End of HT Side Effects

I've never been on HT and I swear I've been getting hot flashes recently.

and I've noticed that my chest is slowly sinking into my belly.

I've decided that the older I get, the less patient I need to be.

You have my permission to complain about the whole procedure and lack of getting what you want.
Andrew

To answer your last question...Im sure you will let us know with a troll

Pratoman said...
Thanks for the constructive comments. 🙄

What? I do not understand the previous comments.

Well, I've got some bad news for you sunshine.....as you know SE's after last as long as you were on leuprolide chemo. 6 month injection means a minimum of a year of SE's - 6 months while "on" and 6 months "recovery".

We recall that some of the SE's can be permanent - my dead testicle is still quite dead and my testosterone hasn't gone back up near normal since I started leuprolide chemo, even though it has been almost 4 years since the last chemo injection. I still get hot flashes, though my muscle - mass has increased and my fat content gone down.

Sometimes it just isn't ours to understand.....

Prato, I had my last Lupron shot in July of 2018. My T level has gone from 6 to 57 since then. I still get a hot flash every once in a while. Nothing major. The other side effects are the major ones for me. Muscle loss, weight gain, joint pain and fatigue. They seem to be still hanging on. They were not there, as severely, before lupron. It just amplified them tremendously. Now to be honest, the muscle loss, joint pain and fatigue could be due to the weight gain. I’ve had bad knees for years and arthritis in my hands, knees and spine. I feel the lupron brought them to a new higher level. Also the fact, I believe anyway, that the weight gain has pushed me over the edge from pre-diabetic to diabetic. I was on lupron for 18 months. I still have a while to go before it hopefully done with me.

my comments were...fairly..,straight forward...as we say in Hawaii...no ack...they were said to de structure ...positive/neg....imposters both...relax...

"Guys, they put me in a coffin, looked at me for a day or two, sealed it over, now everything is dark....BUT no muscle pain, backaches, hot flashes, or fatigue. Any of you experience this, and please, only constructive comments?

Sooner, or later, all the symptoms of old age will disappear.

One other thing I recall...the general creakiness and feeling old went away in 2-3 months. It was the hot flashes that lingered much longer...

I second most of what trailguy wrote. And want to add that hot flashes are not uncommon in older men who have never had hormone therapy.

I believe you (Prato) are following your T; that should be instructive.

3 weeks behind you in the HT RT experience and it's good to know that I am not alone with some of the SE of these treatments.
Last 3 weeks I've been mountain biking and hiking a fair bit trying to get back to where I was in the early winter but have a long way to go. Things are changing, having some success in the boudoir, gaining power on the hill climbs but still not the man I was 6 months ago.
Just arrived in southern Utah after a 3 day drive for the annual hike and bike holiday. We will see how the power and endurance are when the rubber hits the road
My experience is that the more physically active you are, the faster your metabilism is which allows your body to get back to it's natural equilibrium quicker.
I don't allow a little thing like cancer to get in the way of fun .
Hopefully, your road to normal will be short.

Dave

Thanks guys. So looks like recovery is all over the place, and somewhat related to how long one was on the HT, as others have said.
My hot flashes are still coming hard, even though a few weeks back i thought they were subsiding. And as far as "success in the budoir", slapshot, glad for you, I am still looking like a wet rope. Nothing. Although some of it may have to do with my being on 50 mg Zoloft, which i began slowly tapering this week, so we'll see.

Appreciate the responses and sharing of others experiences.

"Thanks guys. So looks like recovery is all over the place, and somewhat related to how long one was on the HT, as others have said."

I think there's going to be a huge difference between the guys who did 2-3 years vs 6-9 months. I did 9 months and honestly all I can remember is my testosterone came roaring back and then SEs disappeared. my guess is sometimes after six months but before nine months.

also, I always went to the gym even when I was so weak I had to fake it. I also pushed the aerobics hard at the end of ADT and after and went on a pretty strict diet and in about four months dropped all the weight I gained and then some (about 30 or so pounds).