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Proton Beam Therapy - Comments on adding ADT? Yes or No?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 14, 2021 | Replies (25)
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@colleenyoung

@rcooley36, I hope you saw all the helpful comments from fellow members. Did you decide to go with hormone treatments after radiation? How are you doing?

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rcooley36 | @rcooley36 | Feb 23, 2023

Thanks for looking in on my post. I chose and completed the five treatments, high dosage proton beam radiation therapy combined with six injections of Eligard at three month intervals (Phoenix hospital). I am still debating continuing the hormone therapy based on side effects to date. Specifically, after the first injection, I am experiencing increasing fatigue, lower back pain and increasing sessions of unbalance/dizziness. These side effects are in addition to the text book issues of zero libido, etc. I have a follow up with the ONC Radiation doctor on March 28th and will come to a conclusion after this visit with him. I find the Mayo Connection posts to be very helpful. TKS

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