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[Yzinger]

Hey Warriors - just had my 12 week blood work since the end of chemo and then also radiation.

PSA now at .08 - thats the lowest I have had since contacting this prick of a disease.

End of chemo was .52 and .48 so pretty significant. The plan now is to test again every 12wks/3mths and act only upon increased PSA or pain etc...

So, its a weird spot to be in, very grateful of course but still I have PCa ;(

Tough lives we live guys - keep your head up!

[JohnInTheMiddle]

Super congratulations Yzinger! Outstanding result. And checking your bio I see you are on Lupron ADT and Nubeqa ("Darolutamide"), an "androgen receptor antagonist". Together with the chemo you have just finished, I think this makes triplet therapy, yes? Keep up the good work and an ongoing success! And if you can don't forget to exercise 😃

[Yzinger in reply to JohnInTheMiddle]

Thanks - yes triplet therapy - however, I thought triplet was Lupron, Daro (or other) and Chemo?

I'm in Nova Scotia, Canada.

[JohnInTheMiddle in reply to Yzinger]

1. Triplet therapy is doublet therapy plus chemo, is my understanding.

2. Nubeqa (tradename) is Darolutamide, yes?

3. So the PCa drug therapy doublet recipe is:

a) ADT (either a GnRH agonist or a GnRH antagonist, corresponding to Lupron or Firmagon etc. respectively).

b) plus an ARPI (Abiraterone) or an AR antagonist (Darolutamide etc. etc.)

[Yzinger in reply to JohnInTheMiddle]

ha, now that you added this it makes sense:

Together with the chemo you have just finished, I think this makes triplet therapy, yes?

[JohnInTheMiddle in reply to Yzinger]

Yup 😃

[Maxone73]

fight on!!!

[Yzinger in reply to Maxone73]

ha, no chance Max. Little confusion on my part initially is all.

[Scout4answers]

Great News, time to relax and enjoy some quality time.

[Mike1971]

Fantastic Yzinger!

[Pmann]

Great news and may you feel better now. I am between round two and three of doxitaxel and carboplaten and it is a tough little regimen but you just plow through it

Fight on

[Yzinger in reply to Pmann]

Yeah its not like we have a choice huh

[gsun]

You are hopefully on cruise control. Could br for a long time.

[Yzinger in reply to gsun]

man, lets hope so. I ain't ready my son.

[j-o-h-n]

Keep your head up? The one on my shoulders is......my main man is prostrate.

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n

[God_Loves_Me]

Super congratulations I think you will going to see more reductions in PSA for next 1 year.

[garyjp9]

Congratulations to you! Great result! Enjoy it.

[Stoneartist]

Yes its a waiting game, and you need to find an inner peace/acceptance in where you are. Things move slowly from here and you only have 3monthly psa to gauge how you are doing. Personally I consider that anything under 1.0 is not significant - we are looking for 3 consecutive increases and PSA of over 2 to promt for further action. So sit back and enjoy each day and take things as they come

[Yzinger in reply to Stoneartist]

yeah well said - its tough to not think about what might be going on during that 3mth window huh.