Ive been on ADT HORMONAL therapy for 15 years plus and i REGRET it. Negative quality of life. Turned me into a walking dead man. And i started with radical prostatectomy which I regret better to live without these two treatments and die.
This video explained more than any of those pamphlets and timed visits with the urologist, oncologists and radiation oncologists combined. I’m the wife of a Prostate cancer patient. I support my husband emotionally, organize medical notebook and appointment calendars. Can’t imagine someone going through this or any cancer alone.
Were you informed about the severe brain fog, the significant risks of diabetes, osteoporosis, diabetes, increased risk of strokes and heart attacks, sarcopenia, mood swings, severe depression, destruction of sexual function including orgasms,, the risk of months or years before testosterone recovery, the risk that up twenty percent of older men will NEVER RECOVER ABOVE CASTRATE LEVEL,, or that ADT CASTRATION longer than six months reduces life expectancy by two years?? You probably were not fully informed because full disclosure would harm Big PHARMAS profits from these outrageously expensive toxins.
I enjoyed this Doctors easy pedestrian delivery of the facts. Thanks for the clear overview on hormonal therapy, along with your bone density comments. 2 subjects of vital interest. If you look at these comments..well done Doc, Thanks.
This little video provides way more usable information than much more slickly packaged productions about hormone therapy for prostate cancer. Thank you, doctor, for your time and caring.
Thanks for sharing, I am a medical interpreter and being aware of the process and side effects of hormonal therapy really helps me to understand the process and facilitates the convertion of the message during my appointments.
Dear Doctor, I have started hormone therapy yesterday, your information and the manner you provide it is nothing short of superb. Thank you very very much
Bet you didn't get all the facts about CHEMICAL CASTRATION. ... Doctors sugar coat ADT like the drug company salesmen. Look deeper and get all the facts
This Doctor....... is perhaps the clearest & informing I've yet to see. Thank You, for your mannerism, it is also a very positive feeling we get from you. I'm sending this to my chums that I've met at our Cancer Clinic.
Thank you. This talk is so reassuring. My husband has prostate cancer and is on zoladex. His PSA dropped from 1200 to .5 with the first injection. The reading has remained stable at less than 1 for 16 months and we hope that the drug will keep us together for many years!
Dear Sir, You have made it so clear,that I feel it has help us a lot in understanding the whole treatment,which my husband is going through it .Is really hard on him.Thank you Doctor for all the information.I feel a lot better now.
Dr I am so delighted with your explanation of facts regarding hormonal thereapy. Six months ago I was started treatment and the side effects you talked about are taking centre-stand on my mind but am very happy that you have rubbed'off out of my mind. Your presentation was superb
Very informative video has explained a lot of my questions i have stage 4 locally advanced prostate cancer with a Gleason reading of 8 my treatment was 38 days of radio therapy followed by 3years of zolodex hormone treatment my pas when diagnosed was 22 after treatment it went down to 0.1 yes 0.1 it is starting to rise again it is now 3.7 iam being monitored and may have to go back on hormone treatment again I was diagnosed in July 2008 at the age of 48 years old
22:00 Very comprehensive presentation. Thanks. I have gained weight but no other side effects over last two years. I do not know about the best nutrition program. Too lazy for rigorous exercise. Wanted to know from group here if I can have a Scotch twice a week.
Thanks for the information. It helps a lot for the discussion with the Doctors. Readings in Dr. Google suggest that hormonal treatment promots the risk of dementia. Do you have any thoughts on that? Is there a way out. Overall the real challenge is mostprobably that patient and health provider will have a different idea about the value of quality of live and longetivity. What you think? I really appreciate any hints how to approach, considering that there are so many variables to look at. And lastly, would it be possible to interrupt hormanal treatment and resume in a hopefully distant moment in the future when necessary? (Status - radiation therapy 3oo7 - 1 injection and 13 oo 30 … 50mg bicutalamid)
I'm due to start HT in a few days - and rather nervous about it. Thank you for this interesting and quite thorough talk. It would have been useful to know what medicines counteract hot flushes - (sometimes it takes weeks to "talk to your your doctor" (!) Thanks again !
Life is sweet, but I tell ya, the treatment I'm receiving for aggressive Prostate cancer ( I've had radio Therapy / Zoladex injections and I'm now on Bicalutamide Tabs ) I'm living with mental confusion & emotional stress, massive weight gain ( I've developed Diabetes ) Hot Flushes & Sweats and extreme tiredness ! Sex is impossible ! I've come to a point where I have to stop treatment and face my mortality as I really can't take any more as there is NO quality to life. It's just a hell hole horrific existence. Its hard to believe that they haven't developed less devastating medications. I'm outta here. I wish you all strength, courage & happiness.
