I ' ve heard people say it doesn ' t work as well as other androgen blockers since it only affects DHT rather than directly altering testosterone levels . Do you know if there ' s any truth to that ? <| sep |> That ' s a bit more understable corey . <| sep |> I was my mother ' s caregiver when she was in hospice with her last bout of breast cancer . I ' m a stay at home mom , so thankfully space , time and money wasn ' t an issue , but it was still the hardest thing I ' ve ever had to do . You ' re dealing with a lot of other difficult factors , but it sounds like your mom is doing pretty well with her treatment , so that ' s good . This is a LOT for you to take on , and I hope you can get some extra help from friends , church community , etc . I just had a double mastectomy and reconstruction . I don ' t have cancer , so hers will be a little different , but the help she ' ll need will be much the same for at least three weeks after her surgery , shell have to keep her elbows basically glued to her sides . She ' ll stay in bed as much as possible and won ' t be able to lift things . No housework , no cooking , no lifting her arms . She ' ll probably be exhausted after chemo , so I ' m sure she ' ll do a lot of sleeping . This means she ' s going to need someone there pretty much constantly for three weeks . If she has tissue expanders , she ' ll have a second surgery six months after her mastectomies to replace them with permanent implants , and her recovery then will be a lot easier but with a similar time frame . She has an oncology team , and there ' s always a social workertype person on that team . If you and your mom can talk to them about your situation , you may have some options to get extra help . Some people have no family to care for them , and I ' m sure their care team doesn ' t just send them home like , Good luck ! So definitely ask about that .