Exercise?

Thank you

freefaller said:

I have just watched my wife doing house work and gardening and I know why she doesn't have to go to the gym

LOL!!  From on ex-RAF Engineer (33 years) to an ex-RAF PTI, that really tickled me!  AW

mstev2 said:

I also do a percentage of housework, and some stuff in the garden, where my input is restricted to "Dig there" - "Stop Digging" - "Put that plant in that hole" - "no, not that plant - that one!"

I’m enjoying this thread - especially when I look in the proverbial mirror with this quote  AW

Oh thank you!  I don't often ,make sense these days!

Just do a little and often.  Have a short walk after lunch and after dinner.  You can do some light weight work at home this will help you keep the muscle you have - I found that beneficial while on HT as getting older we lose muscle anyway and it's harder to get it back once lost.  Always start low and slow and work up.  No need for the no pain no gain that I was trained to do at the start - the only assault course you are doing is going through the cancer treatments.

I thought I would add a little update to this.

My walking is now targeted at 30 minutes minimum every day, but I do more than that most days. I set it at that because I tend to get a little bit obsessive about targets, and so didn't want to set one that I knew I wouldn't be able to reach on days when I am working.

Have been referred by my doctor to the local gym. Had my assessment, and am going for induction (when they plan out how to torture me) in early August - delayed because I am going be away for a week between times.

After that, the plan is to go to the Gym twice a week, and three times when to combination of time, energy and will-power come together.

I broke my wife's resistance band........

My outstanding thing is cycling. I am a leisure cyclist - I cycle to places to explore, not to beat times. It is good brisk exercise, but nothing that I need to dress in lycra for (I threatened to get some lycra once but my eldest daughter put paid to that. She said "You would look like a badly made sausage". My granddaughter had hysterics.).

Oddly, one thing that I read in the instructions for the PSA test is to avoid orgasms or cycling about 48 hours before. It seems to stir up the insides of the prostate.

I keep thinking:

• Wouldn't it do that now?
• Wouldn't it be bad for my treatment?

So, I can't think that it will, but I can't find a straight answer to the above.

Before I really disappear down a rabbit hole trying to find an answer, I wonder if anyone else here knew the answer?

And I think I have found an answer. 

Prostate Cancer UK have a number of online pages about fatigue which recommend cycling as a gentle exercise.

I suspect that they wouldn't do that if they had any evidence that it would cause problems.

So I am going to relax and get some cycling in.

Which is good, because I really enjoy it.

Hi mstev2,

My oncologist didn't want me to cycle during radiotherapy, but was happy for me to cycle 2 months after I finished. I also use a saddle with a center cut to help minimise pressure. I now cycle a few times a week.

Hope this helps

G

Thank you.

I will take that advice. It occurs to me that it might move the tumour's position.

Thank you again.

Cycling does not impact prostate cancer in itself. The reason why it is recommended not to cycle, or have sex, 2 days before having PSA test is because this can artificially amplify the result of the test. On the flip side, you should not take Saw Palmetto or Turmeric/Curcuma 2 days before a test because they can artificially decrease the result of the test.