I am becoming more aware of numerous joints becoming painful. They are in no particular order, feet, knees, knuckles (especially my thumbs) and lower spine. Has anyone any knowledge of the possibility of this being a result of the HT and if so is there any help available to alleviate the problem?
I am eight months into HT and on Prostap3, my RT is due to begin at the end of July when I return from holiday. My profile shows my timeline through from first PSA test.
Hello Osca2023
There is a possibility any muscle ache or joint pain can be caused by the Hormone therapy. This happens as you start to lose testosterone and you start to lose your muscle strength.
My GP has referred me to "fat club" (er sorry "Weight Management") where the weekly exercises include working with resistance bands. This helps to keep the joints moving and to lose some of the excess weight HT has "gifted to me" As a Community member said last year "Prostate Cancer - the gift that keeps giving!!".
My first call was to my GP and he sorted it out for me and the weight management course is free where I live and actually quite an enjoyable morning out. i would have a word with your GP.
Best wishes - Brian.
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This seems to be quite a common side effect - I don't remember having it but already had aches and pains in joints so just didn't notice that there was more maybe. 
I kept going to the gym and exercising at least 4 times a week all the way through my HT and Radiotherapy (RT). I am pretty sure that this helped me only put on 5lbs (though all of that was around the middle) and kept me fit and stopped me from losing too much muscle whilst on HT. In my mid 70's I knew it was going to be hard to regain any muscle loss and now at 80 it's all going south anyway! Still it could be worse.
All the best.
