Hi Terry,
Yes, it’s an ongoing nightmare isn’t it. The weight gain and muscle loss is only part of the story. I’m pretty active, daily long walks and now an allotment and I have a sensible diet but I’ve put on 10-15kg!!! I find it particularly depressing that whatever I do I can’t get myself any fitter or leaner, if anything regular activities get increasingly difficult.
I’m 2 years on Prostap with one year to go. Hot sweats every 2 hours, wakes me up each time at night making me get up for a pee. Added to Prostap induced fatigue makes me permanently knackered.
And as HT continues, my feet are aching more and more to the point where I shuffle around the house much to the amusement of my family (worse after getting up out of bed or after a rest). I worry that this pain might get worse, I won’t be an happy bunny if it seriously begins to impact my mobility.
Not to mention the impact on my private bits!
When I wake up, usually in a pool of sweat, my hands and fingers are tingling with pins and needles.
When I have a few too many beers or a night on the vino, it can often totally wipe me out the next day - in a different way to a regular hangover.
And I’m sure I get brain fog - maybe that’s just me naturally going doo-ally 😬.
I call it Prostap hell! My radical treatments of chemo, brachy and EBRT all now seem to have been a doddle compared to this.
My advice, for what it’s worth is to be active and stay positive. Afterall, this is supposed to be the thing that is making our roads to recovery 🤔. And, to answer the question, I’ve no idea how to loose the HT belly or puppy fat.
Good luck with it and all the best,
Spongebob