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ADT & Osteoporosis

I am 66 and my biopsy came back + with a gleason 8. There was blood in my urine sample so urologist sent me for a cystoscopy to check my bladder for lesions. The cystoscopy showed a tumor growing out of the duct from my prostate into the urethra. I then had a TURP to cut out the tumor. That left me waiting 2 months to begin EBRT. My Oncologist prescribed 4 months of Bicalutamide (Casodex) and 18 months of Eligard. I had a Dexa scan to base line my bone density and surprise! I have osteoporosis in my spine and hips. I am now 18 days into 25 day beam radiation treatment and looking forward to brachytherapy next month.
I am very confidant of my Oncologist and my rheumatologist. However, I am concerned about the ADT accelerating the osteoporosis and leaving me cancer free but fragile. Next week I am starting Reclast infusion to help with the bone density.
I am considering a somewhat shortened course of Eligard - maybe 12 months instead of 18 months.
Sure appreciate all the stories here on the PC board.

  1. Hi thanks for reaching out. You have been through a lot in the past few months. I am so glad to hear you are confident in your doctors, that is so important. I can understand why you would be concerned about your bone health. I am hoping that our members will respond here with their personal experiences with this. In the meantime, I found this article that I thought would be helpful for you: https://prostatecancer.net/clinical/bone-health. Sending you lots of strength. Jill, prostatecancer.net team

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