God bless you Mickey. My prostate cancer has just recurred. They want me to begin hormone and radiation.....Lots of pressure and confusion. Your comments, although not very smily faced ......resonate with me .....What is your current choice of action...or not....alternative approaches....laetrile? Cannibis oil???? Don't know if you can respond to this. Hope you can. God bless.
@@sebofcourse6598Hi Seb ! God Bless you too. At present I'm trying to get some good advice about what to expect physically after stopping medication so I can prepare. I'm not trying any alternatives but I do take activated Turmeric. The trouble is, I gave up proper exercise long ago due to real excessive fatigue and things got rapidly worse all round. My advice to you is to never slack or give up on daily exercise and seek out natural remedies to take along with your medications. We are not all the same and you still could have very many good years ahead of you, by which time an effective new affordable medication may well be available. Plan a solid daily routine & never give up ! If ever you get really down you can always email me at poorlittleme2@gmail.com. While I'm still able I'll always get back to you. All the very Best.
@SHICOFF1 I wish you all the very best. If you are able, get out into nature as this can be very healing and helps to fend off depression & confusion. God Bless.
@SHICOFF1 I think side effects differ from person to person. Before I was first diagnosed some 5 years ago I was already being treated for depression and this treatment has definitely trebled my despair. As I have said, the only way for me is to accept the consequences of laying off of my medication because the alternative was to watch myself go insane. Please understand that this is unique to me and is in no way a picture of how things may turn out for you. Some people hardly feel any effects. We are all walking a fine line together I guess. Try to keep as active as possible and exercise your brain by reading and solving puzzles. I find that sitting out by the river in nature is really beneficial for relaxation and helpful in making important decisions. Whatever you do don't sit around in despair. Bless.
I agree Mickey my Lupron Shots are horrible hot flashes a lot mental confusion plus weight Gain and no sexual interest at all plus I had 44 treatments of Radiation to i would say it's a liveing Hell with Prostate Cancer
Didn't see a reference to elevated risk of developing pre- or type 2 diabetes which may be the result of the increased weight gain. Personally I did drift into type 2 diabetes during my 18 month course of Deca Peptyl ADT. but with rigid dieting (low carbs, medium protein and fat) I dropped back into the low levels of pre-diabetes. As a detail for the diet, it really helps to take a low calorie pre load (e.g. glass of water) before meals which lowers the size of the meal needed to assuage hunger.
Mickey Mantle died in 1995 from Liver Cancer. The evil troll who left this exaggerated comment wants to do real harm to men like me who are on Hormonal Therapy. This is a very useful video and Dr Beer is a genuine caring Doctor.
Can you elaborate on hot flashes , how do you control or eliminate or manage I am on hormonal therapy and experience hot flashes quite often it usually last few minutes
One can start turmeric 2 gm+ 2 pinch blackpepper powder ....per day if possible twice........ along with these treatment in low .doses or can avoid even
Does Clegenatur Methods really work? I notice lots of people keep on talking about Clegenatur Methods. But I'm not sure if it is good enough to increase their breast size without surgery.
Another side effect of Lupron is that you will sometimes experience brain fog when you get up in the morning. Start taking vitamins. A Also, you will have to use the bathroom more (#2) :( You might want to purchase and wear depends underwear if necessary. Also, eat less food when going out or at work just to be on the safe side.
I found your video very informative I did have low testosterone I have been on replacement testostorone injections for 3 years however i have constant hot flashes which can be a warm up all day when I get up each morning no problem then after breakfast it commences in varying degrees and can go on in with different intensities Iam 80 years of age my Dr tells me its my energy field causing the hotness he did change the 3 monthly injection to every six weeks I do get some days free of the hotness however its very uncomfortable i wonder if my prostrate is responsible
Major question: Does cancer also grow using the synthetic anabolic steroids bodybuilders use for muscle gains, or can they be substituted for testosterone to preserve muscle mass without “feeding” the cancer?
Well at 75 I really am not worried about sex. Besides my testicals are now a third their size and so is my pinus. My breast look like I need a bra. Basically it changes into a woman!!!!! They have not been able to stop my heavy sweating ALL THE TIME! Makes life almost unlivable! Wish I never tried to treat my cancer!
