I wasn't using a fitness tracker yet at the time of my biopsy so I don't know about my heart rate, but my blood pressure that was taken right before it I think is the highest one I have in my...
I got the first shot of the Pfizer vaccine a couple days ago (March 11). On the 23rd of Feb. Indiana lowered the age to 60 yrs and up (I'm 62). Going thru the various schedulers it looked like I...
Thanks for the replies. I thought there might be a problem getting it done during the week between Christmas and New Years day, but got her scheduled for the injection on Dec. 28th at her Primary...
I think some of you guys here on longterm ADT might have some experience with Prolia/Denosumab to prevent Osteoporosis, how critical is the timing between 6 month injections? Actually I'm asking this...
Back with a update. My PSA test from last week (on 10/07/2020) has it still at 0.4. That breaks the doubling trend and makes me feel better about things. Comment from my URO "not terrible" but he...
Fort Wayne. I guess I lean more towards Purdue (Boilermakers) but I'm not that big of a sports fan....
Thanks for the replies. I did finally get a message yesterday from my Urologist (actually his Nurse) about my latest result. Said my PSA is "slightly elevated" and he would like me to test again in...
Last Monday (June 29) I had another PSA test. It's doubled from 0.2 in the previous test on Dec. 16, 2019 to a 0.4 now. (it also doubled in the last test from a 0.1 in August of 2019) . Should I be...
I can see it now, he makes you do a DRE on yourself while he watches/listens over the phone....
Wouldn't want to be the person swabbing that nose for a sample....
Not Emphysema, but I was diagnosed with mild (Class II) Pulmonary hypertension while on Lupron. But it's probably a condition I had all along....
I think it's done fairly often. Three years ago I had fiducials put in a couple weeks before my RT started. They didn't do mine in the URO office like they did the biopsy, it was done in the...
I have a lab order for a PSA test, which will be the first one for me since my T returned after IMRT and 2+ years of ADT (Lupron). I'm wondering if the pre PSA test no-nos my Uro told me about before...
So only 4107 more pokes (cores) to go to get it all out!...
I had CBC diffs done in May 2017 (1 month after completing IMRT & 6 months of Lupron) and also May 2018 (after 18 months of Lupron). Lymphocytes were below normal with both (.52 in 2017, .83 in 2018)...
I wonder, do the other hormones produced by the hypothalamus and pituitary glands recover at the same time that the testosterone does or do some recover on a different schedule?...
Hi All, Yesterday was just a little more than 3 months after my last six month Lupron injection (5-23-2018) began to wear off, and I just had a PSA and Testosterone test done. My PSA is still...
I also grew up in Iowa (and am still doing those winters here in N.E. Indiana). Btw it's warmer today, +3 !...
They probably got dissected. Btw jmadrid's link above doesn't work for me (even after the edit), it does work if I copy and paste it in to the url bar and remove the ....
Kind of the same for me. I've had 4 six month shots in total. With the first one I started getting the hot flashes and some night sweats, and also some fatigue (but some of that fatigue was probably...
I've heard/read of that using PSA doubling 'rule of thumb' if you're on finasteride or avodart but not for flomax/tamsulosin and the other alpha blocker drugs, which leads me to question my post...
Please send that gift horse my way. It's been 7 weeks since my last six month Lupron started to wear off and I'm still having to watch pretty closely what I eat and how much exercise I get. My...
It's nice having a scapegoat (I like to blame the Lupron for all my problems)....
The way my Uro handled it was to give me a Lab order (good for up to 1 year) and some specimen cups. If I were to have persistent burning/painful urnination, I was to pee in one of the cups he gave...
I'm not a SRT guy so I hope you don't mind me posting it this thread. I weighed ~165 lb. when I was started on the ADT/Lupron in November of 2016. Was able to keep it around that weight for the first...
Like most I was on bicalutamide (generic Casodex) for a while before and after my first Lupron injection. I didn't really experience any SE's from it. That initially lead me [i](or maybe 'mislead' is...
I've had four 6 month Lupron injections, the last one in May. Each time I had some muscle pain in around the injection site. I would say it kind of felt like a knot or tightness in the muscle that I...
I was age 58 and had a result of 71.4 from my first (and only) PSA Screening test. That eventually led to a biopsy and treatment. All my PSA's since then have been PSA Diagnostic tests. I guess I got...
I had some soreness in and around the injection site for about a week. Other than that I didn't really have any immediate side effects with my first Lupron shot. Some guy's have mentioned having...
MG0351, Goodluck with your RT. How many sessions are you scheduled to have? I'm kind of surprised that they are starting you on a Sunday. Will they be giving you weekends (or some days midweek) off,...
Sorry you had to join us here Randy. With your G10 and mets I'm kind of surprised they haven't started you on ADT already, plus they usually like you on it for a while before starting RT. Starting...
Can Lupron cause dry eyes? From a post I found by Trailguy in another thread: https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=35&m=4071629 (scroll down to 5th post in that thread) it looks like...
Dumb question, how's ADT time/duration counted? Is it the total time on ADT, including the time on ADT prior to RT (neoadjuvant ADT ?) and the time on it while receiving the RT treatments? [list]OR...
Thanks for the replies everyone, I apologize for being so slow in responding (been away for a while). I checked with my Urologist, he didn't have a problem with my getting the Shingles vaccine. So...
I had a CBC diff panel done last year about two weeks after completing my IMRT treatments and my white blood cell count (WBC) was also rather low at 2.4 th/uL (standard range 3.4 - 10.5 th/uL). My...
I'm not seeing the RO anymore. At the end of August of last year he released me back to my Urologist who had referred me to him. My Urologist is also the one who has given all the Lupron injections...
Does being on Lupron have an affect on the immune system response you get to various vaccines, the shingles/shingrix vaccine in particular? My insurance covers the shingles/shingrix vaccine now that...
During and for a while after my treatments I rode a stationary recumbent bike some at the Y, sort of like IntheShop mentioned, though his might be an actual road bike. (I also walked a lot -- 2 to 3...
I've been on Lupron for a little over 21 months now and yeah my underarm hair is also gone. I forget exactly when I noticed it was thinning/disappearing. I've also lost the hair on my chest, though...
Would that be SWSDT ( S pider w eb s hooting d eprivation t herapy)?...
My last lipid panel in early June showed that my total cholesterol was down to 131 (at it's highest it had been a hundred points higher at 231). I forget what the ldl, hdl & triglyceride numbers...
That's 3 months until my "Release" date from my 2 year 'sentence' on this stuff. My SEs have been pretty much the same as others here have mentioned....
This is the first I've heard of the connection between statins and cataracts. I was started on atorvastatin/Lipitor at a pretty high dose (40mg) back in Sept. 2016 by my PCP. At a eye exam this past...
N ot E nough S ex (if I'm right someone else can have the beer, I don't drink)...
Can I be there the day you explain this to your wife? That should be interesting...[/quote] Just following Dr.'s orders....
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The unit of measure I've usually seen for T levels is in ng/dL (nanograms per deciliter), that table is using ng/mL (nanograms per milliliter). Maybe you can shift the decimal to the right two...
I hadn't really gained much or any weight after 4 months on Lupron. After 9 or 10 months I started packing on the pounds. I've now been on Lupron for almost 21 months and have gained 7 or 8 pounds...
Since I had the TRUS biopsy two years ago, I don't really object that much anymore to getting DREs because I know there's something worse than the Doctor's finger that can be poked up my backside....
I was only on it (50 mg bicalutamide - generic casodex) for 14 days around the time of my first Lupron injection. I don't really remember having any SEs at that time other than a sore butt (and that...