happy holidays …. And a quick update

[PGDuan]

Just a quick note to wish all the warriors here a happy holidays with friends and family.

As an update, I’m off all treatments and my psa remains <0.014. I remain grateful for the respite. My last degeralix injection and darolutamide was in May, and the SBRT to my ribs and neck about 2 years ago now. The docetaxel also seems a distant memory too. No lasting side effects that I can tell. Just a bit older and slower I suppose.

Hard to say whether just ADT plus Nubeqa would’ve given the same result, but so far I’m grateful for the triplet therapy, including the chemo and SBRT. Embark studies and results seem to confirm intensification for situations like mine.

[swwags]

👍👍👍👍 Congrats!

[treedown]

Glad to hear your doing well. Happy holidays.

[Mike1971]

Fantastic - well done! 👍

[Kaliber]

good for you, congratulations. Great for the holidays.

❤️❤️❤️

[FjSENC]

Congratulations and Happy Holidays

[Allan65]

great news .. always uplifting to hear the success stories ..let’s sent more positive energy out into the universe. one brother out there there I have learned from to be more positive and chase those QoL moments is DocKam . Thank you brudda

[Yokohama2023]

Happy holidays and enjoy .. you’ve been through a lot.. positive update ! Take care !

[hopeful1956]

That's amazing! Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[Rocketman1960]

Awesome! Happy Holidays!

[Scout4answers]

awesome! About to follow your path , took last 3mo Lupron shot Dec 5. How often are you checking PSA and Testosterone?

[PGDuan in reply to Scout4answers]

I have been getting a monthly PSA and T test (I had to ask my doctor for the T to be added), along with CBC and metablolic lab tests since I had some low cell counts after the chemo. The T has been back in a normal range for ~5 months or so and PSA is still holding in the “<“ range on the post-therapy sensitive test.

I may cut back to quarterly tests soon, since there isn’t much we would do right away upon a detectable PSA test. The frequent tests cranks up the anxiety each time. Best of luck on your journey.

[j-o-h-n]

Give Santa a big hug and a big kiss tonight....(for your lovely present(s))... Have a Happy Day tomorrow.

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Sunday 12/24/2023 4:34 PM EST

[Boywonder56]

Sometimes the best presents are the ones you dont have to unwrap.....merry christmas...keep on trucking....bw

[chefjlu]

Sounds great!