The doctor tells me little what was going to happen with hormonal therapy. Never have any followup and never can be reach, just his nurse. Now I have enlarged breast that I understand could have been prevented but now too late. Lupron shots and expensive pills. I do not have any energy to hardly exist. Terrible day and night long sweats that i need towels to dry. I wish I had never started treatment. Cancer in my lymph nodes but he will not even tell me what to expect. Think my doctor should learn by watching videos.
Excellent presentation, and I thank you for making it available. One question: along with the other possible physical changes you mentioned, can there be a change in vocal pitch or quality?
Did everybody does here with this guy said the side effects don’t come from the drug, but it comes from the loss of hormones what in the hell do you think cause that it was the drug?
Going through this now, and I refuse to believe I'm going to be this weak for the rest of my life. I'm 63. I'm interested in trials where testosterone is reintroduced.
This is NOT HORMONE THERAPY, it is cruel and barbaric ADT CASTRATION. Have the integrity to tell the truth about all the horrific side effects. Patients need FULL DISCLOSURE before they can give FREE AND FULLY INFORMED CONSENT.
Ive been on ADT HORMONAL therapy for 15 years plus and i REGRET it. Negative quality of life. Turned me into a walking dead man. And i started with radical prostatectomy which I regret better to live without these two treatments and die.
The best lecture about side effects of hormone therapy.
This video explained more than any of those pamphlets and timed visits with the urologist, oncologists and radiation oncologists combined. I’m the wife of a Prostate cancer patient. I support my husband emotionally, organize medical notebook and appointment calendars. Can’t imagine someone going through this or any cancer alone.
Were you informed about the severe brain fog, the significant risks of diabetes, osteoporosis, diabetes, increased risk of strokes and heart attacks,
sarcopenia, mood swings, severe depression, destruction of sexual function including orgasms,, the risk of months or years before testosterone recovery, the risk that up twenty percent of older men will NEVER RECOVER ABOVE CASTRATE LEVEL,,
or that ADT CASTRATION longer than six months reduces life expectancy by two years??
You probably were not fully informed because full disclosure would harm Big PHARMAS profits from these outrageously expensive toxins.
This video has convinced me to have the surgery. I could never cope with the side effects of the hormone treatment.
I enjoyed this Doctors easy pedestrian delivery of the facts. Thanks for the clear overview on hormonal therapy, along with your bone density comments. 2 subjects of vital interest. If you look at these comments..well done Doc, Thanks.
Agree
This little video provides way more usable information than much more slickly packaged productions about hormone therapy for prostate cancer. Thank you, doctor, for your time and caring.
Thanks for sharing, I am a medical interpreter and being aware of the process and side effects of hormonal therapy really helps me to understand the process and facilitates the convertion of the message during my appointments.
Dear Doctor, I have started hormone therapy yesterday, your information and the manner you provide it is nothing short of superb. Thank you very very much
Bet you didn't get all the facts about CHEMICAL CASTRATION.
... Doctors sugar coat ADT like the drug company salesmen. Look deeper and get all the facts
This Doctor....... is perhaps the clearest & informing I've yet to see.
Thank You, for your mannerism, it is also a very positive feeling we get from you.
I'm sending this to my chums that I've met at our Cancer Clinic.
Follow along you zombi !!!
Main stream medicine is the most evil and deadly organization on the planet.
Thank you. This talk is so reassuring. My husband has prostate cancer and is on zoladex. His PSA dropped from 1200 to .5 with the first injection. The reading has remained stable at less than 1 for 16 months and we hope that the drug will keep us together for many years!
How is he doing now
Pat Smart
How is your husband doing these days. Thanks
Your husband is on drugs that will kill him. It's the mainstream medical way to get rich...
Dear Sir, You have made it so clear,that I feel it has help us a lot in understanding the whole treatment,which my husband is going through it .Is really hard on him.Thank you Doctor for all the information.I feel a lot better now.
M
Thank u for this video. It helps me now that I’ll be starting this.
Thank you Doctor for your very helpful and reassuring discussion concerning hormonal treatment for prostate cancer management.
Very well done, makes things clear!
Excellent presentation 👏
There should have been a segment on nutritional changes while on ADT
Thanks for posting
Dr I am so delighted with your explanation of facts regarding hormonal thereapy. Six months ago I was started treatment and the side effects you talked about are taking centre-stand on my mind but am very happy that you have rubbed'off out of my mind. Your presentation was superb
Very informative video has explained a lot of my questions i have stage 4 locally advanced prostate cancer with a Gleason reading of 8 my treatment was 38 days of radio therapy followed by 3years of zolodex hormone treatment my pas when diagnosed was 22 after treatment it went down to 0.1 yes 0.1 it is starting to rise again it is now 3.7 iam being monitored and may have to go back on hormone treatment again I was diagnosed in July 2008 at the age of 48 years old
Tells Chanel Robboterry
How are things going for you now?
