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ADT (Abi/pred & Lupron) Vacation Begins Today

Last two PSA readings at 0.02. Will take monthly PSA blood tests going forward. For the trial I’m in my RO wants to wait till PSA reaches 2.0 and then promises to zap my bone mets as long as I’m still oligometastatic. Reading recent posts about how Abi may result in PCa coming back more aggressively made the decision to stop ADT easier.

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Tall_Allen4 years ago

It is dangerous to make decisions based on posts that do not pertain to you.

6357axbz in reply to Tall_Allen4 years ago

The decision was already made, months ago. It made it easier thinking there may be a benefit from intermittent Abi I had not considered

Pleroma4 years ago

Keep us updated as you are able. Thanks.

jdm34 years ago

Good luck! Uncharted territory for many of us, but with oligometastatic disease you have a good chance of staying off the crappy meds for a while and recurrence (if any) could be years away. Stay positive!

6357axbz in reply to jdm34 years ago

Thanks jdm, much appreciated

6357axbz in reply to 6357axbz4 years ago

It is a bit scary

tallguy24 years ago

Best wishes! How

Long were you taking abiraterone?

6357axbz in reply to tallguy24 years ago

7 months.

tallguy2 in reply to 6357axbz4 years ago

You are making a very, very interesting move! Please keep this forum posted as many of us are either already on abi or are scheduled to start in 2020 (like me).

Thank you.

6357axbz in reply to tallguy24 years ago

FYI I have been on Lupron or degaralix for 14 months. The Abi was added later

Nfler1 year ago

hi axbz, how is your treatment coming along ago so far as I started ivermectin w mine

6357axbz in reply to Nfler1 year ago

WOW, this is an old post. Long story short I had my 4 Mets radiated in Oct 2020 after confirming with a GA68 PSMA scan at UCLA. Currently on a 1 year Lupron vacation and 8 month Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) vacation. PSA still undetectable. T still at castrate levels, around 50.

Nfler1 year ago

Wow that’s great news except for maybe the t still under 50. I just started my lupron/ orgavix vacation after 7 months and 5 months on zytiga, while it wasn’t horrible I just didn’t have the energy or endurance after t was below 12. I started the ivermectin while getting off the adt, test returned 485 and encouraging results of psa dropping to .9 from 6 and energy returned immediately. I’ll monitor psa closely twice a month during vacation n keep you posted…

6357axbz in reply to Nfler1 year ago

What the heck is ivermectin?

Nfler1 year ago

nature.com/articles/s41419-...

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