Day 2 on ADT

 Hi folks.  Welcome to my second day on ADT.  It occurs to me that I may not have defined my ADT, so here goes:

Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT), or hormone therapy, is a treatment for prostate cancer that reduces levels of male hormones (androgens like testosterone) to slow or shrink tumor growth.

I'm currently taking 1 tablet of Orgovyx, and 4 tablets of Erleada every day.  My goal is to reduce my tumor size so that it can be eliminated without taking out or damaging the surrounding healthy tissues or organs.

So far I haven't noticed any changes in my Quality of Life (QoL) or otherwise as of taking this medicine. According to the Orgovyx website:

        After 15 days of treatment, 99% of men taking ORGOVYX lowered their testosterone levels to                below 50 ng/dL in the clinical trial and 12% of men receiving leuprolide injections lowered their                testosterone levels to below 50 ng/dL.

My daily Thursday routine has not changed.  Since it's Thursday, I left the house at 4:30am in order to meet my F3 buddies for some rucking and a workout. Did 2 miles of rucking with a 55lb pack, and then did the 45 min workout.  The workout is a regularly scheduled "event" and a handful of us show up early to get in some extra work.  Workouts normally last 45 mins and run from 5:30am to 6:15am. It may seem early, but this allows most folks to get in a workout, get home and showered, and get out the door to work. 

If you've been wanting to start exercising, or just wanting to do something different (this is almost 100% different than what you're doing 😄 ) but just haven't managed to start then you should consider F3.  It stands for Fitness, Fellowship and Faith.  We operate on 5 Core Principles:

Free

Open to all men

Outdoors - rain or shine

Peer led in a rotating fashion

We always end in a 'Circle of Trust'  where we share stories, prayers and prayer requests, and anything else you feel like talking about.  This is where the Fellowship and Faith really grows!

The F3 mission is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.  We leave no man behind, but we also don't leave him like we found him.  Check out F3Nation.com if you want further information or the history of the program.  You can find workouts near you on that site, but a quicker way is to visit F3near.me , put in your zip code, and select a workout to attend.  There are several different types of workouts (Bootcamp, Kettlebells, Running, and others). 

Show up as you are! NO fitness levels required, and all are welcome. We do lots of body weight style exercises and everyone is encouraged to 'modify as necessary'. The key point is that you're there, doing something most guys aren't willing to do, and heading towards accomplishments that most guys only dream of. We work out in parking lots, fields and any other available areas. 

Here's some of the guys that showed up to what we call 'F3 Refuge '.  Each different workout has its own name.

That's it for today.  Hope this finds you blessed and well!

Tom