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@jimgaudette Thanks Jim!
The reason I asked is that although I almost never drink, I did have a drink on a cruise vacation a couple days after I started Firmagon. Didn’t even think about it at the time. We were at Castaway Cay and it was hot. But I don’t want to do anything to make my PCa worse.
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@johndavis60 The strongest evidence right now isn't that a very occasional drink will make your prostate cancer itself worse, but that it will temporarily exacerbate the side-effects of ADT and/or radiation, like fatigue, hot flushes, blood sugar spikes, or radiation cystitis (urinary tract irritation or incontinence).
Those side effects all go back to normal after a while, but you don't want blood sugar spikes *too* often, or you might end up with a non-temporary issue like type 2 diabetes, so best keep the drinks a "sometimes" thing.
But back to your question, no, I don't think there's any evidence that one celebratory drink on a cruise is going to kick your prostate cancer into overdrive. Just don't make it half a bottle of wine with every dinner.
Cheers!