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@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.

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Since he hasn’t radiation yet and so has no experience how he will feel. He has always been physically fit and did lots and f pull ups, push ups, gym machines and cardio on stationary bike, stair master and walking on treadmill.
He is recovering from full knee replacement surgery and this is his sixth week. For the past 4 months he has shoulder discomfort due to arthritis and he had to stop weight training and now he is mainly doing physical therapy for shoulder with resistance bands. This will limit what he can do in strength training once he will be on ADT. We will see how it works out.
I am very happy to hear that you feel quite normal and that you didn’t experience some serious side-effects such as tiredness from ADT. because you are working out hard.
My husband is younger than you and he interested in sexual activity and it will be a big setback for him to lose that part of his personality. I also feel sad about him losing that part of his personality. ADT is brutal on a man’s body and soul both.