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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jan 18 7:24am | Replies (48)
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@tjv1156 Interesting how it took 5 years to the month. Even at five years we're not out of the woods! This is good news for you, and potentially good news for me if I go down this path. What was your six months of Orgovyx like? Was it tolerable? Side effects? What lead to your decision to go with Orgovyx rather than Lupron?
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@tango32652 my psa started to go over the ‘undetectable’ threshhold (.05) in Oct. , 22. But it didn’t hit the magic number of .2 until feb. ‘25. That’s the number that triggers follow up treatment at MSKCC. Treatment was 6 mos. Of adt and 25 shots of radiation. I chose Orgovyx because it gets introduced more gradually ( daily pill vs shot) . But more importantly, it leaves the system much faster than Lupron. ADT is not pleasant- no getting around it . BUT, it was never as bad as I thought it would be. I got into a good routine of getting up early, yoga/tai chi/ stretching . Then hit the gym for resistance training and/or cardio. There is credible research that shows resistance training mitigates the effects
Of adt. Then a nice nap at lunch time. Fortunately I am retired so I could do this. I had to do it first thing because I found that once my ass hit that chair in the afternoon it wasn’t getting up. Lol