Fit for Any Battle

Richard Bagdonas
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Richard Bagdonas was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in 2018. He became patient #1 in a clinical trial and was cured in 56 days. This story is memorialized in the book Fit for Any Battle. In October, 2022 Richard was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer and had surgery to remove his prostate. The cancer was found outside of his prostate which led him to chemotherapy followed by radiation to kill the remaining prostate cancer. This podcast takes you on Richard's journey to conquer prostate cancer treatment. It starts January 4th, 2023 when Richard starts the first of 6 chemo treatments.

  1. 08/06/2023

    Episode 20 - 100% completed with treatment for aggressive prostate cancer!

    This week Richard Bagdonas, author of Fit for Any Battle, talks about the last week of radiation, being done with treatment, and what he did to recover from aggressive prostate cancer.

    11 min

  2. 07/16/2023

    Episode 19 - 87.5% completed with radiation and only 5 more treatments to go!

    This week Richard Bagdonas, author of Fit for Any Battle, talks about fatigue from diarrhea due to daily radiation therapy for aggressive prostate cancer as well as the follow up instructions.

    13 min

  3. 06/30/2023

    Episode 18 - 62.5% completed with radiation and dark hair coming back months after chemotherapy

    This week Richard Bagdonas, author of Fit for Any Battle, talks about what is changing next week with daily radiation therapy. He also talks about changes to his hair months after chemotherapy.

    9 min

  4. 06/21/2023

    Episode 17 - Side effects under control at the halfway point of radiation for prostate cancer

    This week Richard Bagdonas, author of Fit for Any Battle, talks about daily radiation therapy and the side effects from his first 4 weeks. He discusses the changes he made to the FitFAB workout and what he is doing to make radiation-related diarrhea go away.

    12 min

  5. 06/05/2023

    Episode 16 - Week 1 of 8 for daily radiation therapy for aggressive prostate cancer

    This week Richard Bagdonas, author of Fit for Any Battle, talks about daily radiation therapy and the side effects from his 1st week of 8. He discusses the changes he is making to the FitFAB workout.

    16 min

  6. 05/02/2023

    Episode 15 - I am done with chemo! Here's how I did it.

    He did it! This week Richard Bagdonas, author of Fit for Any Battle, talks about the side effects from his 6th and final chemotherapy appointment. He discusses the Texas Compassionate Use Program and the use of medical cannabis in treating the symptoms of cancer treatments. The next episode will be in a few weeks and will cover the daily radiation therapy he will be receiving for aggressive prostate cancer.

    20 min

  7. 04/16/2023

    Episode 14 - Too much exercise and lack of sleep

    This week Richard Bagdonas, author of Fit for Any Battle, talks about what happens when you double your exercise routine after chemotherapy. He also goes over recovery and lack of sleep.

    11 min

  8. 03/29/2023

    Episode 13 - Recorded right after chemo 5 out of 6. One more to go!

    This week Richard Bagdonas, author of Fit for Any Battle, talks about what happened during chemo treatment 5 out of 6 and what you should expect from side effects from Taxotere as well as ways to reduce side effects.

    14 min
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Richard Bagdonas was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in 2018. He became patient #1 in a clinical trial and was cured in 56 days. This story is memorialized in the book Fit for Any Battle. In October, 2022 Richard was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer and had surgery to remove his prostate. The cancer was found outside of his prostate which led him to chemotherapy followed by radiation to kill the remaining prostate cancer. This podcast takes you on Richard's journey to conquer prostate cancer treatment. It starts January 4th, 2023 when Richard starts the first of 6 chemo treatments.

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  • Creator
    Richard Bagdonas
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
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  • Copyright
    © Richard Bagdonas
  • Show Website
    Fit for Any Battle