Thank you, I finally got some answers.....!
Thank you Dr. Very useful class. Thanks again.
Thank you. Very important information which I wasn't given when I started hormone therapy
22:00
Very comprehensive presentation. Thanks. I have gained weight but no other side effects over last two years. I do not know about the best nutrition program. Too lazy for rigorous exercise. Wanted to know from group here if I can have a Scotch twice a week.
Thanks for the information. It helps a lot for the discussion with the Doctors. Readings in Dr. Google suggest that hormonal treatment promots the risk of dementia. Do you have any thoughts on that? Is there a way out. Overall the real challenge is mostprobably that patient and health provider will have a different idea about the value of quality of live and longetivity. What you think? I really appreciate any hints how to approach, considering that there are so many variables to look at. And lastly, would it be possible to interrupt hormanal treatment and resume in a hopefully distant moment in the future when necessary? (Status - radiation therapy 3oo7 - 1 injection and 13 oo 30 … 50mg bicutalamid)
I'm due to start HT in a few days - and rather nervous about it. Thank you for this interesting and quite thorough talk. It would have been useful to know what medicines counteract hot flushes - (sometimes it takes weeks to "talk to your your doctor" (!) Thanks again !
Do GnRH agonists increase greater risk of heart problems than antagonisis?. My blood pressure went very high on Zolidex, should I change to degarelix?
Life is sweet, but I tell ya, the treatment I'm receiving for aggressive Prostate cancer ( I've had radio Therapy / Zoladex injections and I'm now on Bicalutamide Tabs ) I'm living with mental confusion & emotional stress, massive weight gain ( I've developed Diabetes ) Hot Flushes & Sweats and extreme tiredness ! Sex is impossible ! I've come to a point where I have to stop treatment and face my mortality as I really can't take any more as there is NO quality to life. It's just a hell hole horrific existence. Its hard to believe that they haven't developed less devastating medications. I'm outta here. I wish you all strength, courage & happiness.
God bless you Mickey. My prostate cancer has just recurred. They want me to begin hormone and radiation.....Lots of pressure and confusion. Your comments, although not very smily faced ......resonate with me .....What is your current choice of action...or not....alternative approaches....laetrile? Cannibis oil???? Don't know if you can respond to this. Hope you can. God bless.
@@sebofcourse6598Hi Seb ! God Bless you too. At present I'm trying to get some good advice about what to expect physically after stopping medication so I can prepare. I'm not trying any alternatives but I do take activated Turmeric. The trouble is, I gave up proper exercise long ago due to real excessive fatigue and things got rapidly worse all round. My advice to you is to never slack or give up on daily exercise and seek out natural remedies to take along with your medications. We are not all the same and you still could have very many good years ahead of you, by which time an effective new affordable medication may well be available. Plan a solid daily routine & never give up ! If ever you get really down you can always email me at poorlittleme2@gmail.com. While I'm still able I'll always get back to you. All the very Best.
@SHICOFF1 I wish you all the very best. If you are able, get out into nature as this can be very healing and helps to fend off depression & confusion. God Bless.
@SHICOFF1 I think side effects differ from person to person. Before I was first diagnosed some 5 years ago I was already being treated for depression and this treatment has definitely trebled my despair. As I have said, the only way for me is to accept the consequences of laying off of my medication because the alternative was to watch myself go insane. Please understand that this is unique to me and is in no way a picture of how things may turn out for you. Some people hardly feel any effects. We are all walking a fine line together I guess. Try to keep as active as possible and exercise your brain by reading and solving puzzles. I find that sitting out by the river in nature is really beneficial for relaxation and helpful in making important decisions. Whatever you do don't sit around in despair. Bless.
I agree Mickey my Lupron Shots are horrible hot flashes a lot mental confusion plus weight Gain and no sexual interest at all plus I had 44 treatments of Radiation to i would say it's a liveing Hell with Prostate Cancer
Didn't see a reference to elevated risk of developing pre- or type 2 diabetes which may be the result of the increased weight gain. Personally I did drift into type 2 diabetes during my 18 month course of Deca Peptyl ADT. but with rigid dieting (low carbs, medium protein and fat) I dropped back into the low levels of pre-diabetes. As a detail for the diet, it really helps to take a low calorie pre load (e.g. glass of water) before meals which lowers the size of the meal needed to assuage hunger.
