Anyone Else Have my Prostate Radiation Side Effects?

Posted by mark1952 @mark1952, 2 days ago

Hello Folks,
Just an update here on prostate radiation side effects for what it's worth...

73 yo. Gleason 4+3 7 unfavorable. Have taken 114 Orgovyx pills, have 6 to go till DONE! Can't wait! RO says it will take about 2 weeks after Orgovyx stops for me to start feeling better. She says that period of feeling better could take months to complete. 22 radiation sessions over. 18 to go. So about halfway. What is new for me is that the last five days after radiation in the morning, I am getting a perfect facsimile of the flu between about 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm. I experience severe fatigue, mild nausea, chills, loss of appetite, muscle aches, low grade fever, headache. Just like the flu. My RO says it is possibly because the radiation is irritating the linings of the bowel and bladder, causing inflammation and discomfort. At around 7:00 pm, when I get up from bed, I slowly feel better and then feel my normal by the time I go to bed around 8:30 pm. I did not have this during the first 17 or so radiation sessions. It really seems that my whole day is consumed by the treatments. On Saturday and Sunday, when I have no radiation, the symptoms are much less. Anyone else affected like this? Thanks!

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q95oldies | @q95oldies | 9 hours ago

I get the same feeling many days, nearly 2 years into the "poison" aka Eligard.
Hope you feel better.

Climber | @stevemaggart | 9 hours ago

I have been on Eligard for a month and Zytiga + Prednisone for 2 weeks. I have all the symptoms you describe, some days are worst than others. Knowing that I will be on these drugs for at least 2 years (or until I become mCRPC) and feeling the way I do, I can't spend too much time thinking about it or I'll drive myself crazy! I start 45 sessions of IMRT in April, assuming that my PSA has dropped below 0.5 ng/ml. I was originally taking the zytiga before bed. I changed to taking it first thing in the morning and it seems to make the night time a bit more tolerable! Good luck to you and everyone that is on this train!