Wish me luck

[Startingover]

AR wes told me similar about cutting out all sugar because it feeds and grows the cancer cells

 

[Meetketchup]

AR wes told me similar about cutting out all sugar because it feeds and grows the cancer cells

That’s all speculation.

 

[Doug 64]

Well brother I’m no doctor so maybe things have changed but years back when I had my issues there was a lot of talk that cutting out carbs somehow starved the cancer cells.

That maybe total bullshit now but maybe worth checking into. I mean diet is super important while going through chemo and shit. I can’t believe they haven’t at least talked with you about it. But Im in no way shitting on your doctors. I’m just surprised.

Anyway man sorry if I’m wrong but your diet probably is something you’re really gonna need to watch. You probably eat good anyway I’m just saying your body is gonna be pretty beat up and depleted of a lot of shit.

I’m not lecturing brother. Just talking out loud with love and respect.

Appreciate you sincerely my man. I am gonna dive into this today and see what I can find. I absolutely agree that diet is as important to treating cancer as it is in doing a bulk or cut. Thank you @AR-15

 

[Doug 64]

Morning weight 173.8
Im working this weekend so i will see how that goes. I did the infusion on Tues and had no sides Wed so I figured I was good... until I tried to get up on Thursday! Man that shit was a total sneak attack. I felt like shit and spent the day wallowing around the house. I knew it was too good to be true because I felt so good Tuesday I went to the gym after infusion and did 3 or 4 movements. I don't think the gym had any effect on my Thursday because it was 2 days prior.
In any event, yesterday was WAYYY better. I got up and out and did some prone legs, seated leg curls and high foot leg presses for 2 x 15s each. I alsi did some incline chest, Seated OHP, seated chest, and some tricep pushes in the whacky Tricep machine at gym #1!
I feel pretty good today, even a little sore in the ass cheeks, but otherwise the energy is here. I reckon thats enough for now and pics below are this morning's weight and some post workout pumps from yesterdays session. Have a great day guys.

 

[Startingover]

Good shit man!
If I'd seen ya in gym?
nvr suspect ur goung thru chemo and all other shit u r and fighting cancer woth a baseball bat day in and day out!
Respect my man!
Keep on
Keeping in

 

[AR-15]

Morning weight 173.8
Im working this weekend so i will see how that goes. I did the infusion on Tues and had no sides Wed so I figured I was good... until I tried to get up on Thursday! Man that shit was a total sneak attack. I felt like shit and spent the day wallowing around the house. I knew it was too good to be true because I felt so good Tuesday I went to the gym after infusion and did 3 or 4 movements. I don't think the gym had any effect on my Thursday because it was 2 days prior.
In any event, yesterday was WAYYY better. I got up and out and did some prone legs, seated leg curls and high foot leg presses for 2 x 15s each. I alsi did some incline chest, Seated OHP, seated chest, and some tricep pushes in the whacky Tricep machine at gym #1!
I feel pretty good today, even a little sore in the ass cheeks, but otherwise the energy is here. I reckon thats enough for now and pics below are this morning's weight and some post workout pumps from yesterdays session. Have a great day guys.

I’d be careful telling just anyone that you’re a little sore in the ass cheeks! lol I mean we understand it here but……..

 

[OlePhart]

Morning weight 173.8
Im working this weekend so i will see how that goes. I did the infusion on Tues and had no sides Wed so I figured I was good... until I tried to get up on Thursday! Man that shit was a total sneak attack. I felt like shit and spent the day wallowing around the house. I knew it was too good to be true because I felt so good Tuesday I went to the gym after infusion and did 3 or 4 movements. I don't think the gym had any effect on my Thursday because it was 2 days prior.
In any event, yesterday was WAYYY better. I got up and out and did some prone legs, seated leg curls and high foot leg presses for 2 x 15s each. I alsi did some incline chest, Seated OHP, seated chest, and some tricep pushes in the whacky Tricep machine at gym #1!
I feel pretty good today, even a little sore in the ass cheeks, but otherwise the energy is here. I reckon thats enough for now and pics below are this morning's weight and some post workout pumps from yesterdays session. Have a great day guys.

