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When To Get Back on Bike after Prostate Biopsy

Old 06-01-21, 10:10 AM
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Good for you,, Be careful and listen to your body..
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Originally Posted by Sorg67
Six weeks post surgery. Rode bicycle three miles yesterday. Felt okay. Going to ease back in slowly. Legs felt very weak, but I think they will come back quickly. Resumed running about a week ago. Going slow and easy.
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23 miles on hybrid cushy seat Saturday. 10 miles on Gravel bike regular seat yesterday. Planning 15 miles on Gravel bike Friday and longer on Sunday. Regular seat on Gravel bike was a bit tender for the first couple miles, but after that seemed fine. Hopefully back to full speed soon!
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Thirty miles on Sunday. Gravel bike seems comfortable. I want to do a 50 mile loop this coming Sunday. Too big of a jump? 30 miles on Sunday seemed easy. I feel like 50 miles would be doable.
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Originally Posted by Sorg67
............................... I want to do a 50 mile loop this coming Sunday. Too big of a jump? .........................


Nothing ventured, Nothing ????

Good luck and HAVE FUN!!!
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Did my 50 mile loop on Monday. 42 miles Sunday. First time doing back to back "long" rides (long for me). Was a bit beat towards the end but felt good. Targeting 60 miles next weekend. Longest lifetime is 65 miles. Goal to do a 100 mile ride this year. Planning to bump a little each week. We will see if I hit a wall at some point.
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Old 07-07-21, 09:08 AM
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Way to go... I did 19 yesterday, Long for me,, going to try to get to 25 next week
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Originally Posted by xenabr549
Way to go... I did 19 yesterday, Long for me,, going to try to get to 25 next week
I started getting back into riding more in August of last year (2020). At that time 5 - 10 miles was a typical ride. I started working myself up slowly and got up to 65 miles. Then I got my cancer diagnosis and then had surgery. That set me back a bit, but I am working myself back up. I made a few jumps that were perhaps a bit too much and was really suffering at the end of the ride. I have become a believer in small, consistent gains. Listen to your body. Don't push too far, too fast.
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Originally Posted by Sorg67
Did my 50 mile loop on Monday. 42 miles Sunday. First time doing back to back "long" rides (long for me). Was a bit beat towards the end but felt good. Targeting 60 miles next weekend. Longest lifetime is 65 miles. Goal to do a 100 mile ride this year. Planning to bump a little each week. We will see if I hit a wall at some point.
Wonderful update. What we like to read.
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Hi Sorg67, My timeline is running pretty much 1 year behind yours. I have decided on robotic surgery, just waiting for meeting with surgeon and setting a date. It should be late April to mid May. I just wanted to see how you are doing riding 1 year later.
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Hi Sorg67, My timeline is running pretty much 1 year behind yours. I have decided on robotic surgery, just waiting for meeting with surgeon and setting a date. It should be late April to mid May. I just wanted to see how you are doing riding 1 year later.
Welcome to Bike Forums.

Sorg67 hasn't visited bike forums for several months, so if he does pop in it would be great to hear how he's doing.

However, my RALP (I laugh every time at that acronym, Robotic Assisted Laproscopic Radical Prostatectomy, no idea why the second R is dropped from the acronym) was mid July 2021.

By mid August I was back on the bike, and by mid September I was riding my bike daily to radiation therapy.
Radiation therapy eventually turned the BU bridge into a mountain for me, so the last week of radiation therapy I took alternate transportation.
But it didn't take long for the world to flatten out for me again and I'm back on my bike often, I'm sure I'll be close to 100% this summer.

Everyone heals differently, but for me, my bike has been a great help to my healing though all this.

Good luck. Listen to your body and be patient with yourself.

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Old 03-13-22, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by mr_bill
Welcome to Bike Forums.

Sorg67 hasn't visited bike forums for several months, so if he does pop in it would be great to hear how he's doing.

However, my RALP (I laugh every time at that acronym, Robotic Assisted Laproscopic Radical Prostatectomy, no idea why the second R is dropped from the acronym) was mid July 2021.

By mid August I was back on the bike, and by mid September I was riding my bike daily to radiation therapy.
Radiation therapy eventually turned the BU bridge into a mountain for me, so the last week of radiation therapy I took alternate transportation.
But it didn't take long for the world to flatten out for me again and I'm back on my bike often, I'm sure I'll be close to 100% this summer.

Everyone heals differently, but for me, my bike has been a great help to my healing though all this.

Good luck. Listen to your body and be patient with yourself.

