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Posted 9/17/2019 1:35 AM (GMT 0)
My Nadir, for Testosterone, on ADT for 3 months was 3 !🤮🔫.
Last 3 month shot was November so I guess I’d say it ran its course in February, and it’s been moving up sooo slowly, trying my patience. In July I tested and it was 68. Just tested last week, got results tonight, iit jumped to 149. So I guess that’s progress. Still getting hot flashes, but a little less intense and I think, less frequent.

Of course everything is a double edge sword. Now I have to be nervous when I go for my PSA blood draw next month. But I’m not complaining I have to find out eventually if SRT + ADT did the job. Staying positive for now, happy about the jump.
Will my body hair eventually grow back?
Posted 9/17/2019 2:08 AM (GMT 0)
👍 Good for you Prato. Sometimes up is good.
Posted 9/17/2019 3:01 AM (GMT 0)
Is "T" the only thing rising?( Don,t have to answer that)

Dave
Posted 9/17/2019 4:23 AM (GMT 0)
Funny, slapshot.;)

Ken, that's great news. Enjoy it!
Posted 9/17/2019 12:23 PM (GMT 0)
Prato, great to hear that your T is starting to rise!!

Mike
Posted 9/17/2019 12:51 PM (GMT 0)
It will be interesting to see what level of T is needed for the hot flashes to stop. My hot flashes returned this summer with a vengeance after subsiding somewhat this past winter. It's been 22 months since my last shot (4 month) and my T was tested yesterday and came back at 149 (what a coincidence). My T in May was 90.
Posted 9/17/2019 1:36 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks guys.

Slapshot if you are referring to what I think you are referring to, I will say in my only and very weak attempt at channeling my inner Andrew, that

Morning wood
Is very good

With that said my biggest concern about what else is rising, would be my PSA. Hopefully that’s not the case

Cary, it’s funny (not), I had the same experience. Sort of. The flashes seem to subside for about a week and then they came back very hard. But now I will say that over the last two or three weeks I’ve sensed that they are lessening in frequency and intensity . I’m guessing (hoping) this is it . The beginning of the end of flashes . Hoping the same for you
Posted 9/17/2019 1:49 PM (GMT 0)
Congratulations!!

Do you feel like doing something extra manly yet?
I'm only half kidding, my first ADT vacation I developed a new hobby, or at least an interest. Bushcrafting.

But congratulations again, that is great!!
Posted 9/17/2019 8:11 PM (GMT 0)
LOL @ aleph.
Thanks, no manly plans yet, although i did stay at a Holiday Inn last night ;-)
Posted 9/18/2019 12:25 AM (GMT 0)

alephnull said...
Congratulations!!

Do you feel like doing something extra manly yet?
I'm only half kidding, my first ADT vacation I developed a new hobby, or at least an interest. Bushcrafting.

But congratulations again, that is great!!

Really, Bushcrafting, no pun? That sort of thing has always been a hobby of mine. That and just wandering in the wilderness.

Prato, sounds like you are making huge progress. May it continue, while not boosting what you don't want to boost!
Posted 9/18/2019 1:22 AM (GMT 0)

Pratoman said...


Will my body hair eventually grow back?



    Unfortunately, yes. You know those times when you would complain to the wife about shaving her legs? I realized my body hair was coming back when my legs starting getting itchy and had a 5 o’clock shadow.....lol. Now, being Italian and cursed, it's all returning with a vengeance. I guess it was about 10 months after my 18 month course of lupron.
    Good news on the T number. It takes time. I have my next blood draw and check up in mid December, so hopefully mine climbs again.
Posted 9/18/2019 2:40 PM (GMT 0)
I WANT my body hair to grow back. I didn’t lose it all but about half of it. Maybe I’m weird (no response required) but I liked being hairy.
Posted 9/18/2019 2:46 PM (GMT 0)
Come on Prato, get with the program. Man-scaping is the "in" thing these days. 😉
Posted 9/18/2019 5:22 PM (GMT 0)
Prato,
Like late spring in the high country where the melt happens quickly, your "T" looks like it is finally coming back to where it is supposed to be naturally. Good to be patient when dealling with the SE of PC. We also should not base our recovery expectations on how others progress as it could lead to over confidence or dissipointment. None of us are made the same.

As a positive side note to ADT, I have been taking Cialis since 2013, for the first few months every day and later, as required. The last 6 months, due to the effects of ADT, no sex=no pills . As my "T" increased since earlly summer, there was a strong interest in sexual intimacy and I thought I would try sex without the Cialis and things are great without the pills. Can't explain why but I am very happy with the situation as this means no prescription drugs.

Keep us posted.

Dave
Posted 9/18/2019 5:51 PM (GMT 0)

mattam said...
Come on Prato, get with the program. Man-scaping is the "in" thing these days. 😉

😂not when losing hair reveals all kinds of things on your skin that you never even knew existed 🥺
Posted 9/18/2019 5:54 PM (GMT 0)

slapshot said...
Prato,
Like late spring in the high country where the melt happens quickly, your "T" looks like it is finally coming back to where it is supposed to be naturally. Good to be patient when dealling with the SE of PC. We also should not base our recovery expectations on how others progress as it could lead to over confidence or dissipointment. None of us are made the same.

As a positive side note to ADT, I have been taking Cialis since 2013, for the first few months every day and later, as required. The last 6 months, due to the effects of ADT, no sex=no pills . As my "T" increased since earlly summer, there was a strong interest in sexual intimacy and I thought I would try sex without the Cialis and things are great without the pills. Can't explain why but I am very happy with the situation as this means no prescription drugs.

Keep us posted.

Dave


Dave, that is interesting. I was told by my RO that I should continue to take Cialis 5 mg daily through ADT and SRT, to keep blood flowing. I did real well in that department without Cialis after surgery, until about 2 months prior to starting ADT, when things got a little less “functional”.
I’m hoping it will come back as my T rises
Posted 9/19/2019 3:30 AM (GMT 0)
Prato,
I took Eligard for 9 months as recommended by my CyberKnife doctor.
My last 3 month treatment was Sept 2017.
Like you, my recovery from the Eligard was very, very slow.
I thought recovery would start around Dec 2017. It did not.
The worst side effect was physical fatigue. I could not walk even one city block ( 1/20 mile) without stopping to rest.

Also, for the first time in my life, I experienced ED. That started 2 weeks after first Eligard treatment. 3 months before the radiation treatment.

T level started to recover about 1 year after starting Eligard treatment.

2 years later my T level is about 400 ng / dl. The fatigue problem is much better. I can walk a mile. ED problem is unchanged. Tried Cialis, but nothing happened.

I have an appointment with my urologist in 2 weeks to discuss what to do.
Posted 9/19/2019 5:27 AM (GMT 0)
all this talk of bushcrafting and manscaping. I feel like shaving my nuts
Posted 9/19/2019 1:36 PM (GMT 0)
Richard, this is a good example of how everyone is different. Lots of guys here recover quickly, many, like us recover slowly. And a few don’t recover. Conversely, I remember seeing at least one ir two guys here who had their post ADT testosterone rise considerably above their pre-ADT baseline. Not sure how that happens.

Also, my experience was very little, if any, noticeable fatigue.
Glad you’ve recovered.
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