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Posted 11/1/2018 2:08 PM (GMT 0)
Concerning ADT FOG, I think I'm in a fog bank....LOL
Posted 11/1/2018 2:44 PM (GMT 0)
fog bank?

well save all the fog you can - you never know when you'll need some.

Andrew
Posted 11/1/2018 8:22 PM (GMT 0)
Our schools will often be on a 2 hour delay for morning fog. I find I am on about a 4 hour delay when it happens to me.
Posted 11/1/2018 9:43 PM (GMT 0)
I’ve been on ADT since March, and though I’ve had plenty of foggy days, I don’t believe in ADT Fog. I haven’t observed any qualitative difference between my ADT foggy days and my frequent pre-ADT bouts of depression and stress, to which PCa contributes. I was hardly on top of my game in the months of recovery from RALP, before I went on ADT. I’d like to hear from others on this question.
Posted 11/1/2018 9:47 PM (GMT 0)
At work today I was coming back from the bathroom. My office is down a long hallway and I have to use a key to open the door. I get to the door put my key in and as I'm opening the door I'm thinking I don't remember this sign being on our door". Sure enough the door opens and a group of people from another shop are just staring at me. Fortunately we all know each other and I just backed out saying" it's going to be one of those days". I did find out my key works to their shop though.
Posted 11/1/2018 10:05 PM (GMT 0)
I thi8ght I had ADT fog a couple of weeks ago. But it was just the onset of a bad cold. I think when we are intreatment, ADT, Radiation, whatever, we tend to ascribe treatment to everything that ails us.
I get tired near the end of the day, at least over the last few days, but I function at a high level, and I don’t thing the fog itself, really exists, for me. At least not yet. I’m only in my 3rd month of 6. I can’t speak to ADT fog when guys are on it for 2 years.
Posted 11/2/2018 2:54 AM (GMT 0)
I am a believer in ADT brain fog but it is usually rather subtle and hard to make out except by looking at its shadow. When I had been on ADT for a year or more a brain-foggy day wouldn't be that different from a pre-ADT off day. We all have days when we don't feel at our brightest -- when we forget stuff -- when minor challenges seem almost insurmountable. Brain fog is like that... just like that... in every way. Fairly ordinary, actually; it's hard to see much difference from an ordinary day when we feel a bit dull.
How I could see the cognitive effects of the ADT wasn't by how dull I felt on any given day, it was by noticing how long it had been since I had a day where I felt like the smartest guy in the room.
Posted 11/2/2018 11:14 AM (GMT 0)
The complete removal/cessation of ALL pituitary hormones has a profound effect on most all of your body functions, some of those changes are permanent. Interference with cognitive functions is part of that, though the subjective experience will differ from one person to the next. It will likely be more noticeable to someone who needs do a lot of high-level thinking than it would be to a sedentary retiree.

Don't forget that year of 'mild cognitive impairment' that comes along after you experience total anesthesia. wink
Posted 11/2/2018 12:31 PM (GMT 0)
Saipan, I thot you and Prato were always in the fog!! mmmmm you left yourself open for that one! Hey how's the cleanup going?
Posted 11/2/2018 5:06 PM (GMT 0)

Skypilot56 said...
Saipan, .... Hey how's the cleanup going?


Pretty darned well. We patched the roof yesterday, and we’ve been fortunate to have many friends come by to help clean up. Still a lot to do, but we’ve made great progress. Feeling upbeat. Thanks for asking.
Posted 11/3/2018 7:33 PM (GMT 0)

trailguy said...
The complete removal/cessation of ALL pituitary hormones has a profound effect on most all of your body functions, some of those changes are permanent. Interference with cognitive functions is part of that, though the subjective experience will differ from one person to the next. It will likely be more noticeable to someone who needs do a lot of high-level thinking than it would be to a sedentary retiree.:

I have been thus far able to dodge the ADT bullet, BUT for a number of years before diagnosis I was hypogonadal. My T level went down into the 130's, and the brain fog and poor decision-making was one of the things that drove me to see my uro and an endocrinologist about TRT. I was still working at a high-level executive job, and without the clarity promoted by the TRT, I would have had to retire early.

That is also one of the reasons why I fought so hard to be able to continue my TRT before, during and after PCa treatment. I apparently am one of the patients most profoundly affected by low-T. Everyone is different, though, so I would not make any blanket judgements from my own experience.
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