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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / February 2008Exercising
Len wisely wrote: > Because of spinal stenosis, there is a limit to what I can do. > I am now exercising almost every day for about 35 minutes, either > cycling or walking on a treadmill. According to the usual rule, > at my age, my target pulse rate should lie between 111 and 128. > Since I have to work up slowly, it takes me almost 15 minutes to > get above 111, but I do get up close to 128 before I'm done. If > I could go for an hour, it might make a difference, but I don't > think my back could handle it. I just barely manage what I do > by taking multiple pain killers and doing back exercises. We tell everyone in alt.support.arthritis (ASA) that exercise should not hurt. When you begin to feel pain is the time to stop. Try it later in the day or wait until tomorrow. Two 30-minute, pain-free sessions daily will produce better results that a 1-hour session that leaves you writhing in pain. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 I just got my PSA results after having a prostatectomy about 1-1/2 years ago: undetectable!!!! I am now being monitored by my family physician having been released by my uro. He was a great guy, but I am glad to be back in the hands of my internist. I get another PSA test in 6 mo. and if undetatable then I revert to every year. FWIW, I am dry, but my penis is mostly limp except when I shoot it up. David Marchand >I just got my PSA results after having a prostatectomy about 1-1/2 years >ago: undetectable!!!! That's great, David. It is at 1½ years, it seems, that most of us failures start noticing a rise. It's good to see you did not.  SignaturePSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 G7 (3+4), T3cN0M0 Neg margins PSA <.1 <.1 <.1 .27 .37 .75 PSAD 0.19 years EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 PSAD .056 years Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 and every 4 months there after PSA .07 .05 .06 .09 .08 .132 .145 PSAD 1.4 years Casodex added daily 07/06 PSA <0.04, <0.05, <0.04, <0.04, <0.1 2/12/08 Non Illegitimi Carborundum > Len wisely wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Two 30-minute, pain-free sessions daily will produce better > results that a 1-hour session that leaves you writhing in pain. That is fine unless you hurt more or less all the time. I generally hurt less after I exercise vigorously. The difficult thing is to gauge when the exercise is improving things rather than making it worse. > ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 Joe wrote: >> Two 30-minute, pain-free sessions daily will produce better >> results that a 1-hour session that leaves you writhing in pain. And Len replied: > That is fine unless you hurt more or less all the time. I > generally hurt less after I exercise vigorously. The difficult > thing is to gauge when the exercise is improving things rather > than making it worse. I was dx'd with ankylosing spondylitis in 1976. I have not had a pain-free day in more than 32 years. I was forced to retire on disability in 1988. My exercise? Square dancing 2 or 3 eveings a week, and walks. I can pace myself and sit out a dance if something begings to ache. I can gauge my half-way point in a walk turn around to head home so I arrive in one piece. <g> ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 > Len wisely wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 Some arthritis patients swear by swimming as the best exercise. If he has access to a pool, it might allow Len to exercise for a full hour without killing his back. Alan >> Len wisely wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > If he has access to a pool, it might allow Len to exercise for > a full hour without killing his back. Sorry. Bad shoulder. > Alan Alan wrote: > Some arthritis patients swear by swimming as the best exercise. Absolutely! Many local Arthritis Foundation chapters offer it. > If he has access to a pool, it might allow Len to exercise for > a full hour without killing his back. I failed to include that in the initial post. A doctor can write a 'script for aquatic therapy and it's covered by many insurance plans. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 |
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