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ADT: How long until I can expect the hot flushes to kick in?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Dec 15, 2025 | Replies (31)Comment receiving replies
@pesquallie Wow! That was rough. My oldest brother is 79y and just finished 28 sessions of photon radiation in Sept. He experienced none of those side-effects.
> did you use a rectal spacer and do the full bladder/empty rectum routine consistently?
He’ll be on Eligard for a couple of years and hasn’t had any awful side-effects. He had a PSA test 2 weeks ago; it was 0.004. (So, we know the Eligard is working like it’s supposed to.)
How long were you on Lupron? They say that side-effects will linger for 50% additional months than it was planned for. And the older you are reduces the probability of testosterone levels returning to what it was.
Just keep pressing forward.
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@brianjarvis
I was on ADT for seven years when I stopped taking it because I figured my Testosterone would never come back and so did my oncologist. After seven months, my Testosterone hit 50 was going up 25% a month and my oncologist said I should go back on. I was 77.
It can come back a lot quicker, You just never know how long it will take.
I was on Lupron for the first six years and Orgovyx for about nine months before I stopped taking it.
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I was only on Lupron for 4 months and it was killing me, so I had to quit. I had no rectal spacers. Wish I knew what I know now and i would have asked for more and better treatment.