Hello!
My father (73) was diagnosed with stage IV prostate cancer six months ago after having lost a lot of weight and suffering from a lot of back pain for some time. It already had spread to his lymph nodes and a big part of his bones, spine included. The psa count at time of first diagnosis was 2900. He suffered from a lot of pain in his hips and legs, got lymphoma in his legs, and hat a very bad hemoglobin count with a couple of blood transfusions following which helped only for a couple of days. The doctors gave him a couple of weeks to months.
UNTIL he started hormone therapy about four months ago.
The hormone therapy obviously worked well, since, after only two months, his psa count had dropped to 200. He feels a lot better and even stopped to take his morphine. Hemoglobin stays on an ok level.
We all were very happy and thought that everything went well. It seemed like a miracle.
NOW the psa count has risen again. It went from 200 (two months into the hormone therapy) up to 400 (around one month later). The doctors checked it before giving him the second hormone injection. His urologist decided that he should take an extra medication on top of the injection. Unfortunately I don't remember the name of the drug.
Now my question: Does the rising of the psa mean that the hormone therapy already stopped working, after only three months? Though it seemed to work that well in the beginning? Or might there be another reason for the rising up?
I'd appreciate every information concerning this topic. Could not find anything similar on the internet yet.
P.S.: Excuse me for my mistakes. I am from Europe.