Serious complications and side effects from prostate cancer treatments

Posted by tapestry4245carton @tapestry4245carton, Dec 24, 2022

My spouse is experiencing side effects from all the prostate cancer treatments that include radiation to chemo to surgery and hormones and over a period of 8 years. He now is suffering serious side effects from treatments for the cancer and has serious side effects from treatments for FISTULAS that were a result of zTreatments . Anyone have similar issues?

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Prostate Cancer Support Group.

Profile picture for digger @digger

I had had six radiation treatments was on hormonal therapy was working great then another spot popped up on my lumbar L2 biopsy showed it was aggressive cancer I then took five treatments of chemo I am now just started Xofigo or radium 223 I Will have a treatment once every month for six months then I don’t know where we go from there keeping my fingers crossed thanks

Jump to this post

REPLY
Profile picture for digger @digger

I had had six radiation treatments was on hormonal therapy was working great then another spot popped up on my lumbar L2 biopsy showed it was aggressive cancer I then took five treatments of chemo I am now just started Xofigo or radium 223 I Will have a treatment once every month for six months then I don’t know where we go from there keeping my fingers crossed thanks

Jump to this post

Xofigo Radium-223 Dichloride therapy is used to treat prostate cancer that has spread to bone and no longer responds to hormonal therapies. The medical term for this condition is metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. It is indicated for men whose prostate cancer has spread to the bone with symptoms, but not significantly to other parts of the body. This therapy can help extend life and bring relief from bony pain. https://www.ottawahospital.on.ca/en/xofigo-radium-223-therapy/

REPLY

My dr at Cleveland Clinic said it is supposed to be used if you have bone pain I have no pain the dr at Moffitt in fla has put me on this I’m not sure if it was the right thing to do

REPLY
Profile picture for melcanada @melcanada

The head of radiation did GPS math and intensely radiated my L2 lumbar taking out 1.4 inches of prostate cancer that had metastasized Back on Zolodex for a year now and maybe Enzalutamide in Feb 23

Jump to this post

Great news did they do it with radiation,do you have it anywhere else on your bones?

REPLY

I just finished round two of radiation treatment for prostate cancer because it had spread to a lymph node. (Gone from the prostate, so that's the good news.) On Orgovyx, Abiraterone and Prednisone. Simptoms are frequent urination and inability to sleep after four or five hours. Two possibly connected. So what is causing these symptoms? And what can I do?

REPLY
Profile picture for tommcpheeters @tommcpheeters

I just finished round two of radiation treatment for prostate cancer because it had spread to a lymph node. (Gone from the prostate, so that's the good news.) On Orgovyx, Abiraterone and Prednisone. Simptoms are frequent urination and inability to sleep after four or five hours. Two possibly connected. So what is causing these symptoms? And what can I do?

Jump to this post

@tommcpheeters
Abiraterone Causes a lot of fatigue for some people. As a result, they tend to go to sleep in the afternoon for an hour or so. Are you doing that? Sleeping more than about an hour can cause you to go into REM sleep which then affects you at night and prevent you for being able to sleep through the night. If you want to sleep during the day, taking a 25 or 30 minute nap should be plenty to resolve the fatigue. Setting a timer on your phone to wake you up is a good way to stop it. I do it every few days even though I’m only on ADT, I don’t sleep more than about six hours some nights and need a little bit extra those days. Other days I sleep seven hours and don’t need any rest in the afternoon.

I used to get up a couple of times at night to pee. I found out about Myrbetriq and Gemtesa, two drugs that can stop the urgency at night and also help with incontinence during the day. I started taking Myrbetriq And I don’t get up at night most nights anymore. Wait until I wake up in the morning and then pee. These drugs can do some great things to help your nightly sleep. Speak to your doctor about this. It might work for you.

REPLY
Please sign in or register to post a reply.