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Thanks mr bill, I appreciate your feedback. From the thread I can see that a few have mentioned to take it slow and not rush it, let it come back with time. I"m getting in all the riding I can up to surgery.
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I am glad to see that this thread popped back up. I haven't posted in it for quite a while. Let me bring you up to date.

My MRI ended up showing a 2nd tumor and other possible trouble spots. So, after a CAT scan and a Bone scan determined that those spots were not other tumors, in August I started on 3 years of quarterly hormone treatments. In early November I started on 28 days of daily radiation treatments. Those ended on December 3rd, 2022.

My PSA number had started at 5.9 in December 2021, had risen to 6.9 by September 2022, and during the radiation treatments had climbed to 9.7 in November 2022. The radiation treatments had irritated the prostate tissue which caused a climb in the numbers during treatment. In February, approxmately 2.5 months after my radiation treatment ended, my PSA number had dropped to only 0.21.

As we caught my cancer very early, no surgery was needed.

I must say that during the first two weeks of daily radiation, I felt fine. I continued to work, ride my bike, and felt pretty normal. At the two week point fatigue hit me like a ton of bricks. I stopped going to work for the rest of the treatments and for about 3 weeks after. Work told me to stay home and rest, and not to worry about coming back until I felt that I was truly ready. I ended up missing about 5 1/2 weeks of work.

Today I still feel like I have less endurance than before this all started. I often take a nap at lunch time but work is cool with that, as well. My oncologist has told me that I can live my life with no restrictions, and that I can ride my bike as much as I want. While I have ridden a bit on my trainer and have got outside for a few short rides, I can't wait until Spring really arrives here.
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Back on he bike after prostate biopsy

I haven't had one for a few years but when I did I just stayed off the bike for 24 hours. If it hurt to ride I would not have done it.
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Hey cb400bill, thanks for your update. Glad to hear your back riding. Hopefully your endurance and stamina will come back too.

I meet with the surgeon April 1, no foolin'
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Originally Posted by dav57
Hey cb400bill, thanks for your update. Glad to hear your back riding. Hopefully your endurance and stamina will come back too.

I meet with the surgeon April 1, no foolin'
Good luck with your Dr. meeting and make sure to ask questions. Just a suggestion to start doing KEGELS before surgery.
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Good luck with your Dr. meeting and make sure to ask questions. Just a suggestion to start doing KEGELS before surgery.
Thanks for the heads up. I've been doing kegels for a few weeks already. My brother had his removed 10 years ago so he advised me to get started.
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Originally Posted by dav57
Thanks for the heads up. I've been doing kegels for a few weeks already. My brother had his removed 10 years ago so he advised me to get started.
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p.s. - hoping your choice of treatment is chosen based on age, physical condition, Gleason Score, prostate condition, diet habits, questions to surgeon, second opinions obtained and research + RESEARCH + RESEARCH

keep us posted BTW, I'm 7 years this month Gleason 10
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Finally ready to update my situation. I met with surgeon last Friday April 1. Finally got it all scheduled today. Robotic surgery will be April 19. Getting blood labs this week, and last abdominal scan to check lymph nodes will be next Tuesday the 12th. The count down is on.
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Originally Posted by dav57
Finally ready to update my situation. I met with surgeon last Friday April 1. Finally got it all scheduled today. Robotic surgery will be April 19. Getting blood labs this week, and last abdominal scan to check lymph nodes will be next Tuesday the 12th. The count down is on.
Hoping things go smoothly for you. I have the most important scan of my 7 years with PCa also next Tuesday.
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Hoping things go smoothly for you. I have the most important scan of my 7 years with PCa also next Tuesday.
Thank you. Hope all is good for you on Tuesday as well. Do leave an update with the good news.
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Finally ready to update my situation. I met with surgeon last Friday April 1. Finally got it all scheduled today. Robotic surgery will be April 19. Getting blood labs this week, and last abdominal scan to check lymph nodes will be next Tuesday the 12th. The count down is on.
Good luck. I had surgery back on Jan 4th. I rode on the indoor trainer for the first time today. The surgeon told me to wait 3 months before riding a bike. Tomorrow will hopefully be an outside ride. PSA at the 6 week mark after surgery was .022 and the 3 month (done yesterday) came back at .01. My follow up with the surgeon is next week.

Recovery was relatively easy but also needs a lot of patience. I was surprised how long it took for the abdomen to feel better. But, 6 surgical holes and a hernia repair will take time to heal.
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