Positive APC Treatment

[Wdoug]

Just a positive 4 year report on my health. Diagnosed in March of 2016 with a couple of Gleason 9's and 7's and clean bone scan. Immediately began Lupron for 3 1/2 years with 6 month doses. Had 40 radiation treatments in July, August and September.

As a regular daily visitor to LA Fitness, my worst side effect was the drastic loss of Testosterone which slowly diminished my muscle mass -- turning biceps into nerf balls. Other side-effects included major fatigue (to me), hot flashes, loss of libido, and, pleasantly, the loss of body odor. PSA went from 39 to 0.01 and Testosterone bottomed out at 8.

Throughout the 4 years I have maintained my daily visits to LA Fitness although doing less, but always walking 2 miles. So happy that I had the will power to keep the blood circulating and muscles used.

Today, PSA is 0.01 and Testosterone is 96, and I feel like I did 4 years ago when I was 72 with a zest for life and desire to rebuild my infrastructure.

I feel Blessed and Happy and enjoyed the support of folks on this website.

The best to each of you on your similar journey.

Doug

Question: Did anyone ever have enhanced pain. The scar tissue in my penis from past TURP seriously hurt during hot flashes and radiated to my ankles and wrists. Have gotten no answers to this problem. Maybe someone else experienced this.

[Haniff]

Hi Wdoug

Great for your good results. Keep it up 👍

Good to know you can get to a gym daily but do be very careful with this virus in the air though.

Stay safe, mask up and wash hands regularly especially after your gym visits.

❤️

Haniff

[Wdoug in reply to Haniff]

Since lockdown, La Fitness is closed so am doin my best to keep some kind of regimen going at home and at park.

[timotur]

Congrats on a successful treatment Wdoug. I think your dedication to exercise probably helped a lot to cope with double-ADT, really hard to do, but very commendable. Keep it up and enjoy the well-deserved rise in T...! Check out some of the calisthenic videos on YouTube that you can do at home while the gyms are closed.

[Tall_Allen]

Congratulations on your T starting to return! That was a long jail sentence.

[dadzone43]

I have experienced this pain both with use of TriMix gel for penile rehabilitation and with BiMix injections. The pain is both in my penis and in my perineum. I only recently started injections and am still fussing with dosage. I attribute this to the stretching of the tissues in the "taint" that have not been stretched since normal erections went away. I am almost ready to say that it is getting better. It is still painful enough that engaging in sex after an injection is a matter of will more than libido. I hope that will get better. Best to you.

[Wdoug in reply to dadzone43]

Thanks for you input!

[RonnyBaby]

It is great to read about the PCa survivors who are courageous and motivated. It looks good on you ....

[j-o-h-n]

Congrats on the good news but sorry to hear about your willy pain....It would be time for my rejoicing if I ever felt anything in my willy......

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Thursday 04/30/2020 5:13 PM DST