Look at those veins popping. And those wings coming out. Hell yeah! Get it man. Glad you feel better.

 

[GYMnTONIC]

Yep fasting can starve many cancers.. I know more then one person that has defeated cancer 100 by fasting.. water and nothing else for 30 days up to a year I have seen happen.

If you don't feed a cancer it can not grow or will minimally grow.

Yes you lose weight but that comes back with ease within a few months.

I've known aas users that have this knowledge and say I'd rather be buried in a large coffin then to die skinny and scrawny. All that tells me is that they don't have any belief in fasting. I've known guys who have upped their AAS doses even after being diagnosed.

Vanity can kill.

 

[Doug 64]

Morning weight 174.6

Im at infusion today and apparently my Magnesium is low. It seems that low Mag is another side effect of the chemo. I'm taking a Mag supplement and hoped it was cutting it. The Mag takes an hour to infuse... which drives me crazy because I give the shit to Asthma patients using the same dose over TEN MINUTES!
It is what it is, but its also one of the few days off that I get and I'd rather save the time. The Chemo meds only take 30 minutes so what gives?
I know I'm bitching about nonsense... I am off tomorrow... but so is the wife which means no joy! LOFL... at least not for me which is odd because who doesn't like weeding the yard and going into the attic to get the base for the table that sat in the garage and storage for 6 years, but is now the only table we could possibly use. To ensure the table thing...she threw the fucking kitchen table out so now the replacement tabletop... is just laying in the middle of the kitchen floor! Anyone... anyone else deal with this type of insanity or is this just my special place in hell? Have a day! LOL

 

[OlePhart]

That's not bitching. That's unnecessary aggravation. I agree with you about that. I got divorced after 20 years so I can't give marriage advice but yeah. I can relate to that kind of thing very easily. Mine was an undercover psycho snake that took a long time to shed her skin and show her true colors. By no means am I implying that to yours. I wouldn't dare. Just talking about mine. Slowly but surely turned into her mother. The old saying if you want to see what your wife is gonna be decades down the road look at her mother might not be 100% across the board but mine damn sure was. Keep your chin up man. You'll come out on the other side better. You're one tough as nails fighter and and an inspiration. You might get tired of hearing that but guess what? It's true. God bless man. Always in everyones prayers.

 

[Doug 64]

That's not bitching. That's unnecessary aggravation. I agree with you about that. I got divorced after 20 years so I can't give marriage advice but yeah. I can relate to that kind of thing very easily. Mine was an undercover psycho snake that took a long time to shed her skin and show her true colors. By no means am I implying that to yours. I wouldn't dare. Just talking about mine. Slowly but surely turned into her mother. The old saying if you want to see what your wife is gonna be decades down the road look at her mother might not be 100% across the board but mine damn sure was. Keep your chin up man. You'll come out on the other side better. You're one tough as nails fighter and and an inspiration. You might get tired of hearing that but guess what? It's true. God bless man. Always in everyones prayers.

LOL... WOMAN... can't live with them... can't killem! They're all nuts but she mostly puts up with me so... appreciate you bro.

 

[Doug 64]

Quick Saturday check-in!
I'm off this weekend and working the holiday day. I feel much better today than I did Thursday and at work yesterday. I had to call out Thursday. IDKY but I slept like shit Tuesday and Wednesday nights. I had the infusion Tuesday, but I don't normally have an issue sleeping. It's usually the exact opposite! I called out Thursday and just chilled for the day. I felt better later in the day and ate pretty good.
I have to take the wife and her car to the mechanic for some brakes. I am hoping to get out to the gym afterwards and enjoy some of my day. I hate wasting a nice day sitting around and now that I have the C, I am determined to do as much as I can with my time and get shit done. I reckon that's it for now. Enjoy your weekend.

