I have just started on Hormone Therapy (I haven't got used to calling it HT yet) and am taking advice from many here - thank you all of you.
The best advice is that I need to tackle the things I can and put aside worry on the ones I can't. So, it's diet and exercise.
My lady wife has the diet stuff under control. She is having an operation to remove a polyp (could be seen but not removed by the colonoscopy, as it was hiding behind the appendix - so they are going in through the roof tomorrow, a laparoscopy I think they call it) so I have a weeks' worth of salads to make. For some reason she doesn't rate my cooking....
It's the exercise that I need advice on.
I read that HT (see, I did it that time) can cause problems with bones and muscle wasting.
I walk for a minimum of 30 minutes every day - even when it's raining - and assume I should carry on with that.
Summertime I cycle a bit. I have a history of dismounting headfirst, so I am seeking advice on whether I should stop or not. Practical advice, not from medical specialists, who alsway seem to look at me as if I have two heads.
So, should I quit cycling?
I also read that light wieghts are good to retain muscle mass. I have got some weights (belonged to younger daughter) but I have no idea what exercises to actually do
Does anyone have any links to exercise videos or documents listing the right rate of exercise?
The trying not to worry thing is working, although I do have some moments where the voice in my head says "worry you plonker, you've got cancer". I am telling it to be quiet.
Steve
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
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.
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