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Has your doctor suggested dosing for Calcium and Vitamin D during ADT?
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My oncologist prescribed 1200 mg calcium and 125 mcg D3 daily and 70 mg Alendronate Sodium once a week. You lose both bone and muscle when your testosterone goes down (the point of ADT) and your red blood cell count also drops. EXERCISE!!!!
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Exercise is a MUST! After going thru radiation and receiving my second dose of Lupron I was wiped out. When I got home from my second Lupron injection I went swimming in a local lagoon. I swim half a mile every summer but lay off in the winter due to water being too cold. This was my first swim of the season so I only swam about 150 yards. I couldn't believe how much energy I had when I got out of the water. I'm 86 tears old and swim twice a week and lift weights twice a week.