 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | They never showed me how to unbolt myself!!!
MM,
I stopped riding 1 month pre Tx because I was told by my RO I needed to gain as much weight as I could and obviously exercising defeats that goal. I did walk around the block a few times but that was really boring so I basically didn't exercise until I got back on my bike in my 4th month post and that was really tough mentally as well as physically.
Yes I also brought my own CD's because my rad tech liked country and that's all the CD's she had. Don't get me wrong I like all talented musical sources but after 3 days of country, I couldn't take that and the rad and the mask.
Funny story. My first day of rad they let my wife come into THE ROOM and when she saw them clamp me down she almost fainted and had to be helped out. She never again even ventured back from the waiting room.
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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