty wiped, I just back. I’ll probably ride the recliner for a while.

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how many more do you have?

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Only 2, I finish Friday. I keep reminding myself how much better this is than in the past.

But I do feel worn out at this point.

I’ll get some more information on the follow-up on Wednesday. Hopefully it is just PSA testing. I have no clue honestly.

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In my vicarious experience, the bounce back from radiation fatigue is pretty quick once they stop zapping you. As in a few days, not a few weeks. You’re in the home stretch of feeling lazy and wiped.

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That is very hopeful.

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Good news to report, I don’t feel wiped today. No idea why, I had a radiation treatment yesterday.

It feels so good to not feel fatigued.

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Yaay! Now don’t go run a marathon or you’ll be wiped again. Slow and steady wins this recovery race.

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If you’re wiped, maybe a nice day to treat yourself to something nice to eat? Doesn’t have to be heavy (probably for the best), but something you love but haven’t had recently?

Got to reward yourself a bit for continuing through the whole process!