 

[GYMnTONIC]

Great update have a nice weekend sir

 

[Startingover]

Morning weight 174.6

Im at infusion today and apparently my Magnesium is low. It seems that low Mag is another side effect of the chemo. I'm taking a Mag supplement and hoped it was cutting it. The Mag takes an hour to infuse... which drives me crazy because I give the shit to Asthma patients using the same dose over TEN MINUTES!
It is what it is, but its also one of the few days off that I get and I'd rather save the time. The Chemo meds only take 30 minutes so what gives?
I know I'm bitching about nonsense... I am off tomorrow... but so is the wife which means no joy! LOFL... at least not for me which is odd because who doesn't like weeding the yard and going into the attic to get the base for the table that sat in the garage and storage for 6 years, but is now the only table we could possibly use. To ensure the table thing...she threw the fucking kitchen table out so now the replacement tabletop... is just laying in the middle of the kitchen floor! Anyone... anyone else deal with this type of insanity or is this just my special place in hell? Have a day! LOL

Theydefinatly think waaay differently than we do man!
But as you say they put up woth our BS.
SO we keep them out of the woodchipper!!

 

[Doug 64]

Figured its time for a quick check in. Its day 3 for me and then im off 2 and on the weekend. Physically I am feeling pretty good. The sleep has been steady as has the food intake. The weights are solidly in the 172 to 177 range and energy levels seem to hold out a little longer every week. The issue now is the Neuropathies in my hands. The fingertips are kinda tingly. Its a weird thing to describe but I notice I am dropping shit regularly and having a little issue doing buttons and picking up small items in general. The doctor asked if they were steady or intermittent, and of course mine are steady, which led him to say that we will keep an eye on it. Because the steady ones are, the ones that are more prone to remain... forever!
It would absolutely just be par for the course of my life to go on ahead and beat cancer only to have to retire out on disability because I can't feel my fingers due to Chemotherapy side effects... FML. I will definitely see how this affects lifting weights. So far its only small objects so i guess I'm not gonna be a surgeon when I grow up... and that also means I can't build any more model, airplanes or ships, what the fuck

 

[OlePhart]

Figured its time for a quick check in. Its day 3 for me and then im off 2 and on the weekend. Physically I am feeling pretty good. The sleep has been steady as has the food intake. The weights are solidly in the 172 to 177 range and energy levels seem to hold out a little longer every week. The issue now is the Neuropathies in my hands. The fingertips are kinda tingly. Its a weird thing to describe but I notice I am dropping shit regularly and having a little issue doing buttons and picking up small items in general. The doctor asked if they were steady or intermittent, and of course mine are steady, which led him to say that we will keep an eye on it. Because the steady ones are, the ones that are more prone to remain... forever!
It would absolutely just be par for the course of my life to go on ahead and beat cancer only to have to retire out on disability because I can't feel my fingers due to Chemotherapy side effects... FML. I will definitely see how this affects lifting weights. So far its only small objects so i guess I'm not gonna be a surgeon when I grow up... and that also means I can't build any more model, airplanes or ships, what the fuck

Dammit man. We'll keep praying for you hoping it turns out to be a temporary thing. You're going through a lot so as much as is possible try not to dwell on it too much and keep kicking and screaming. You've already proven your strength and I believe you've got this part beat as well. You're a good man Charlie Brown. Keep fighting the good fight.

 

[Startingover]

Dammit man. We'll keep praying for you hoping it turns out to be a temporary thing. You're going through a lot so as much as is possible try not to dwell on it too much and keep kicking and screaming. You've already proven your strength and I believe you've got this part beat as well. You're a good man Charlie Brown. Keep fighting the good fight.

Ditto!
Keep doing ur thing!
Sending positive vibes ur way man!

