Re: Intermittent ADT
Posted: Sun May 08, 2022 10:50 pm
Bill, best wishes for a great 2022 outdoor season and a toast to your PSA staying low for awhile.
update... My slow-healing right knee (thought to be in this state because of the Jan. testosterone suppression shot) was good enough to allow me to lead my field class in late April (Sunol Regional Wilderness NW Diablo Range) and I was able to do several steep off trail descents without aggravating the issue (but I had to take those descents really delicately). Uphill class 3 stuff tested out fine. Some adjustments to gym routine (returned to gym for first time in 2 yrs following the last radiation treatment in late Feb) seem to have helped to build the right leg strength back. My other strength training stuff doesn't seem to have been negatively impacted--my training is still very intense. Last week I had my first post-radiation PSA (they have to wait 3 months after radiation treatments because PSA may not drop right away as a result of the radiation treatments. The result was my first below detection limit (<0.1) result in two years. I don't plan any super difficult off trail trips this year because of my knee and the fact that my training will be interrupted by about a month away in the field on various projects from mid June to mid July. Testosterone is supposed to be pretty much zeroed out until late June after which I'm told it may be another half year before it returns to normal level. In the meantime, I plan to do my backpacking opener right after Memorial Day to one of those Hwy 168 jeep trail country lakes, using an easy off trail route from another jeep trail. After that I plan a 3-day trip to Woodchuck Country before I have the one month of geologically-related stuff.
update... My slow-healing right knee (thought to be in this state because of the Jan. testosterone suppression shot) was good enough to allow me to lead my field class in late April (Sunol Regional Wilderness NW Diablo Range) and I was able to do several steep off trail descents without aggravating the issue (but I had to take those descents really delicately). Uphill class 3 stuff tested out fine. Some adjustments to gym routine (returned to gym for first time in 2 yrs following the last radiation treatment in late Feb) seem to have helped to build the right leg strength back. My other strength training stuff doesn't seem to have been negatively impacted--my training is still very intense. Last week I had my first post-radiation PSA (they have to wait 3 months after radiation treatments because PSA may not drop right away as a result of the radiation treatments. The result was my first below detection limit (<0.1) result in two years. I don't plan any super difficult off trail trips this year because of my knee and the fact that my training will be interrupted by about a month away in the field on various projects from mid June to mid July. Testosterone is supposed to be pretty much zeroed out until late June after which I'm told it may be another half year before it returns to normal level. In the meantime, I plan to do my backpacking opener right after Memorial Day to one of those Hwy 168 jeep trail country lakes, using an easy off trail route from another jeep trail. After that I plan a 3-day trip to Woodchuck Country before I have the one month of geologically-related stuff.