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I'll second what @edmond1971 wrote — androgen receptor inhibitors can conflict with lots of other meds,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/961830/

Discussion: Eligard wears off at end of 4 months

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 9, 2023

Thanks for your post. I'm in a similar situation in Canada — on Firmagon and Erleada,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/959440/

Discussion: Treatment for Prostate Cancer Metastasized to Bones

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 5, 2023

Prostate Cancer Foundation (pcf.org) has a free Patient Guide- downloadable or hard copy which is a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/922830/

Discussion: Prostate cancer treatment options?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Sep 2, 2023

Found your whole response interesting and helpful. Maybe radiopharmaceuticals for BCR, hopefully without all the adt...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/869083/

Discussion: Starting Proton Treatments for Prostate Cancer: Any experiences?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 30, 2023

After two months on Eligard, my blood sugar went from 65 to 148. It seems the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/852926/

Discussion: Gleason 9: ADT before radiation

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 2, 2023

I would agree with web265. My PSA took off over a 4 month period from 3.8...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/787962/

Discussion: newly disgnosed prostate cancer in family member...bad family history

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 23, 2022

Hi@bowmed. I'm a 75-year old married man in Australia who had a radical prostectemomy in 2010...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/643121/

Discussion: Living with Prostate Cancer: Meet others & introduce yourself

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 7, 2021

Hard to answer whether radiation treatment is needed without knowing if the cancer has spread beyond...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/275947/

Discussion: Post prostatectomy: What do rising PSA levels mean?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 24, 2020

@rooroo Congratulations on your good outcomes during treatment. My experience after 13 months of ADT is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1486049/

Discussion: No orgasm 10 years after radiation treatment: Anyone get it back?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 18 8:45pm

@sriddle1 The problem is he does have an aggressive case of prostate cancer and, it is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1478122/

Discussion: The right time to start radiation post RP with an increasing PSA?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 9 11:05am

@robrite It was 3 1/2 years after my surgery before my PSA hit .2 and they...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1468614/

Discussion: Anyone get PSA Test Angst days before that post-treatment PSA test?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 27, 2025

I received SBRT (9/2024) and remain on ADT (planned 12-18 mos) for Gleason 9 (4+5) localized...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1463264/

Discussion: What % of men after radiation treatment completely lose ejaculation?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 18, 2025

Sorry to hear of your frustration and situation. I literally wrote yesterday that I've come to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1458536/

Discussion: Is there an end to this train ride? and how will they know?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

What you have is very treatable without a clinical trial. I had a prostatectomy and 3...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1458020/

Discussion: PSA detected after salvage radiation and prostectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

@esperling I like your PSA result. It wasn’t the normal length people wait before getting it,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1458011/

Discussion: Adjuvant radiation and ADT after radical prostectomy: Thoughts?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

@climateguy "Yes indeed." Bottom line: There is NO PERMANENT CURE for prostate cancer. I KNOW that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1457859/

Discussion: Prostatectomy or Radiation? Lot of stress over which to choose

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

@wwsmith We can not rely on "anecdotal" data on this site since it is anecdotal. Actually...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1454004/

Discussion: ProstoxUltra & Prostox CFRT both high risk-switch to RALP?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 6, 2025

Did you have quarterly PSA tests on the first 9 months post-radiation treatment? I will have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1449691/

Discussion: Anyone with aggressive prostate cancer (Gleason 9) and low PSA?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 29, 2025

@jeffmarc How do you get a description of current NCCN guidelines this specific? I go to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1448424/

Discussion: ADT, maybe not? Anyone opted out of ADT?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 27, 2025

@daveslp I had the same Gleason scores as you. My original treatment plan was radiation with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1425484/

Discussion: ADT, maybe not? Anyone opted out of ADT?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

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