I have been Lupron/ Eligard for over 6 years now. Yes the side effects are not fun but for me it beats the alternative- which would be the cancer growing and spreading. There are very few, if any, cancer treatments that don’t have some side effects. After talking to another cancer patient who does much of his own research, I tried taking the one month Lupron shots. They seem to be a little easier on the body but of course I need to make a 2 1/2 hour trip to Mayo to get. My local urologist only does the 6 month shot. I talked to Dr. Kwon about this and he was more than willing to let me try this route. He has always listened to my comments and concerns. I guess my ending comment is to repeat that taking the Lupron beats the alternative.