Has anyone else become clumsy?

Yes, I need to pay more attention and slow down. I do this in the gym, because I'm very aware that I'm lifting a lot of weight, pushing myself, and breathing hard. So, I stand up slowly while holding on to the weight machine. I stay there for a few seconds, with my hand on the machine.

I don't worry about looking like a fool, because it's a gym for old people, so most of us look pretty messed up.

When it's hard for me to be slow and careful is when I'm in my garden, in the woods, etc., thinking I'm still 25 years old.

When I get out of bed in the mornings I walk like Tim Conway's old man.

I was telling someone yesterday that I pause and formulate a game plan before every set of stairs I climb or (especially) walk down. I've realised that I'll never again in my life be able to take a set of stairs without thinking about it first.

To be fair, I had the spinal compression from the metastasis as well as any side-effects from hormone therapy, and to a certain extent, it's a miracle that I even made it out of the wheelchair, much less regained the ability to use stairs (slowly and carefully). I've also been doing over three years of light physio exercises to strengthen my hip abductors and adductors (the main balance muscles — talk to your physiotherapist, because there's a huge potential payoff).

I used to walk 2-3 miles every morning with a group, but now I can't walk a straight line! When I do walk, it is by myself, and don't have to worry about bumping into others!

That's how I found out I had prostate cancer: I couldn't walk in a straight line any more. It turned out that there was a lesion at my T3 compressing my spinal cord.

That's probably not the case for you, but do at least mention the possibility of spinal metastases to your oncologist.

Thanks for that information. The PetScan showed no metastases beyond the prostate when I was diagnosed, so am attributing the 'clumsiness' to Lupron.
By all means, I will mention it to my doctors.
Good thoughts.

I've noticed that I'm become a bit more clumsy since being diagnosed. I'm having some balance issues and sometimes my meds make me dizzy enough to not walk in a straight line. I've also noticed that I'm having some hand eye coordination issues and I've lost count how many times I have banged my hand reaching into a cabinet etc. Also I try my best to navigate space like the grocery store etc and it''s difficult some days.

Great insights, advise
Thank you

Oh yeah, clumsy, extreme stiffness in upper legs, and hips.
Have to use caution to avoid falls.