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@soli You really don’t know what the SE’s will be, OK? The range is HUGE from person to person; and ‘debilitating’ is an extreme that I don’t believe you will encounter with a drug like Orgovyx. SE’s are mostly annoyances that you might encounter even without ADT!
I had hot flashes for a time before ADT (never explained); my libido has crashed at times - hasn’t yours?
Yes, there are some men who have difficulty even with Orgovyx, but you won’t know until you try it. If you feel that poorly - debilitated in fact, you simply stop and return to baseline in a few days. It’s not an irrevocable decision like it is with lupron…Best,
Phil
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As I mentioned, ADT is something that people don’t know I’m on unless I happen to have a hot flash. Those are something you can control. I use my wave of device since my hot flashes are so weak now.
My wife started a dinner group, There’s about a dozen of us we meet every month at one of the houses, This month it’s our turn. Everybody has a great time, Talk about lots of different things travels is one of them.
There’s nothing about taking ADT that prevents you from traveling. If you get a daily pill or a 3 or 6 month shot, You have plenty of time between the shots. I got six month shots for six years.
For Thanksgiving or Christmas, we go to my niece’s house. She’ll have 20 people and it’s always a lot of fun. Many of them are relatives, including my kids.
ADT doesn’t prevent you from doing any normal things. Some people do get fatigue but if you exercise regularly, you can beat that.