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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