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@jeffmarc
Thanks once again Jeff for educating me about this topic. I will certainly read and watch about using estradiol.
I want to attend the virtual meeting on coming Tuesday and on the Ancan website there were two links to join. According to you it starts at 3 PM pacific time and Rick Davis conducts it.
I believe all I have to do is to click on the link. However you said I should have an app on my laptop GoToMeeting (something like that).
Is there a phone number I could call to speak to a person and double check how to join and how to get that app etc? There is no phone number listed on the Ancan website I believe.

I have another question regarding your journey. How was your experience of being on ADT drugs? Did you find it easier to manage side-effects ? Did you feel not good most of the time throughout the duration of the ADT treatment?
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@ambika
You must install go to meeting on your tablet, Phone or computer. You can’t attend the meeting without it. It’s free to download and install on all platforms.

You just click on join a meeting put in answercancer For the meeting name, and join.

You should get there 10 minutes early, If you do, you will be called on first and they will help you with your specific case. I always get there 10 or 5 minutes early, Even though I don’t have any questions other vast majority of the time.

If you have a question about getting in there, send me a private message. I’m watching my messages the whole time the meeting goes on.

@ambika
I have been on ADT for eight years. When I first started, I had a lot of very strong hot flashes. My oncologist after a year had me get Depo-Provera shots every three months. They pretty much stopped the hot flashes until I started taking Zytiga.

I never had fatigue from ADT. Some people do. If you exercise regularly, it can help alleviate the fatigue. I walk a mile twice a day at a very fast pace and go to the gym three days a week, I’m 78 and I can do it. I go to the gym because ADT deteriorates your muscles quickly. You might notice right away that you get a belly. I do 65 or more sit ups every time I go to the gym, I think that helps a little. I also am on bone strengtheners every three months. I take calcium and vitamin D for bone strengthening as well. They are Recommended By almost every doctor. You need to take 500 mg of calcium at a time since your body can’t absorb more than that, Calcium citrate is the better version of calcium to use.

I feel good all the time. The only side effect that really bothered me was hot flashes, and now they are very mild, after all these years. If you get them, there are a lot of solutions so you just need to ask and we can tell you how to resolve the problem.