I’m on the triple therapy. Lupron, Chemo and Zytiga.
Got a pleasant surprise today as my blood numbers are all within suggested ranges, testosterone less then 1 and PSA of 0.09.
Besides the meds, I’m hoping that my vegan diet and exercising are helping. Except for hot flashes, which I can manage, there are no other side effects.
Keep well and keep moving forward.
Cheers
that’s great to hear!! Congratulations and hope the success keeps on rolling my friend
really good news …take a break and have some QOL fun 😁😁😁
Sounds like you are responding well....ride that pony as long as you can......
Great job! 👏👏👏👍
Are you finished with fox docetaxel sessions?
Good news and keep on truckin'
Apologies for the late reply. Just reviewing my notes and will get back to you ASAP. 1st chemo session was pure agony (re: side effects). My wife did a mass of research and I made changes to my routines, pre and post chemo sessions and after that things went very smooth and pain free. I'll reply back hopefully today.
Side effect from my 1st chemo session was pure hell. For 2 days after the session, things seemed bearable, then from 3rd day onwards the side effects were unbearable. Even my teeth seemed to ache. That lasted for another 2 agonising days.
After the 1st session, my wife did some research and came across article supporting the idea of undergoing a Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) just prior and after each chemo session. You definitely need to check this topic out on the internet. The theory is that by fasting (actually it seemed more like starving yourself), this would cause the good cells in your body to going into a hibernation type mode, whilst the cancer cells in the body would continue to stay in high-active mode (since this mode helps the cancer spread aggressively within your body). Then when you start the chemo infusion, the drug works primarily to destroy the high-active cells (i.e. the cancerous cells) whilst doing only minimal damage to the hibernating cells. That’s the danger of chemo; it can cause damage to good as well as bad cells.
Anyway, I drastically limited my food intake 2 days before my 2nd chemo session and continued it for the day after the session. Just like before, the 2 days after the chemo session, everything seemed perfectly normal. On the 3rd day, I felt a bit bad but nowhere in comparison to the effects from the 1st chemo session. Essentially, the chemo side effect where much milder and my recovery period was much faster. Also discover that taking Anti-histamine tablet the day before, the day on and the day after the chemo session as helped to sail through the session. Following the routine, each chemo session become noticeably easier and easier.
The FMD involved a fasting diet (target is about 700 calories/day) taken during the week of chemo (3 days prior + day of chemo + day after chemo). I hope you have the same success if you decide to try this routine. Please let me know the outcome of your session.
Yay for great results and Happy Thanksgiving
Prostate-specific Antigen (PSA), Ultrasensitive
PSA projection model?
Rising psa following 2 years ADT and one year vacation 
Importance of PSA lab consistency?
Prostate cancer PSA levels 
