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Did your doctors get a baseline blood panel before starting treatment?
Is it normal for your urologist (radiation oncologist) to request a full blood panel (CBC) prior to starting treatment with salvage radiation and Orgovyx? I...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 14, 2024
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ADT Recovery: How long for testosterone levels to improve?
I was on Eligard for 6 months prior to and during salvage radiation treatment. Then I was on Orgovyx plus Abiraterone for 12 months. One...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 18, 2024
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ADT and Open Heart surgery
My husband has been advised to have open heart surgery, for valve replacement and aortic root aneurysm graft. It is recommended to be done within...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 30 9:34am
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Finished radiation therapy today, how will I know if it worked?
Finished 28 sessions of EBRT today, still taking Orgovyx. RO said he will schedule an appointment with him in about a month to determine what...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 6 4:21pm
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ADT, Brachytherapy, IMRT...done!
Just thought I'd share. Started this journey in spring 2024. Gleason 4+3. Decipher 0.78. PSMA scan negative outside of the prostate lesion. PSA 13.4 when...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 15 10:06am
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Anyone take a Treatment Holiday? Intermittent use of ADT (hormone Tx)
I wish there was more info. on 'drug holidays' or 'intermittent use of ADT', with or without concurrent or prior surgery or radiation; especially as...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 31 7:10am
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Prostate cancer care team
I finished SBRT 5 radiation treatments at UCLA. I want to choose a Medical oncologist in Orange county to manage my Hormone therapy(ORGOVYX). Any of...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 22, 2024
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Anyone experiencing nausea/vomiting with Abiraterone?
I will be starting Abiraterone and Orgovyx this week. My doctor also prescribed compazine for nausea and vomitting. Reading the List of possible side effects...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 11, 2024
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Leg Issues Long After Radiation and ADT
Treatment for Prostate Cancer started 2 years with 45 radiation treatments and 28 months of Orgovyx. I was 77 at diagnosis. Orgovyx treatment ended 6...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 6, 2024
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Just an update...
Thought I'd update...many of you are familiar with my clinical history (attached). In April, I met with my radiologist and oncologist, we agreed to come...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 21, 2024