I found out it is not sciatica that's bothering me... take a guess what it is...

[FinalBossMatt]

No, I haven't turned black. Yes, that is a joke about the picture.

Yup. PSA shot up again. It lowered down to 60 but shot up to 221.

Fuck.

I have been taking Xtandi. Since December.

Doc wants to take an obvious biopsy of the hip. I'm also joining the Chemo club which is good because from what I am reading maybe I had a bunch of dormant cancer cells that activated since my original PSA when first diagnosed was over 2000 so I am sure I have plenty of leftover ones that went dormant for a long while and recently decided to activate too. Not to mention he wants to double-check my testosterone output.

I'm probably getting off the Xtandi and if all I do is the Lupron shot, that would honestly be a dream since I'm handling it just fine. Taking daily pills is a royal pain in the ass.

Looks like I'm going to be getting one of these too. (see picture)

I will go down fighting and my philosophy is "It's okay to lose to cancer, but it's not okay to lose to fear," but still man, all I want is a break and some stability. Fucking hell.

Getting the shit news is never going to be easy, but it's not about how hard you hit, it's about how hard you get it and keep moving forward.

[Hidden]

Let me be the first to say sorry to hear about this set back. Lifes a bitch and pca is the bitch's bitch.

Keep up the fight FBM. 👊

[Currumpaw]

Hey FinalBossMatt!

That is the attitude! Don't give up! As for scheduling oral medications and supplements that is now the life many of us live. You expect that you have over the course of your life made many commitments and honored them. Fighting this disease now is to honor yourself. Do what you need to do until you can't or decide not to.

Currumpaw

[Hailwood]

I agree with you. Hit back hard and keep fighting. Best wishes

[Kaliber]

Dang fbm ... we’ll see what the chemo brings. Should help a lot. Big strong guy like yourself can hang in there for a long time .... right ? You’re gonna kick it’s a$$ for a while at least brother. We’re all rooting for you buddy.

💪💪💪👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[j-o-h-n]

and that's not final.............

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Friday 04/30/2021 7:15 PM DST

[FinalBossMatt in reply to j-o-h-n]

Best response ever!

[FinalBossMatt]

Thanks for the response guys, it means a lot. I'm starting to get some aches and pains. I'm a bad judge of how serious it is. It's probably stress for now. I'm going to get as much sleep as I can.

I'll take some over-the-counter stuff for now.

[Boywonder56]

well i was going to guess it was a 12 penny nail in your pocket......how bout u j-o-h-n ?

[Boywonder56]

seriously. .good vibes your way.....

[FinalBossMatt in reply to Boywonder56]

Jokes are good vibes to me.

[Boywonder56]

Also....seems like 4-5 years is big hurdle for apc...im getting ready to jump the 5 yr nxt january...if i trip and fall down told wife let me lay for awhile....this sh*t sux.Been listning to some old live steely dan on your tube....nice to go back.....love boston rag...sorry off topic saturday morn......coffee and thc....ummm breakfast of apc warriors........peace all...

[Hidden in reply to Boywonder56]

Porno for Pyros for me this morning

[Hidden in reply to Boywonder56]

Forgot to ask...what does Superman 🦸‍♂️ eat for breakfast?

[Boywonder56 in reply to Hidden]

I used to eat nails a sh*t bulletts....but now any form of oatmeal and soms yogurt and bacon.... I don't know about you but I was constipated before PC but now the lack of testosterone seems to have left me with the inability to the regular once or twice a week

[Hidden in reply to Boywonder56]

Never had any problems and even less so now. Since switching to the plant based diet, I'm pretty regular.

Maybe being 7 inches shorter than you makes a difference 🤔