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Advanced Prostate Cancer

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mcp1941

I was diagnosed 11/1996 PSA 95, Gleason 4+3 No detectable mets. Started Lupron and Casodex 1/1997 - 5 weeks EBRT 4&5/97 Seed Implant 9/1997 and stopped all...

I was diagnosed 11/1996 PSA 95, Gleason 4+3 No detectable mets. Started Lupron a...

•6 years ago

Insurance

Hi As you know my dad has been diagnosed with APC and still a bone scan to go, but he has booked a trip for himself and my son to go to New York just before...

Hi As you know my dad has been diagnosed with APC and still a bone scan to go,...

•6 years ago

First Day of Retirement

Well, I did it. Friday I told my employer that the cancer and its treatment leave me unable to keep up with the expectations of the job. I was nervous and...

Well, I did it. Friday I told my employer that the cancer and its treatment lea...

•6 years ago

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PSA Is Going Up Fast

Hi everyone. So until this morning we were hopeful that Paul's Carbo Platin treatment is going well. But then we got a call from his doctor to say that his...

Hi everyone. So until this morning we were hopeful that Paul's Carbo Platin trea...

•6 years ago

Newly diagnosed

PSA 194. Gleason 7/8 in 6 of ten samples. No bone mets.

PSA 194. Gleason 7/8 in 6 of ten samples. No bone mets.

•7 years ago

Decision time

Hello, First post here but quick question. One year ago I had a radical prostatectomy at Mayo Clinic in Rochester by a very accomplished surgeon. Had one...

Hello, First post here but quick question. One year ago I had a radical prostat...

•7 years ago

Etiquette of a 2nd opinion?

I am being treated at an amazing cancer center with an MO who knows more than normal people can comprehend. And its 10 minutes from my house, i see the doc...

I am being treated at an amazing cancer center with an MO who knows more than no...

•7 years ago

Low Testosterone [T] & PCa risk.

New study below [1] [2]. I have some old posts where I claim that men at PCa diagnosis have lower T (as a group) than controls, & that those with the lowest T...

New study below [1] [2]. I have some old posts where I claim that men at PCa dia...

•7 years ago

Weird problem -- facial bones hurt on side of face laying on pillow

Hello again. I have a weird problem -- when I go to bed, I usually sleep on my side. A couple of minutes after laying my head on the pillow the bones (or...

Hello again. I have a weird problem -- when I go to bed, I usually sleep on my ...

•7 years ago

Social Security Disability in the US

I'm wondering if anyone here who lives in the US has gotten approval for Social Security Disability. From what I have read, it looks like you have to wait...

I'm wondering if anyone here who lives in the US has gotten approval for Social ...

•7 years ago

Chicago PCa treatment center?

Can any of you recommend a practice in the Chicago area that might be considered a center of excellence for PCa treatment. My buddy has a rapidly rising PSA...

Can any of you recommend a practice in the Chicago area that might be considered...

•7 years ago

High Dose Testosterone

Hi Everyone, I am trying to find anyone who has had experience with high dose testosterone therapy. Specifically, I have been looking at the website of Dr. Bob...

Hi Everyone, I am trying to find anyone who has had experience with high dose te...

•7 years ago

Estrogen receptor signaling in prostate cancer.

New paper below [1]. At least by 10 years ago there were papers warning that androgens & the androgen receptor [AR] were not the whole story, & that strange...

New paper below [1]. At least by 10 years ago there were papers warning that and...

•7 years ago

Breazing through treatments #2

So I posted earlier under breazing through treatments. Had bone scan and CT scan yesterday. Met with my local Onc this afternoon. Masses are growing. Said he...

So I posted earlier under breazing through treatments. Had bone scan and CT scan...

•7 years ago

Blowing through treatments.

I have gone through Chemo, casadex, Zytiga all in the last year and 1/2. All worked for a couple months then PSA elevation and growth. Now want to take biopsy...

I have gone through Chemo, casadex, Zytiga all in the last year and 1/2. All wo...

•7 years ago

Results just been given

Psa level 58 at diagnosis an hour ago, Gleason grade 9, all cores both lobes, they saw a suspicious small area on the pelvic bone but not sure so requested...

Psa level 58 at diagnosis an hour ago, Gleason grade 9, all cores both lobes, th...

•7 years ago

The inflammatory microenvironment and microbiome in PCa.

New paper from J Hopkins below. I have written a number of posts on the importance of controlling inflammation, but nothing on the "urinary microbiome". The...

New paper from J Hopkins below. I have written a number of posts on the importan...

•7 years ago

Gadolinium poisoning from MRI contrast

Chuck Norris' wife says that she suffered Gadolinium poisoning from MRI contrast....

Chuck Norris' wife says that she suffered Gadolinium poisoning from MRI contrast...

Partner•7 years ago

ADT + Docetaxl and mCRPC

Gus https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29074061

Gus https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29074061

•7 years ago

Adt + abiraterone. Adding docetraxel? Adding metformin ?

Hello, My father was advanced Pc, with Psa of 1500 and 8 gleason. He started adt and abiraterone a month ago. His last psa last week was 650 so he seems to be...

Hello, My father was advanced Pc, with Psa of 1500 and 8 gleason. He started adt...

•7 years ago

My Cancer Journey

I am a 7 year prostate cancer survivor. I am presently using lupron, zytiga, prednisone, xgeva, and dutasteride as my primary therapy. I have brca2 and bone...

I am a 7 year prostate cancer survivor. I am presently using lupron, zytiga, pre...

•7 years ago

Are man-boobs inevitable? A "bro" in my future?

Is it the length of time one is on ADT that results in breast enlargement? Are some men more inclined than others? If length of time is a factor, please post...

Is it the length of time one is on ADT that results in breast enlargement? Are ...

•7 years ago

"De-bulking" prostate cancer

There has been a lot of controversy in the medical community about the value of performing a radical prostatectomy on a man who already has metastatic disease....

There has been a lot of controversy in the medical community about the value of ...

•7 years ago

SSDI Approval Timeline

Day -1: Last day of work. Day 0: Completed SSDI online application. Day 4: SSA sent letter including forms to sign and requesting Adult Disability Report. Day...

Day -1: Last day of work. Day 0: Completed SSDI online application. Day 4: SSA s...

•7 years ago

Benefits of Testosterone Proven in Pilot Study

Medscape just published the results of a pilot study that showed considerable benefits for men with PCa who received testosterone to improve quality of life...

Medscape just published the results of a pilot study that showed considerable be...

•7 years ago

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