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Can we talk about boobs please? Man Boobs. ADT induced gynecomastia.
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jun 24 8:17am | Replies (31)Comment receiving replies
Thank you so much for sharing your own experiences.
I was only on ADT for 24 weeks (Erleada and Orgovyx). Unfortunately PSA started climbing within 16 weeks of stopping ADT. And now my PSA has gone from 0.08 to 1.02 within the last 12 weeks. The good news is that all scans were "stable" and the PSMA/PET did not show any "aggressive PMSA avid lytic/blastic osseous metastasis." I have had RRP, 34 rounds of salvage radiation, a metastatic lymph node in my chest, 5 more rounds of radiation and 2 drug ADT as part of a Clinical Trial. All of that within the last three years. For now I am grateful. I am feeling well. I have regained my strength, my body hair has regrown, and the sever joint pain has subsided. My next visit with the oncologist is a couple months away. In the mean time I will try to prepare myself mentally and physically for the next course of treatment.
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I'm in my mid-70s now, and life's been a rollercoaster lately. Since September 2022, I've been on this medication cocktail of Zoladex (Goserelin) and Abiraterone, but I can't quite figure out which one's causing all the trouble, or maybe it's both of them ganging up on me. Around 6-8 months into the treatment, things started getting funky. I've been shedding body hair like a golden retriever in summer, and I've even started growing a pair—albeit a modest one, around A cup-size, if I were to guess.
Fatigue hit me like a ton of bricks, and it feels like my muscles are playing hide and seek, with about 20-30% of them seemingly gone missing, while my tummy's decided to throw a party and gain about 4 inches uninvited. As if that wasn't enough, bone and joint pains have become my new companions, and to top it off, I'm one of the lucky few dealing with the long-term consequences of the radiation I had to endure a year back—hello proctitis!
But you know what? Despite all of this, I'm still here, kicking and savoring every moment life throws my way. Because hey, being alive is a gift, and I'm not letting a few bumps in the road steal my joy. Keep smiling!