 

[AR-15]

Figured its time for a quick check in. Its day 3 for me and then im off 2 and on the weekend. Physically I am feeling pretty good. The sleep has been steady as has the food intake. The weights are solidly in the 172 to 177 range and energy levels seem to hold out a little longer every week. The issue now is the Neuropathies in my hands. The fingertips are kinda tingly. Its a weird thing to describe but I notice I am dropping shit regularly and having a little issue doing buttons and picking up small items in general. The doctor asked if they were steady or intermittent, and of course mine are steady, which led him to say that we will keep an eye on it. Because the steady ones are, the ones that are more prone to remain... forever!
It would absolutely just be par for the course of my life to go on ahead and beat cancer only to have to retire out on disability because I can't feel my fingers due to Chemotherapy side effects... FML. I will definitely see how this affects lifting weights. So far its only small objects so i guess I'm not gonna be a surgeon when I grow up... and that also means I can't build any more model, airplanes or ships, what the fuck

See brother this is the perfect example when I say you gotta stay positive. I know you probably want to punch me in the face at this point but I’m telling ya it’s the best medicine you got.

I’ve told this here before. When I went to visit like 20 kids at children’s hospital the number one thing they each said that kept them going was just staying positive and family. Kids are the most precious things we have so they can’t be wrong. I went through the same thing brother and I truly believe it works.

I know the finger tip thing sucks and this is easy for me to say but try your best to spin it. Keep telling yourself it’s a temporary thing and it will be. If it decides to stick around awhile then let it. Maybe it will cause you to find new and better ways of doing shit.

Sounds gay I know but you’re gonna face some more issues along the way brother. Cancer ms gonna throw some punches that connect along the way. Use this one as a learning experience so the more the pussy ass cancer throws at you the better equipped you are to beat the brakes off it and send it packing like the little bitch it is. Just saying……

Btw I promise that will be the last stay positive from me. I don’t want to be “that” guy. I had a couple of those Ra Ra guys when I got hurt. I appreciated what they were trying to do but they came real close to me punching the fuck out of a few of them just to make them shut up. Lol

 

[Doug 64]

Morning weight 172.4.
I love my scale! It always lowers my metabolic age ranking when im below 174! Today I'm metabolically 58... now if I could only just get those 4.5 years back for real!!!
Its infusion day and this is round 4. Today we are opening with the double dose of Immunotherapy and Chemo. I really hope they don't give me the magnesium again. I really can't say it does more than I could by just doubling my home dose. They run it slow AF and by the time I get out of there I wanna choke people out!
Im hoping this round will pass easily. My hair is getting thinner by the day and I actually have a blood blister on the tip of one of my fingers because the neuropathies force me to grab stuff more vigorously to avoid dropping!
The lethargy has really NOT been an issue since the last session and I am hitting step counts I never even got when I was trying to hit them! LOFL yesterday was a work day and IDK how, but I managed 15,398 steps and no resulting lethargy!
I'm also 11 and a wake up from Cancun and cannot wait!
When I get back the real fun starts with the Radiation treatments... 7 weeks of directed chemo 5Xs a week. The radiation doc made the point to mention that since it's not full body, I shouldn't lose any more hair.... unfortunately, he said that in the same breath that he told me, the side effects will be cumulative and that if I wanted to go out on full disability, he would sign me out without even blinking twice! I honestly don't know how I feel about that because I'm my own worst enemy. My hands are definitely the devil's tools when idle and its my plan to work through of I can. I'm trying not to think about it too much because I don't wanna get all hung up in my mind with visions of being off and getting paid! Disability money sucks!!! They pay somewhere in the 50% range and I would still need gas to go to treatment, co-pays and medications... no bueno!
I reckon thats about all for now. Please be safe out there, appreciate the little things... and get swolle! HOOYAH!
Pics below are weight, steps, and hobby time!

 

[Chemicalreaction]

Been silently following you man keep up the hard work even when times are tough or just don't seem to make sense that's when the real wins happen !

 

[KYIN-PEPTIDES]

All goes well.

 

[Ogre]

I just want to say, you rock and are very inspiring.

Also, I'm disappointed, as I was expecting more serious accidental poop explosion incidents.

