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Not Colleen, but have some info. Developed pins and needles in my feet (neuropathy) and had difficulty sleeping. My primary care prescribed Gabapentin and this was supported by the oncologist who noted the benefits for hot flashes. It works for all of the above. Nice to have one script work for 3 complaints .
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I'll keep gabapentin in mind for hormone therapy...interesting. I have been on it for about 6 months for neuropathy and it is working, sort of. better than it was.
My prostate cancer was discovered about 2 months ago and is staged at t2c. I had an MRI before biopsies; they found a PI-RDS 5 lesion in the MRI and 12 of 20 cores were positive 3+4. There were no indications outside the prostate so I selected radiation. My radiologist sent my biopsies to a genetics for to check for 'high risk' of spreading. I said I would have to be convinced to do the hormone thing and should have that info back next week. We'll see. Radiation will likely start in about 10 days; have had the simulation appointment this past week.