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Getting through the pain days

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I blame my weakness/ pain on ADT meds. Atrophy of muscles

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I'm so sorry for that. ADT is definitely a challenge, and it's random how it hits different people in different ways. I think most of my personal pain issues come from the spinal compression and nerve damage in 2021 rather than 3+ years on ADT and Apalutamide.

It took a while, but I'm back to being able to press as much on the weight bench as I could before I had cancer.

Initially I needed a long nap every day; that's down to a short nap once or twice a week now.

I still get hot flushes, but I sometimes go a few days without one now (vs several a day a year or two ago).

I used to have big mood swings, but they're rarer now (I don't cry at sentimental TV commercials any more 😉).

I miss the hair on my chest and legs, but no so much the hair that used to be on my back.

It's amazing what the human body can get used to over time.