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Prostate cancer, removal of testicles

Pink diamond
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Hi,

my Dad has been doing hormone injections for almost 8 years for prostate cancer.  This year, his PSA had risen significantly to in the thousands.  He was put in a clinical trial for Enzalutamide (excuse the spelling).  His PSA is now 44 which is good.  He is, however really struggling with the immediate side effects of the monthly hormone shots.  He gets severe flu like symptoms for several hours.  He is considering having his testicles removed.  Does anyone have any advice on this?  He is not concerned about the sexual function as he is 77 years old.  It is such a permanent procedure, he wants to make sure it's the way to go.

 

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    Hello Pink diamond,

    Welcome to our forum! You have joined the right forum to talk about prostate cancer. Many of our members here have had prostate cancer. You will probably notice someone called woodworm - Brian - who had prostate cancer and I think he may have had hormone injections. So hopefully he will notice your message and come and say hello.

    If you wanted to ask our nurses for advice, you can ring them on this free number 0808 800 4040, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

    Best wishes,

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

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    Hi,

    My name is Brian (woodworm) and I thank you for sharing your story with us. I also had hormone therapy (zoladex) for two years for prostate cancer. I suffered hot flushes, emotional moments, loss of libedo ect I had the therapy monthly to start with then I went on to 12 week injections. I was told if zoladex didnt siut me there was an alternative which suite some men better fron the view of them having less side effects so before your dad agrees to anything drastic I would get him to ask his gp  about this.

    Please let us know how things turn out. Sending best wishes and kind thoughts your way, Brian

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