residual effects of Firmagon injection

Glad to hear the treatments are helping in general. My PCa situation is less severe than yours and thought I was over it, except for monitoring a slowly rising PSA. Radiation ended 4/3/17, last Firmagon shot was 7/13/17. PSA was:
0.16 7/17
0.24 10/17
0.44 3/18
0.77 late 5/18
Testosterone levels were 120, then 180 and now 320 (low normal), so my urologist thinks everything is fine, then this. Could be an extreme reaction to an insect/spider bite or could be a reaction 11 months after the fact? In the same area and way.

Btw I as diagnosed at 56. My radiologist seeing how nervous I was said in his broken English, "no worry, this disease no kill you. We treat, we control. Something else could kill you but this disease, No?"

So, even with your PCa being more advanced by far, you are managing the disease. Do well, and live long

GregHal

For me personally Firmagon has worked like a miracle keeping my PSA levels to undetectable <0.02 going on 44 months now after stage 4 dx with 209 PSA and bone mets. The trick I and my Nurse have discovered is to alternate injection sites every month and to pinch the site of injection with your thumb and forefinger while he or she injects at a deep 70-80 degree angle. Make sure that the medicine is well mixed beforehand (it takes around 3-5 minutes of swirling it around to dissolve it clear) and she injects the medicine very slowly. Afterwards have her keep the needle in place for about 20-30 seconds which allows the medicine enough time to form a depot and prevent leakage from the needle portal to upper layers of dermis which is where all of the nerve endings are and hence the pain
. When the nurse does it this way for me , the injection site pain is very minimal every time. You will still get the Firmagon 24 hour flu but no more severe injection site sting...Hope this helps as it took many shots into my belly before the Nurse and I found the right technique for me.