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I’m on adt. Monthly check. So far so good. I am just happy that living in a rural area I found a great doctor. Was gobsmacked when pet scan showed metastatic tumors. I push forward. Feel fine except for low testosterone. I’m still a man. And I still do all my chores to keep the home running and am so lucky to have a woman who loves me. Have told no one except my wife and best friend. Why worry my kids or have others look at me differently. Until my condition becomes visible it’s mine to carry. Never feel sorry for yourself. Look at all you have experienced and been given. I have lived a good life. With good docs it will continue. Thanks.

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@rooroo Congratulations on your good outcomes during treatment. My experience after 13 months of ADT is that I am once again a pre-pubescent 10 year old boy. While I still have facial hair, almost all neck-down hair is gone. My strength is again boyish and I have a boy belly instead of muscle. I have given up on sex because I boyishly have no desire, no erection and even with my wife's diligent help, no climax, and Trimix gives me abundant pain with any erection, so no. Fatigue is a huge issue, with a few better hours in the morning and then fading hard after lunch. Apparently, radiation has left me with 8 months of daily diarrhea and ongoing fecal urgency (5-7 bowel movements daily) and occasional fecal incontinence. So what do I do? I fight. I work out 60-90 min. weekdays, adding weight training to cardio so as not to lose more muscle mass and to reduce fatigue. I try to give my wife more affectionate touch that she enjoys, without its becoming sexual. I take extra fiber and a probiotic in an attempt to regulate my digestive system, and I'm having another exploratory colonoscopy this week in the hopes that the current condition can be improved. And I hope that if I am able to take an ADT holiday this summer after 18 months total of treatment, my body will begin recovering to a more normal state. All is not lost, and occasionally I have a better day like today in which I feel somewhat less tired and sore. May your success continue!