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3rd opinion: How many opinions did you get for prostate cancer?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: May 27, 2023 | Replies (42)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for sharing. Gives me some hope. Hubby also has catheter due to urinary retention after biopsy. ADT starts Friday. How soon did you realize any side effects from Elligard? I believe that is what my husband will be on to shrink BPH first, and then radiate the cancer in a month or two for 28 sessions while continuing on ADT for sometime. Not sure how long? A year or more?
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Hot flashes started after a few weeks, but then got better. Otherwise, just trouble sleeping and more easily fatigued.
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What I had: 3 months of ADT to shrink my tumors, only after that 20 shots of radiation, and to continue ADT for 2 years from when I started. Hot flashes and fatigue does set in a week or so after ADT starts, but again it gets better and/or you get used to it. And the best way to overcome fatigue is walking every day.