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Lupron: Anyone have muscle weakness and severe leg pain?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Feb 14 3:17pm | Replies (48)Comment receiving replies
Thanks for the reply. One oncologist told me at the beginning of radiation that I would also be taking Lupron (later switched to Eligard by Mayo) for 36 months - "if I could handle it." I asked what was meant by that and now I know. There is no way I can continue to live like this for 36 months. I hear about men going many years on ADT and it not affecting them like it affects me. It's interesting how it affects everyone differently. I'll certainly ask about monthly injections to see if that's a viable option. Thanks for the tip!
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You don't mention your age. It has a lot to do with whether you need ADT or it is even helpful for your case of cancer.
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I have only had one injection of 3 month Lupron. AWFUL but better than looking up from under the ground. What choice to we have, maybe live long or die. I am very depressed though, have terrible fatigue, back pain, gut pain, and more. My surgery date is Aug. 3 to cut the little bastard out then radiation. How much does radiation cost as I am in Thailand, the hospitals are good and it is a lot cheaper here. My whole ordeal started 2 months ago from my normal annual physical to then a spiked up PSA to 6.9 and after the biopsy cancer in both sides and a Gleason of 8 but both the CT and the Bone S came back no spread. All the scans, all the X Rays, blood works one night in the hosp. for the Biopsy all Lupron cost and then the cost of the surgery with one night in the ICU and a week on the hosp. in a private room was only $10,000 American total. God Bless all of you.