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@fuzzy123

I am 65 and was diagnosed ( 1 year ago ) I get a Lupron injection every 6 months compared to many I have read get one every 3. A bit more potent I presume ( 2 to 1 ratio) . I am also on Abiraterone and prednisone. What some call hot flashes , I call heaters, as they can pop up at any given moment and cause instant sweats. Also developed some serious muscle pain in the very large muscles in my back. I have also experienced drops in blood pressure ( vagal nerve response ) that causes my blood pressure to go as low as 40/20 and have got hauled out of my home and public places by ambulance 4 or 5x in the last 9 months !! Very unpleasant near death experiences !! BUT , I’m still alive and wouldn’t be now if not for the meds !!
1 week after my diagnosis I was unfortunate enough to slip on my outside deck steps and my leg actually went under the steps and all my weight came down and I Cracked my Femur right IN HALF right above my knee !! Uh, I have felt many types of nasty pain ( horrible back pain for one ) in my life BUT never anything even remotely close to this type of pain !! Doctors use a scale of 1 to 10 to rate pain. This pain went so far over a 10 that if I say it was a 100 on a pain scale I may be low !! I was in a Medical Center hospital for 2 weeks with a broken leg that required traction and major surgery that left me with a 3 foot titanium rod and more screws than a box of screws in my leg and knee !!
Very aggressive cancer and a broken femur all in one week !!! Murphy’s Law : Anything that can go wrong will go wrong !! Lucky me ✌️

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That is a lot of trouble and hard times.
Hope you are doing a bit better.
Best wishes for recovery from all.

Wow fuzzy123. You have been through a lot. Prayers for your recovery.
I have been on the Lupron shots for 16 months (@3 mo. intervals). Also with pain in my legs. I was in the ER twice last week due to the pain. They did a CT of my lumbar area but it didn’t show anything wrong. My chiropractor ordered an MRI and it showed a cyst impinging on my spine/nerves. Neurosurgeon appointment is still a week out.
I had assumed my pain was due to the Lupron. I’m glad I kept exploring the cause.
Blessings for your recovery.

I will be 66 this year.
We are taking the same pills but I'm getting Eligard every 3 months. I ended Chemotherapy last October. What I wanted to tell you is about 2 weeks ago I started medicine for the flashes its called Venlafaxine, it helps about 70% of the people that takes it
It really has helped me.
Best of luck to all of us to survive this fight
Best wishes
Sorry about what you went through