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Degarelix (Firmagon) after

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Posted 05 Sep 2021 at 18:52

Hi profzarkov my husband has been on degarelix since may and for the first few days he said his symptoms were the same as yours, all he gets now are hot flushes, he also said the first couple of days after his injection he has a bit of discomfort, hope this helps 

Ann 

 

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Posted 06 Sep 2021 at 17:43

He normally has bruising and discomfort for a couple of days after his injection and he has started to get more and more hot flushes, he is also very tired with lack of sleep but he is also going through chemotherapy at the moment which is probably why he is not sleeping 

thank you 

ann

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Posted 01 Oct 2021 at 17:10
I am on degarelix and I get a red swollen area that is quite painful for a couple of days after injection that then improves. I also get the sweats so I am trying sage tablets which seem to help.
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Posted 01 Oct 2021 at 22:41
I think that if it is this painful next month, you should talk to the onco or specialist nurse about changing to Zoladex or Prostap. It shouldn't be this painful.
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

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Posted 02 Oct 2021 at 06:12
Hello Prof

Ok my story I had a bad back so went to Docs, after blood tests and DRE he referred me to urology there the specialist nurse confirmed an abnormality on my prostate (another DRE) so booked me in for an MRI at this point everything happens fast.

I had MRI on the 3rd of August the next day late on I received a call from the hospital saying it is bad news we need you in tomorrow as we have seen an anomoly on your spine.

Next day (5th August) I went back to hospital was given radiotherapy to my spine and went back to urology where I was shown scans and it was explained that this was bad so I would start hormone therapy straight away.

Got the 2 injections of degarelix and given a nice folder from Prostate Scotland all about Advanced prostate cancer.

Following week I had Bone scan and biopsy done then telephone conversation with the oncologist, he told me the cancer was aggressive so he was going to start me on Abiraterone and Prednisolone as this worked well alongside Degarelix.

So a month later I am sitting with advanced prostate cancer looking forward to my monthly injections, ha ha, saying that 2 days after my latest injection and it has now eased.

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Posted 02 Oct 2021 at 12:02
As you know, I am perplexed and disturbed by the diagnostic pathway you have been put through - it has been unnecessarily complex and drawn out - but I find the fact that you are still not under the care of an oncologist shocking!
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

 
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