Hmm... So, I went to my Uro for my sixth Lupron injection...

[westof]

Guess who's the squirrel?

Although, after hanging around this forum, I'm guessing I'm just one of a huge scurry of squirrels!

I didn't even mention this to " my darling wife of 46 years"!

Best,

AJ

[Hidden]

Just One of the Hurd .At least we ain’t Lemings

[westof in reply to Hidden]

Yep, point well taken!

[Hidden]

For me it was a good day that I did the chop chop and no more lupron shots. Yah!

[MJCA in reply to Hidden]

You’re lucky. Today i got a Lupron shot AND Xgeva. I’m a lucky guy! NOT

[Hidden in reply to MJCA]

I still take a pill form adt and now prolia also .

[RICH22 in reply to Hidden]

you might've mentioned it before but what ADT pill is that?

[Hidden in reply to RICH22]

the defunct test adt drug tak-700 ..

[Hidden in reply to MJCA]

Lucky to be alive . Yes! I’ve been on this castration train five years now with constant adt . Whooo hoo. Lucky me! Appreciate what you can in life brother.

[westof in reply to Hidden]

Hmm... Scott, with the amazing attitude that you have, I think you'll be around for quite awhile!

Best

AJ

[Hidden in reply to westof]

Being around is preferred.. enjoying being around is key.. take care 🕊

[westof in reply to Hidden]

Just keep the faith Brother, no one knows what new treatments may be right around the corner.

Best

[Hidden in reply to westof]

Or what pandemic? Is more likely brother?😩😩😩

[westof in reply to Hidden]

Again, point well taken!😧😧😧

[Danielgreer]

I Wonder if I can bury my acorns in the backyard and dig them up later when I need them😀? Although I think I read somewhere that squirrels lose about 75% of the acorns they bury! I’ll have to make sure I mark them well maybe with gps coordinates 😀. But seriously, are the SE’s lessened when you give up your acorns? It’s hard to imagine being on Lupron for the rest of my life.

[Hidden in reply to Danielgreer]

It’s so very tuff to say if the side effects are lessened ..I think 🤔 the side effects are from having no t. It makes sense that the SE’s are lessened on one form of adt instead of two . Or are the side effects lessened or do we just adjust and accept them better in time? A bit of both it seems. I was happy to ditch the shots . I was told that I’d be on adt for life ...now nobody knows what to do with me???

[RICH22 in reply to Danielgreer]

as far as i know, squirrels have never validated the 75% figure. The SPFNAS (Society for the Prevention of Fake News About Squirrels) insists that it's more like 74.8% -- ahhh, the fun never ends!

PCa feeds on a bunch of different substances, but supposedly selects Testosterone over everything else. LHRH agonists like lupron inhibit T production by the adrenals and the PCa itself, not just the main suppliers, your acorns. I'm trying to avoid that route, since making the PCa cells unable to use T makes more sense to me. Casodex (bicalutamide) has been used in Europe for decades and now has younger cousins: enzalutamide, apalutamide, darolutamide - not sure about the other -lutamides yet.

Good luck, amigo!

[Hidden in reply to RICH22]

So many dammed cocktails going around. They are always going to come up with new drugs. Some dam day they just might find a cure. Let’s be here for that .

[BigSwede in reply to RICH22]

You write:

"PCa feeds on a bunch of different substances, but supposedly selects Testosterone over everything else. LHRH agonists like lupron inhibit T production by the adrenals and the PCa itself, not just the main suppliers, your acorns."

It is important to know that this is wrong. LHRH agonists ONLY inhibit T production in the testes. Zytiga, however, inhibits all T production.

[RICH22 in reply to BigSwede]

thnx brother, my mistake. LHRH ANTagonists include inhibition of adrenal T production. I stand corrected.

[j-o-h-n in reply to Danielgreer]

Remove one.....if it's working then remove the other one...

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Saturday 02/15/2010 1:24 PM EST

[Hidden in reply to j-o-h-n]

😂😂yep,that’s how I did it . TG

[westof in reply to Danielgreer]

Dan, all I can say is that I'm very lucky (so far). 18 months of Lupron (6 months of Casodex and 12 months of Zytiga and prednisone).

SE's, too few to mention.

Best

[tallguy2]

8 years with Lupron/Eligard with decades more to come!