Loss of interest in sex was probably partly due to my age as well as the hormone therapy.
I have to wear full length elastic stockings due to the lymphoedema. My legs have lost strength and I cannot walkfar or fast but I have found that I can still do a fair amount of cycling (although like most of my contemporaries, I use an electric bike!)
The chemotherapy made me very tired and I had very bad constipation after the first chemo session but I took Laxido two days before subsequent sessions and that helped a lot. The hormone therapy has not impacted on my life much, although it does make me feel extra tired. I was part of Arm K of the Stampede trial- taking Metformin- this has now finished and, as they said, I have put on more weight! The elastic stockings, for the lymphoedema, have had the most effect on my life- I cannot walk very far or fast (I used to do 10 mile walks on Dartmoor) and my legs get quite numb and painful if I stand still for any length of time.
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I am still here and 84 years old in October. When I was told that my PSA was 518 and I was 74 years old I thought that my days were definately numbered. The hormone therapy brought the PSA down to 1.3 at best, although it is creeping up to around 5 recently. I will always remember my 75th birthday- I spent all day at the hospital having a series of tests and scans. when I had finished at 4.30pm I went to the cafe for a snack, having missed lunch, only to find it had just closed!
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