Mickey Mantle died in 1995 from Liver Cancer. The evil troll who left this exaggerated comment wants to do real harm to men like me who are on Hormonal Therapy. This is a very useful video and Dr Beer is a genuine caring Doctor.
After RARP whether hormonal therapy is useful for a small module and very minute seminal vesicle
Can you have radiotherapy without hormone treatment in small low grade cancer 3-4 gleason?
Can you elaborate on hot flashes , how do you control or eliminate or manage I am on hormonal therapy and experience hot flashes quite often it usually last few minutes
One can start turmeric 2 gm+ 2 pinch blackpepper powder ....per day if possible twice........ along with these treatment in low .doses or can avoid even
Does Clegenatur Methods really work? I notice lots of people keep on talking about Clegenatur Methods. But I'm not sure if it is good enough to increase their breast size without surgery.
Doctor if the cancer cells is stuck to the rectum due to enlargement will tge cancer in rectum also diminish by the HT.
Another side effect of Lupron is that you will sometimes experience brain fog when you get up in the morning. Start taking vitamins. A
Also, you will have to use the bathroom more (#2) :( You might want to purchase and wear depends underwear if necessary. Also, eat less food when
going out or at work just to be on the safe side.
This is an old video. AVOID "HORMONE THERAPY" (ie: chemical castration) at all cost. Look into Brachytherapy.
The 2 side effects I got from the Elguard injection is hot flashes and no interest in sex. Plus impotent. No more sex for me.
Ok..good info
I found your video very informative I did have low testosterone I have been on replacement testostorone injections for 3 years however i have constant hot flashes which can be a warm up all day when I get up each morning no problem then after breakfast it commences in varying degrees and can go on in with different intensities Iam 80 years of age my Dr tells me its my energy field causing the hotness he did change the 3 monthly injection to every six weeks I do get some days free of the hotness however its very uncomfortable i wonder if my prostrate is responsible
Thank you for your help a great lecture
How long (on average) is ADT effective ?
I am on hormon therapy with eligard....gleason 7=4+3, how long ı should have hormon therapy
Don't taking calcium increase your change of getting kidney stones?
Very clear explanations, thank you Doctor
Very informative and helpful
What about osteoporosis and pvd in the legs ? My husband cannot walk in so much pain from Lupron.
Major question: Does cancer also grow using the synthetic anabolic steroids bodybuilders use for muscle gains, or can they be substituted for testosterone to preserve muscle mass without “feeding” the cancer?
Well at 75 I really am not worried about sex. Besides my testicals are now a third their size and so is my pinus. My breast look like I need a bra. Basically it changes into a woman!!!!!
They have not been able to stop my heavy sweating ALL THE TIME! Makes life almost unlivable! Wish I never tried to treat my cancer!
How long can we harmony therepy
The doctor tells me little what was going to happen with hormonal therapy. Never have any followup and never can be reach, just his nurse. Now I have enlarged breast that I understand could have been prevented but now too late. Lupron shots and expensive pills. I do not have any energy to hardly exist. Terrible day and night long sweats that i need towels to dry. I wish I had never started treatment. Cancer in my lymph nodes but he will not even tell me what to expect. Think my doctor should learn by watching videos.
Very good iteration of what to expect if hormonal therapy is necessary.
Been on Lupron for 3 years, it’s horrible
how long after prostate radiation will rectal irritation be cured
My Urologist said to me that this kind of therapy does not guarantee that the cancer will be taken care, or cured.
But it is extremely difficult to deal with the side effects of hormone therapy. My lifestyle is severely curtailed and I feel life is not worth living
Excellent presentation, and I thank you for making it available. One question: along with the other possible physical changes you mentioned, can there be a change in vocal pitch or quality?
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Sorry - just saw the refence to diabetes at the end of the video!
Did everybody does here with this guy said the side effects don’t come from the drug, but it comes from the loss of hormones what in the hell do you think cause that it was the drug?
At least it sounds a lot better than kemo!
Going through this now, and I refuse to believe I'm going to be this weak for the rest of my life. I'm 63. I'm interested in trials where testosterone is reintroduced.
Yer but it's 10 years old now 😮
All the side effects are intensely sucky!
Look up REAL cures ! Not this death spiral ...
💉🎁🧬🧠✍️
This is NOT HORMONE THERAPY,
it is cruel and barbaric ADT CASTRATION.
Have the integrity to tell the truth about all the horrific side effects.
Patients need FULL DISCLOSURE before they can give FREE AND FULLY INFORMED CONSENT.
No thanks!
I have lost interest in prolonging my life.Not quite ready to kill myself but its on the list