Hormone injection.

Hi, I'm on HT/RT too, for me the HT effects (mainly fatigue) leveled after 2 months, but the RT significantly increased the fatigue. That meant I couldn't exercise as much and lost muscle (which in turn increases fatigue more), 3 months after RT, and with lots of gym work, I'm now roughly back at pre-RT (but with HT) fatigue levels. I've got 2.5 more years of HT left in my treatment plan.

Hope this helps 

G

For my husband (T3a M0N0 4+3) the fatigue and brain fog increased towards the end of the Rt . He improved after about 3 months of finishing the RT but never back to pre treatment. His ht stopped after 18 months of ht in May this year. He was told it would be approx 5-6 months before the effects of ht would be cleared from his body. He has been going from strength to strength all summer! I don’t think he’s 100% ‘there’ yet. He still having hot sweats - but it’s been hot weather recently!! He is still a bit ( conveniently?) forgetful at times. He is much more active but sometimes I catch him ‘nodding off’ in the afternoon! However, both of us have been on this journey since the raised PSA exactly 2 years ago. We are both changed physically, mentally and emotionally for the experience. We would rather not have had the experience but it has brought us closer together and, hopefully, made us better people.

i am interested to read that you are having 6 mts of HT. my husband was told initially 2-3 years, then 6 months, then ‘try to get to 1 year’ and finally 18 months. As Gleason 4+ 3 we were told this is intermediate to high risk. There is evidence for length of ht for low, intermediate and high risk but nothing for ‘intermediate to high’!

Yes it does help, gives me hope that my situation is as bad as it gets. Always the optimist I’m hoping my treatment ends in Nov’ and I am looking forward to regaining my functions