Fit for Any Battle
Fit for Any Battle
Richard Bagdonas
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.
Episode 5 - Chemo #2 is in the books - I am 33% done!
In this week's episode, Richard Bagdonas, author of Fit for Any Battle, describes how things are going after chemotherapy treatment number 2 for aggressive prostate cancer. He talks about what to bring to chemotherapy infusions, dental health, and hair loss.
Jan 27, 2023
14 min
Episode 4 - Hair loss, weight gain, and saying goodbye to incontinence
This week Richard Bagdonas, author of Fit for Any Battle and current prostate cancer conqueror, talks about how he got rid of incontinence after prostate surgery, weight gain with Prednisone, hair loss from Taxotere, and the best ways to keep active with diet and exercise.
Jan 20, 2023
10 min
Episode 3 - Neulasta and Cialis for prostate cancer treatment
In this week's episode, Richard Bagdonas talks about his life a week after the first chemotherapy treatment for prostate therapy. He describes what is was like to have Neulasta bone pain and describes how the doctor prescribed him Cialis.
Jan 14, 2023
9 min
Episode 2 - Chemo treatment #1 out of 6
In today's episode of the Fit for Any Battle podcast Richard Bagdonas walks us through his first chemotherapy treatment for prostate cancer. He explains what he did to prepare for chemo, what he brought to chemo, how it went, and how he felt after. Cold capping system Cold socks Cold boots
Jan 5, 2023
15 min
Episode 1 - How we got here
In today's episode of the Fit for Any Battle podcast Richard Bagdonas tells the story of how they found he had aggressive prostate cancer at 49 years old. He talks about the treatments he has received as well as what is coming up - chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
Jan 3, 2023
31 min