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Reducing lupron hot flashes with Black Cohosh?
My urologist has suggested using Black Cohosh for reducing hot flashes 9 months after receiving a 6 month Lupron injection and 4 months after radiation....
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 29 8:50am
Menopause products for hot flashes from Lupron
My surgery was 11/11/24, and a year later we've begun radiation to attack what remains. I had a hormone injection (Lupron) in October and still...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 15 11:42am
Lupron generated hot flashes: Any tips on how to manage them?
Nearing completion of 18 months lupron hormone treatment along with EBR. Side effects so far manageable but intense hot flashes along with severe and deep...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 5, 2023
Warmth in back? Not hot flashes...I had those, after Lupron shot
I was treated with IMRT from Oct-Dec 2019 for prostate cancer contained within----no spread. Had one Lupron shot (to last 6 months---tho I am aware...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 18, 2020
Reversal of penile shortening after stopping Lupron
I am a 71 yo diagnosed with Gleason 9 PC in August2021. Had RP 10/21. Six months post op PSA rose to 0.37 and a...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 1 10:48am
So tired of hot flashes, side effects! Considering stopping treatment
I am so tired of hot flashes, etc. I stopped everything but Lupron but am considering stopping as well.Stage 4b prostate cancer. I think I...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 17 5:53pm
Hot flashes worsening again after years of being tolerable
Hello, My father has received monthly Lupron injections for ten years and after the initial few years, the hot flashes became tolerable and extremely intermittent....
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 12 5:14pm
What helped me with hot flashes: What helped you?
Just thought this might be useful to people out there who have been hot flashing countless times a day like I was. My oncologist gave...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 27, 2024
ADT, Hot Flashes and Ashwagandha: Is it safe?
I have received 3, three-month Lupron shots and radiation therapy for Gleason 3+4 prostate cancer. After the final shot in June, my PSA was <...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 25 6:35pm
Lupron side effects a year after one injection
I’m experiencing whole body hot flashes a full year after receiving a Lupron 6 ( supposedly) month shot a year ago this past August ,about...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 28 1:17pm
Does anyone take gummies or edibles to manage going through radiation?
Lupron shot was 3 weeks ago (Hello, hot flashes). Simulation is 3 weeks from now, with radiation starting a week later. My sister-in-law suggested I...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 8 9:11am
How long do the side effects of Lupron/Eligard last?
This Monday I am getting my number 3 and last injection of 6 month duration Eligard/Lupron. This is after 39 Proton Beam sessions which began...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 3 9:21am
After Lupron Depot, which med?
I've been given Lupron depot at a 12-week dosage (22.5mg, into the butt), but still have significant side effects of over a dozen hot flashes...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 11 7:50pm
Resolution of Side Effects after Stopping ADT/Lupron
Hello everyone. I am 70 years old and was diagnosed with PC about 2 and a half years ago, G9 with extra capsular extension but...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 1 9:23am
Side effects three days post prostate radiation?
Just finish 35 rad. treatment for raising PSA. I'm also about two month into lupron therapy. Have had the hot flashes, joint pain, diarrhea but...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 1 8:37am
Disability for cancer treatment side effects
My 50 year old husband has aggressive Gleason 9 prostate cancer, staged at IIIB, with lymph node involvement. After prostate removal and 10 weeks of...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 21, 2023
Starting TRT now.
I'm 75 now. My prostate was removed in 2021. The cancer spread to my T3 vertebrae. That was treated with radiation. I was put on...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 4, 2024
Salvage radiation aftermath
Can anyone share their experience with salvage radiation/ADT after what was told to me as a very successful DaVinci surgery? I’m a 71 year old....
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 6 8:12pm
What's your experience with Orgovyx (relugolix)?
Mods, if you think this redundant, please move or remove. I thought it might be helpful to have an orgovyx thread similar to the lupron...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 9 8:23am
An Ode to prostate cancer
One of the online group I attend twice a month (CSC) encourages participants to write a poem about their treatment. I listened to a few...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 19 9:33am