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My Gleason score is 7 - 3+4. How long can I live without treatment?
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Did your Urologist or others appraise you of the Stroke or Heart Atttack Risks of Hormone Therapy . Both my Brother-in-Laws died from the side effects of ADT . Stastically they did not die from cancer . BUT YES - THEY DIED AS A RESULT OF THEIR ADT SIDE EFFECTS . Some may say " Died from cancer related complications ."
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Long term rather than short term ADT? It is my understanding that long term ADT can affect the heart, lipids and bring on diabetes. Short term doesn't have these affects from what my provider told me. Actually, told me to be as active as I can tolerate and officiate spring sports season. I will see about that after I finish 25 radiation sessions.
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I would like to know what kind of ADT your relatives had that caused their complications and ultimate deaths.
Many of the older types were really estrogen injections, which DO cause cardiovascular events (the older birth control pills were notorious for this). But newer drugs like Orgovyx simply block the production of testosterone - they don’t add estrogen - so whatever estrogen you were producing stays the same.
Of course, an extended stay (years) on any type of ADT can cause issues in some men with predisposing conditions or lead to castrate resistance, but a 6 month or one year course of Orgovyx is not going to kill you and may, in fact, save your life.