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Second opinion for husband's stage 4A prostate cancer? And update
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Sounds like my treatment for Gleason 9 prostate cancer that had spread to pelvic lymph nodes. Only I had radiation for 9 weeks (5 days per week) for 9 weeks. Also went on Lupron for 18 months ( one shot every 3 months ) Had my last shot almost 4 months ago. Doing well so far. PSA is at 0.10.
Most important thing is to stay active and exercise including weight training. Join the Y. It makes such a difference as to how well you feel and how well you deal with the side affects of the hormone Lupron. I'm in my 80's and never missed my Monday, Wednesday and Friday 2 hour workouts at the Y, not even on the days I had radiation. At home I did everything in my large yard as I always did..EVERYTHING, if not more.
I read of others like me that had the same results to the treatments by being active........ it's all up to you.
God bless you and your husband.
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flax:
I am also in my 80's. How low your Testosterone went down during the 18 months you were on Lupron. What kind of workouts at a 2hour stretch you were able to do with low testosterone? Like 1 hour cardio and 1 hour strength?
In my case, my Testosterone dropped to 8 ng/DL after 29 days on OROGOVYX from Quest diagnostics. Then after 45 days my Testosterone was 22 ng/DL from UCI lab.
I am just wondering if exercise raises testosterone levels while under ADT or is it a lab error.
Any information you give may be beneficial for me and others.
Thank you