 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | tristeve,
I must assume from your PM to me that you are a biker and by your name possible a tri type guy. I also see you are 58 so perhaps you are just like I was when I went through my Tx.
I was riding my bike (still am) 100 miles a week and this Tx knocked the crap out of me. I was weak as a kitten for a good 4 months post Tx. I couldn't even lift a bottle of water to put in those coolers for months I was so weak. I did get back on my bike sometime about 4 1/2 months post Tx and I still had to much dry mouth to ride more than 7 seconds without having to sip water. Not competitive to say the least. Then came Tax Season and our BRUTAL WINTERS down here so it gave me another 5 months to recover and by then, even though I still had dry mouth conditions, as long as I didn't try to carry on a conversation I was fine. Over the next few months my stamina came back and actually I was a tad faster and went up hills a lot easier (being 30 pounds lighter might have helped!!). Anyway my point is this recovery can be a long process so give your body time to heal.
Re the dependence on the Peg, at your recovery point you are doing GREAT only using it 20% of the time.
If you get a chance update your Signature Line like most of us so that we can know more about your Dx and Tx each time you post.
Congrats for completing Tx.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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