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I started on Firmagon (Degarelix) in 2021 because I was in a precarious situation after my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1172645/

Discussion: Stage 4 Prostate Cancer and Hormone Therapy quit working

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 13, 2024

Stew80: Sorry to hear your biopsy results. I was dx'd July/Aug 2022 at age 72 w/...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1223699/

Discussion: Just got these results. Not sure what to do. Any thoughts?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 28 9:02am

Hey bonanza, I just finished radiation therapy at Sloan in Commack and met a few men...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1240505/

Discussion: Living alone, how long after getting RP can I be on my own?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 19 8:33am

Your running is really a major way to prevent fatigue. I can’t run, but I walk...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1239204/

Discussion: Starting Orgovyx - how long for side effects to occur?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 17 12:29pm

The first part of your reply I, in turn, respect. But I believe that the ACS...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1059481/

Discussion: Small PSA Rise: What might be the cause?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 30, 2024

Whether to do a prostatectomy or Radiation could depend on whether or not the cancer has...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1202398/

Discussion: Compare side effects of abiraterone, firmagon and orgovyx

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 2 11:15am

The Orgovyx vice surgery, radiation or chemotherapy is mono vice doublet or triplet therapy. Mono therapy...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/960380/

Discussion: Anyone take a Treatment Holiday? Intermittent use of ADT (hormone Tx)

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 7, 2023

Hello Steve, I also had a persistent PSA after having my prostate removed in March of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1181201/

Discussion: Rapid Reccurance and Short Doubling Time after RARP

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 28, 2024

Well, SBRT to the lymph node identified in the imaging is an option. The medical community...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1213749/

Discussion: SBRT left common iliac node

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 15 10:48am

I'm now 73, took only 4 months of Orgovyx but that was plenty to mess up...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1304565/

Discussion: Testosterone- confused

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 15 9:16am

As with any pharmaceuticals we take, individual responses can vary. (If you’ve read the possible contraindications...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1326896/

Discussion: Why is the experience of negative SE’s of ADT so variable…or are they?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 14 8:50am

Due to their different mechanisms of action. ADT which includes Orgovyx, Firmagon, Lupron, Eligard, Prostap, Camcevi,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1327684/

Discussion: Starting Chemo Taxotere/docetaxel, what to expect?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 15 11:19am

Hi muspotter1956, Just was reading through some older posts and wondered how you were doing? Did...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1297821/

Discussion: Newly Diagnosed: Removal vs Radiation

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 5 9:23pm

David, I'm arriving a bit late to this thread and may have missed what's already covered....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1199504/

Discussion: Gleason 7 (4+3) radiation, but ADT also? Over treatment?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 29, 2024

I can't really add anything different than what others have said. It is likely with spread...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1062425/

Discussion: My dad's cancer returned and now it’s stage 4 metastatic cancer

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 5, 2024

avall, Percy Lee has more experience with thoracic cancers, though I think that list may not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1034792/

Discussion: Center of Excellence questions/recommendations for CA resident

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 16, 2024

That's even more curious to me then... I had my prostate removed. So, no need to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/980608/

Discussion: Orgovyx and Zytiga combined

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 14, 2023

tjmayo: Orgovyx 3+ mos; has not been bad for me. Definite changes, but liveable/manageable. Clearly men...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/863753/

Discussion: Hot flashes, fatigue 4 months after radiation and Orgovyx

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 21, 2023

The short answer is yes, but.... right after surgery I didn't take anything. It was nine...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/745640/

Discussion: Rising PSA years after radical prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Sep 5, 2022

I was on Zytiga for 2 1/2 years. In all that time, my PSA was only...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1244483/

Discussion: zytiga and lupron after radiation treatment complete

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 24 10:35am

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