Hi marlow2,
I’ve taken the Lupron shots every 3 months for 2-1/4 years. Currently on a 9 month break however PSA has risen from 0.02 to 0.04 (prior to treatment 20.0) and testosterone risen from < 12ng to 41. I am concerned about testosterone increase as it is (in my mind, I am NOT a physician) the miracle grow that mutates the prostate cancer cells into the most aggressive prostate cancer cells that “getcha!”. So I see the OncologyNP on 2/12/24 and I am going to advocate for myself to have the Lupron Shots resume, unless she has research demonstrating another pathway. I have enjoyed the break from the Lupron a little more energy, a little more mental “with-it-ness”, not as much emotion on the tip of my sleeve, not as much muscle and joint pain and discomfort, being more present when visiting our children and grandchildren, still a unick in the marriage embrace. Our goal as a married couple when we hopped into the canoe and started down this meandering cancer creek was for greater longevity for me so my wife, whose family line usually lives a long life, isn’t alone as a widow too long. So I did 25 External Beam Radiation Treatments (EBRT), High Intensity Radiation (HIR) and the Lupron shots (ADT- Androgen Deprovation Therapy). I am retired, thankfully, as I had a physically demanding job and could never handle it with the Lupron. God Bless you all,