 

[Doug 64]

Well tomorrow is the last Chemotherapy session... then I am 4 and a wake up for Cancun! I figured I'd grab a quick break and go relax while I can still enjoy it... Radiation therapy starts shortly after I get back and I wanna have a nice tan on the outside... before they start slow roasting me inside.
I have a CT with Landmark tattoos on the 5th, then a PET Scan on the 8th to make sure the prostate and nibblies are still good... then im up for 7 weeks of 5Xs a week. I really hope I can work through this... I burned all my time already with the first round of treatment and Disability takes forever to kick in.
I also have to deal with this dude at work... he's a low level supervisor and he's morbidly obese and jealous AF over my physique! The fact that I have cancer, annd still look healthier than him drives him nutty. I always end up going over his head to correct the absences... we get fucked for too many absences. I have intermittent disability in place and it should be coded as such when I call out... this guy continues to mark me as unauthorized absences.
I don't want to be that guy... but bro... give me a fucking break. He likes to play the corporate tool role and uses "the book" as his excuse. I call him El Heftey and opposed the El Hefe... and he knows it but can't prove it. I know its baby bullshit but fuck him... do your job.
OK guuuussss fravaaah the anger sharks got loose!
That's enough for now, have a great day guys. HOOYAH

 

[Doug 64]

Grrrr double posted!

 

[Doug 64]

Morning weight 174.8, its Tuesday and today is my last infusion of Chemo. Im waiting on the Doc as I type this. I reckon he is gonna hand me off to the radiation oncologist. I'm not sure what the plan is yet but there was talk of doubling down and doing low dose chemo with the radiation. IDK how thats gonna pan out but if they say it's what is working then I guess that's my plan.
I just saw his assistant and told her I'm headed to Cancun for a week. T hey agreed it was "beneficial to my recovery" and are gonna cover the days as time off due to neuropathies of the hands... which BTW is legit and is sucking ass! Im having issues doing buttons, picking stuff up after I've dropped it... which happens regularly now. Its at the point that I am grabbing things so firmly I have blood blisters on a couple of fingers!
Damn I need Cancun now! LOFL.
I reckon thats it for now, ill update this if Doc has anything more to say. PIC'S are just random insanity from the street!

 

[Meetketchup]

The fact you are holding weight through all this shows you how going into this with as much muscle as possible was so important. That and your nutrition is always on point. Not giving af about appearance at this point obviously, talking about health as that's all we care about.

 

[Doug 64]

The fact you are holding weight through all this shows you how going into this with as much muscle as possible was so important. That and your nutrition is always on point. Not giving af about appearance at this point obviously, talking about health as that's all we care about.

I am feeling pretty good all things considered. I am totally looking forward to getting back in the saddle. We got a show to do you know!

 

[Meetketchup]

I am feeling pretty good all things considered. I am totally looking forward to getting back in the saddle. We got a show to do you know!

Looking forward to that more than anything. Will be the best comeback story ever.

 

[Doug 64]

Looking forward to that more than anything. Will be the best comeback story ever.

HOOYAH... IM YOUR HUCKLEBERRY

 

[Doug 64]

Well Chemo round one is over... and not a hair too soon! LOL... my hair has taken a big hit! It almost looks like I can count them when I dry them after the shower. For the life of me IDK where they are going! I don't see them on my pillow or in the sink, but sure as shit they are thinning fast! The neuropathies are on and off and they say that's good because they might disappear. It seems the chemo went out with a bang cause I was dogged yesterday. I had a small fever that just put me down for the rest of the day.
I did take some Ibuprofen and 4 tee shirts later I am at work!
Im also 3 and a wake up from Cancun so that's a huge help. I do have to be careful for the sun I'm told, so extra sun block is the word.
They also gave me the plan for going forward and I will see how that works. They are gonna use radiation 5Xs a week and chemo 2Xs a week along with it. The chemo will be a different med from these two and is supposed to enhance the radiation therapy. The doc keeps asking about disability. I'm on intermittent leave right now, but he keeps saying he would sign me off for total... tomorrow if I want! I keep thinking about it, but I know myself and the downtime would not be productive! LOL... it's not like I'd be hitting the gym everyday since im not working.
That's enough for now. Enjoy the day.