Exercise?

Great news that your appointment has been brought forward and I hope your wife is OK and gets better soon.

I've been on HT (I usually refer to it as ADT) for 8 months now, and was a keen triathlete up until then.

I share your worry about cycling with the added fragility caused by HT/ADT, as I too have a history of not staying upright, but decided to keep cycling. I try to be more careful as in never in the rain, and not going too fast down hills. It's a risk but in balance with the fitness and mental-state benefits I decided for it. 

Weight training wise, I also read this is a must when on HT to try and retain muscle, I go to the gym twice a week now to do resistance work. If you can, I would recommend having a session in a local gym with a personal trainer, just to give you a set of exercises and check your form initially. 

Keep your walks, but if you need to prioritise one over the other, prioritise strength training.

I found this video helpful on the topic - https://youtu.be/efza9vq-cg8?si=itJSNcjuK6TBoLtm

With everything I'm doing, I still suffer fatigue, and see a drastic decline from my pre-HT levels of fitness, but I'm sure it would have been a lot worse had I not been training.

Hope this helps

G

Hi G,

Thank you for the excellent link.

Lots of love

Dafna

Hi Mistev2.

My partner goes to the gym twice a week ,for cancer patients. he sends me what he's doing that day- I have no idea what this means, maybe of help?

best wishes L

I have checked what your partner is doing with my limited knowledge of a gym.

The last line of the second column I think translates to

"Get up and go for a Turkish Kebab ? " .

Honest opinion though - it's great he's doing the gym twice a week - perhaps that's something I should be looking at!!

Kind Regards - Brian.

Brian,

I think you could be right! weirdly we did have a Turkish Kebab the evening he did this. 

 BarryW  Millibob   KB Turkish Get Up means Kettlebell Turkis Get Up. , which is kinda like taichi meets weight lifting. :) While on the floor, you hold the weight in the air with one arm and you slowly get yourself to a stand up position. 

Thanks for that - i think I will stick with my interpretation (it sounds much safer - if not as healthy!) .

Oh laws ! Sounds hideous. Ive just asked him for a translation of the whole thing and he’s told me to tell anyone that may want to do the routine to just go at their own pace and run it by someone at their gym. His trainer is also a physiotherapist so tends to be looking after him. I too prefer the kebab theory so maybe that is the better option .L  

I think I was doing the Farmers Walk when I came ot of the biopsy.....