Hello fellow travelers,
On Tues June 11, I was diagnosed with advanced metastatic prostate cancer (lymph nodes from pelvis to aorta).
A few days later I got a Firmagon injection (now Zoladex 10.6 every 12 wks) and on June 23rd received my first Docetaxel drip. I take 10mg of Prednisone in the morning.
June 12, PSA - 450
Aug. 2, PSA - 3.0
My Oncologist is happy, I'm happy.
Cheers
Great results, let's hope all your treatments work as well.
Congratulation...great results...Will be starting mine docetaxel next week....current PSA 0.41...got multi-mets...
Here’s wishing you to knock those Metz out .. and return to being a really bellyhappy58 again . Keep swinging on the bitch APC ... Good luck !
Great response to treatment. Congratulations. Best of luck on this journey.
That’s great! I hope your response continues on your journey! 
Have you talked to a radiation oncologist about radiation of your prostate and pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes?
Congratulations on a wonderful response! That’s great! I’d also take Tall_Allen’s advice.
Please keep us posted on your journey!
Best,
James
Celebrate? Enjoy your summer.
Good for you, kcamH. May your PSA go down even further and disease progression halt altogether. Cheers and good luck !!!
I guess a good result after 8 Docetaxel drips would be a PSA of 0.xx. Only 2 months to find out, yay.
Will ask my oncologist about radiation.
Thanks for the encouragement.
I was diagnosed a year ago. I did the same drugs and treatment as you with a similar response. After my sharp PSA drop to 2.0, I have continued to have a slow and steady decline on Zoladex. I'm now at 0.17. Best of luck to you through the rest of your chemo.
Great News. How did you feel after the Docetaxel drip? My MO is suggesting it to me.
Thanks
Hi there,
I'm taking Lupron every three months with Zometa and daily Zytiga/Prednisone. Getting my second Taxotere infusion next week.
You got a great PSA response from treatments, did you have any findings of bone involvement in scans?
And how's the hair holding up from Docetaxel? I've lost 75% of my hair after two weeks from first Docetaxel infusion....
Good to see the dark energies presence here again .. . ✌️Good luck and a sound recovery to you amigo ....
Hola Campesino Compadre!
Sleeping much better, turned my bedroom into a dark freezer and got the brain working on stuff again. Like driving in traffic, does wonders to the emotional despair of high anxiety and fear by redirecting to road warrior.
Although, based on my recent bone scans, may go back to the NYMets handle.
Cheers,
DarkEnergy, formally known as MYMets...
Bueno Cumpa! I’d never forget you . What did your bone scans say? I just had a dexa and got a shot of prolia because I’m in osteopenia ..who hoo. No signs of pc just my hips are degrading rapidly . Se la ve ....it’s good that you’re sleeping .. I’m a road rage animal 1/2 the time .. the other half is when I’m a passenger ..Take care
Hi DE,
No bone mats showed up in my MRI, just lymph nodes. Side effects from Docetaxel are: Tongue feels swollen and interfered with speech.
Mouth lining seems thick.
Finger tips numb but painfully sensitive to pressure. Makes buttoning a shirt difficult.
Same but to a lesser degree for toes.
Bright pink across knuckles. Sensitive to temperature and pressure.
Light red areas on temple and cheeks.
Skin peeling on fingers.
Occasional wheezing, cough and throat clearing
Stuffy nose. Fewer nasal hairs mean more dust hits my sensitive nasal membranes causing sneezing and runny nose with interestingly shaped clotted blood sculptures.
Fewer eyelashes mean more dust gets into my eyes so eyes water a lot.
Sleep disruption, waking up often usually because of a blocked nose.
These symptoms come and go with no rhyme or reason and I consider them trivial
compared to fatigue and nausea of which I've had none.
After the second Docetaxel I started loosing hair so shaved my head. I shave my head everyday but don't need to shave my face.
I have learned the value of hair in the groin region. Have to use baby power now that mine is gone.
Onward!
Mack
Hi Mark,
Could not sleep a week before first infusion because of the chemo stigma.
My cheeks felt like having a sore and taste buds left the house for awhile.
My scalp looked like I had mange, so told the hair cutter it's chemo OK, so no need to quarantine the shop and electric shaver. She laughed and told me about some of the breast cancer customers, had to quickly change the subject, as her compassionate concern for cancer patients was evident.
Anyway, my scalp feels sore, can't sleep, as the pillow irritates, weird, perhaps nothing.
Still have eyebrows and eyelashes, hope will last.
The groin hair is holding out, maybe the chemo got sympathetic because of the ADT outcome with the raisins.
"These symptoms come and go with no rhyme or reason and I consider them trivial"
Yes, same here, I choose life, had a fun run, the brain does gets amazing orgasims!
My second Docetaxel is in a few days, as you say Onwards!
George
Dam Mack it sounds like not much fun at all . I pray it saves you .
Good news👍🏻
My dx was Friday the 13th 3-15 ..... how that sticks with us . You are on the right pathway to healing it seems to me . Time to celebrate any good news .. Keep up the resistance and faith in your beliefs .. 🥳
Ha, I knew we were special and real brothers because of our special dates...:
Prostate Specific Ag>1,000.0 ng/mL0.0 - 4.0 ng/mL
Method: Abbott
General Information
Collected
09/11/2018 9:47 AM
Resulted
09/11/2018 2:11 PM
Ordered By
Bhargavi Yalamarti, MD
Result Status
Final result
We are special ED...good seeing your dark energy is back .
Congrats! Got my psa today. Still 0.1. But it's in the bones. Chemo knocked lymph nodes out. Hit it hard now. Don't let it get the chance of getting in your bones. Consider Tall_Allen's advice. Enjoy.
Alas there are so many different outcomes from a few rounds of Doxetaxel because everyone is different. For some, they will come out of Chemo with a low PSA, and it will stay low. For others, the low PSA merely reflected a low kill rate of the cancer because the immune system had been shut down, and a couple of weeks later the true situation re-appears with the PSA doubling every few days as the immune system recovers. Remember the PSA is not a direct measure of how much cancer is there, but a measure if how many are being killed - which in turn gives an indication of how well your immune system is working. I do hope you are one of the lucky ones where it works like a charm!
Good News.... hit those tiny bastards en las bolas....
Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.
j-o-h-n Tuesday 08/06/2019 9:08 PM DST
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