Excercise after radical nephrectomy

Rea
Rea Member Posts: 28
in Kidney Cancer #1

Hi there.  I am on my 13th week of recovery from my right nephrectomy.  i am back to work (office work only) but i am gaining weight. i am already overweight and i wanted to shed those pounds.  anyone here knows what excersise i can engage in? i still have pain in my incision and flank.

thanks for you time :)

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  • Djinnie
    Djinnie Member Posts: 945 Member
    #2
    Hi Rea,
    I am glad to hear you

    Hi Rea,

    I am glad to hear you are doing better, and back at work. I am trying to get myself back into shape by walking everyday and swimming. The swimming is especially good as you are supported by the water, it is a good all rounder when it comes to a work out.

    All the best

    Djinnie

  • Galrim
    Galrim Member Posts: 307
    #3
    Was it open or laparascopic?

    Was it open or laparascopic? I had laparascopic and was back at full speed, running and lifting weights, after 6 weeks (started slowly after 4 weeks), which my surgeon said was quite ok.

    /G

  • icemantoo
    icemantoo Member Posts: 3,361 Member
    #4
    Exercise

    Rea,

     

    A lot depends on whether it was open or laproscopic. Open takes longer to recover from. Mine was Laproscopic and I took a hike up and down Snquallmie falls near Seattle at 6 weeks. Strenuous stuff like water skiing took me almost a year. A lot depends on your physial heath and age. Everyone is different. Try walking or hiking to the extent you can tolerate it. Also discus this with your doctors to the extent you feel necessary. There is no one size fits all as far as recovery.

     

    Icemantoo

  • foxhd
    foxhd Member Posts: 3,181 Member
    #5
    icemantoo said:

    Exercise

    Rea,

     

    A lot depends on whether it was open or laproscopic. Open takes longer to recover from. Mine was Laproscopic and I took a hike up and down Snquallmie falls near Seattle at 6 weeks. Strenuous stuff like water skiing took me almost a year. A lot depends on your physial heath and age. Everyone is different. Try walking or hiking to the extent you can tolerate it. Also discus this with your doctors to the extent you feel necessary. There is no one size fits all as far as recovery.

     

    Icemantoo

    exercise

    Rea, whatever your choice of exercise, choose something low intensity for several months. Walk more. Bike. Losing weight means burning calories and that means longer duration activities. May not be the time to worry about vanity. Consider this opportunity to revamp your diet. Good luck.

  • Jackaroe
    Jackaroe Member Posts: 23
    #6
    Hi Rea

    I'm at ten weeks post-laproscopic radical nephrectomy, and I'm up to running 45 miles a week on trails.  I was an ultramarathoner before the operation, and it helped my recovery a lot.  My doctor didn't give me any physical restrictions after the staples were out.  The weird feeling in my abdomen gradually got less and less and now is completely gone.  I told my wife today I can outrun cancer, and she looked at me and said "no you cant."

  • Texas_wedge
    Texas_wedge Member Posts: 2,798
    #7
    Jackaroe said:

    Hi Rea

    I'm at ten weeks post-laproscopic radical nephrectomy, and I'm up to running 45 miles a week on trails.  I was an ultramarathoner before the operation, and it helped my recovery a lot.  My doctor didn't give me any physical restrictions after the staples were out.  The weird feeling in my abdomen gradually got less and less and now is completely gone.  I told my wife today I can outrun cancer, and she looked at me and said "no you cant."

    Training

    That's pretty damned impressive!! The only story I've heard here that's comparable is a guy who paid a fleeting visit just over a year ago. He told us that he arrived home 6 hours after leaving the operating theatre, was given no painkillers at all and was working out in the gym 2 weeks after his open nephrectomy.  However, we've never heard from him again!

  • Eliezer2
    Eliezer2 Member Posts: 85
    #8
    Go easy on the situps

    So as you do not herniate the abdomen muscles.  Other than that, slowly get back to usual routine of exercise.  Wear a "Japanese" surgery belt on middle when you exercise

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