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Muscles/tendons feeling like they are "tearing"? after chemo? on Lupron?

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Diagnosed Stage 4 appx May of '17. Started Lupron in June....Started Chemo in October...I'm just done with the chemo...All through this I have had horrible feeling like my muscles are "tearing" and my tendons feel painful and sometimes feel "disconnected." Wondering if this "fun" if from the Lupron...or from the Chemo. I walk a mile in the morning and a mile in the afternoon and stay walking a lot in between..and go to the gym 3 times a week...STRETCHING feels worse every time...I feel like I am tearing the muscles or tendons...NOT stretching them. They don't get better each time...it gets worse...what's it all about, Alfie?

John

p.s. my Sparky smiling in the photo is to bring "Joy" to this post!

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Sorry to hear about the trouble you're having, John. I know before my husband's Taxotere treatment that I read quite a bit about muscle pain with Taxotere, but I don't recall any definitive solutions. Could it possibly be low potassium or dehydration? Best wishes in finding an answer. Glad your little guy is bringing you joy!

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Dehydration can really effect everything negatively. Good call !

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I would add low magnesium to the list.

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Yes, good point!

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THANKS...our symptoms sound similar. I'm assuming at this point it's "par for the course"...as long as I have to stay on the Lupron(which sounds like a " 'till death do us part" commitment...OUCH). LOL.

Congrats on finishing Chemo. I’m sure it feels good to be done.I happily have skipped that so far. Hope it works like advertised. Should give you some years to adapt to our wonderful side effects. Healing takes time. I feel like adt eats our tendons bones and ligaments and it increases the onset of geriatrics. Ain’t it grand. The good news is that you’re here. You’ll get past this too. .

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If I may add to the ADT list of effects? I had 4 months of hip, groin problems affecting my daily 5 miles with Barney the Saluki. New specialist Registrar for Oncology decided to strip me and poked and prodded and squeezed. I asked what she was doing. Looking for a cancer growth in your lymph nodes of course. She was new. I pointed out that all pelvic girdle lymphs eaten by cancer 4 years earlier. She laughed, got out a form, filled in details and rushed me off to X-ray. Showed cartilage in both hips and both knees eaten by ADT hence pain. Not cancer given but 'cure' given. And I found this side effect in the small print.

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The truth sucks. I have the same results . Thought I was just me. Wait? There’s a cure? Just kidding but point taken ,, It’s the treatments, so much fun,, Hope we can gain some strength..

Nalakrats, Good for your fingers . Adt and 0 T does all of the above. I thought I was the only one. Great results so far on vacation. Let it continue. Good luck

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Anyone has this experience with Zoladex?

I'm already struggling with 2 months of Bicalutamide, although PSA has gone from a peak of 12 down to 1.1. However, what I don't understand is: is that a definitive way of saying the PCa and mets (apparently I have a small one in my hip) are regressing?

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