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Thanks jeffmarc for your reply. You could be right. I am a worrier & worse case scenario person. Trying to break that trait. I do worry about a recurrence. I don’t know if it’s a source of anxiety for any of you out there, or am I just the only worry wart.
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You are NOT alone! In fact, I’ll bet I can out-worry you in most categories. My wife claims that my power of negative thinking actually caused my cancer in the first place!😆
To your original question, I am in my 6th month of Orgovyx (done in 3 weeks) and have felt no extra anxiety. In fact, I feel a lot calmer, happier and optimistic. I wonder if my testosterone was the cause of all my negative feelings in the first place.
I know it sounds foolish, but maybe this chemical castration has changed my innate male personality, which in my case was not exhibited by aggressiveness but worry, anxiety and hyper-vigilance of all the threats lurking outside the cave!
Wonder how I’ll feel 6 months from now….
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Rparsons, imo, if you aren’t worried, you just aren’t paying attention. We have cancer. That’s worrisome by itself.
I personally allowed for a pity party of worrisome thoughts, what-ifs, etc before I turned my energy to deciding how to attack this beast. It may have round one but I won’t concede my sanity. If round two goes wrong, I’ll focus on that then, not before. I’m a strong believer in the power of our thoughts - good or bad - and I choose to be positive.
It finally helps to be a “strong-willed jerk”. I knew it would come in handy someday.
Best of luck in your journey. This is a good place to hang out as someone always seems to have walked our walk. Good days will lie ahead. May yours far outnumber the bad ones, brother.