Today is the last day of my three-year hormone therapy treatment. This physical and emotional rollercoaster is finally ending, and I can't wait to disembark. Two horrible years on Abiraterone and Prostap followed by one quite reasonable year on Relugolix.
I'm hoping for testosterone to come back with a vengeance (to quote Alpine Wanderer ) soon, and to return to my old energetic, and slightly less emotional self. PSA has been undetectable for almost two years now, hopefully it will remain low once T is back.
This forum has been a great help during this difficult journey, and I want to thank everyone.
I will update on my recovery as it happens.
Onwards and upwards
G
Hello L1m
Brilliant news and I hope your testosterone returns quickly - it's funny but I didn't realise mine had gone at first there was that much going on but I missed it.,
Mine came back very quickly and i didn't need any test to tell me it was back - .
Time for a celebration I think.
I wish you well now you have got your life back!!
Thank you for the support you have provided to others around the group too.
Kind regards - Brian.

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Hi L1m - this is great news - in some ways those three years will have flown, but in some other ways, it’s been a long old haul. So: reality check. Your testosterone is likely to take several more months to come back (probably slowly at first - unless you’re like Millibob ). But be patient- as an Ironman competitor you know all about going for long term goals- the hardest bit is over and you have done everything you could to have a sustainable cure. Well done! AW
Well done and congratulations! It’s a long lonely journey but you’ve reached the finishing line. We were told to expect a PSA bounce once the testosterone started to kick in - and it did! Good luck xxx
I've already started to pencil in triathlons for next year, in anticipation for my fitness coming back, and also got my eye on the chase the sun cycling challenge next June as a milestone for getting fitness back on track. Ohh how I miss having energy, soon (hopefully) it will be back!
I've had my share of sports injuries in the years before treatment, most of which were caused by overtraining. I think my biggest challenge now would be to rein things back and not overdo it when the energy comes back and with it the enthusiasm for hard long training sessions. I hope having these incremental goals would help, I have until June to build from my current 40 miles cycles to a continuous 200 mile
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