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Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah

Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukkah May your Holiday have as much Health, Happiness and Love this world can have 🎄 Much Love, Michele Lee and Jeff Wayne

Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukkah May your Holiday have as much Health, Happine...

Shorehousejam

•1 year ago

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Post operative PSA persistence and outcome

My husband 59 came across this article that has completely upset him even more. He had RALP 6 weeks ago and we were devastated to learn his first PSA was .50...

My husband 59 came across this article that has completely upset him even more. ...

JLR65

•1 year ago

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Vacation

Jim's doctors are going to talk to him about a treatment vacation. Is this from Lupron & Abiraterone, or just one of them? He's been <0.04 for over a year...

Jim's doctors are going to talk to him about a treatment vacation. Is this from...

JWPMP

•1 year ago

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No health vigil today

Just had a couple of glasses of red wine and a mince pie after my Xmas dinner, bollocks to healthy diet today

Just had a couple of glasses of red wine and a mince pie after my Xmas dinner, b...

pd63

•1 year ago

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Cancer and microbes

https://www.cancertodaymag.org/winter-2022-2023/mysterious-microbes/?utm_source=paid-social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=cancertoday&fbclid=IwAR3q6WXJjogSQX

https://www.cancertodaymag.org/winter-2022-2023/mysterious-microbes/?utm_source=...

Buddy1950

•1 year ago

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Mets to bone -- do you radiate

I am confused about typical tx in such a scenario. Suppose someone has say 1-3 small spots on bone. Assume no pain/symptoms. I've read that one can radiate...

I am confused about typical tx in such a scenario. Suppose someone has say 1-3 ...

compiler

•1 year ago

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Saw my kiddos tonight, off to Hawaii Christmas morning

Mele Kalikimaka y'all Have a wonderful day with Ohana/ Friends💙 Guess which have my genes 😂 Get ready for QoL posts galore😊 And To All a Goodnight 🎄 Mahalo...

Mele Kalikimaka y'all Have a wonderful day with Ohana/ Friends💙 Guess which hav...

dockam

•1 year ago

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More Fun

At the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse for The Nutcracker, then lunch with kiddos Mele Kalikimaka y'all Dance on Randy

At the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse for The Nutcracker, then lunch with kiddos ...

dockam

•1 year ago

1 Reply

Sleep disturbances are underappreciated in prostate cancer survivorship

Sleep disturbances are underappreciated in prostate cancer survivorshipFred Gong, Stacy Loeb, Katherine Siu, Akya Myrie, Stephanie Orstad, Stacey A Kenfield,...

Sleep disturbances are underappreciated in prostate cancer survivorshipFred Gong...

Graham49

•1 year ago

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PSA Detect Limit

When I get a PSA test at Quest Diagnostics, the detect limit is 0.04, but I've noticed a lot of guys report PSAs of <0.01. Is that detect limit typical?...

When I get a PSA test at Quest Diagnostics, the detect limit is 0.04, but I've n...

ElRanchoDePoisonIvy

•1 year ago

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Update liver & lymph biopsy

Those of you who have followed my husband's journey with PCa might remember that we were looking at Crescendo trial Ph1. We were told in the UK that his...

Those of you who have followed my husband's journey with PCa might remember that...

spw1

•1 year ago

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radium 223

looking for info on side effects. We are 5 hours from a treatment center and would like to be comfortably at home for any side effects. I’d love to hear side...

looking for info on side effects. We are 5 hours from a treatment center and wou...

Mcrpca

•1 year ago

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Staff Christmas party🎄💙

Took the Staff out with the spouses to a local Steak house. Fun, food, and drinking. Great people, love them all Mele Kalikimaka I'm off to Hawaii Christmas...

Took the Staff out with the spouses to a local Steak house. Fun, food, and drink...

dockam

•1 year ago

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Introduce myself

Hello from Australia. So happy to have discovered this community. My health has recently taken a nose dive but I live a healthy life (food, body weight,...

Hello from Australia. So happy to have discovered this community. My health has ...

Hockeyforever

•1 year ago

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No SOC treatment. Metastatic lymph nodes by PSMA-PET. Rising PSA. Bone/CT scans neg. Waiting to die.

The title may seem over-dramatic. It does, however, present the present state of my PCa. I have written more than once about being Lupron ADT sensitive but...

The title may seem over-dramatic. It does, however, present the present state o...

maggiedrum

•1 year ago

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Rats are luckier than us.

https://youtube.com/shorts/tSp0V_5NpaQ?feature=share I believe this guy is right. They should use more money and effort to determine how the cancer cells are...

https://youtube.com/shorts/tSp0V_5NpaQ?feature=share I believe this guy is righ...

tango65

•1 year ago

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Radiation Proctitis - comments from those that have been diagnosed with chronic (>6 months post radiation).

20 months following the end of my salvage radiation, I have been experiencing blood spotting after bowel movements and a preliminary dx indicates Radiation...

20 months following the end of my salvage radiation, I have been experiencing bl...

JRPnSD

•1 year ago

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A little holiday humor. Wishing all of you a merry Christmas and a happy healthy new year.

All of us on ADT can relate to this one.

nextphase

•1 year ago

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Skin rash / Lupron

In the last weeks I experience skin rash with itching. It started in body areas where I sweat while exercising and now is more or less all over. I read that...

In the last weeks I experience skin rash with itching. It started in body areas ...

Nusch

•1 year ago

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on vacation from Zytiga; getting arthritis in hands

Good morning all! I have Gleason nine, stage four prostate cancer, with four known small, skeletal metastases, diagnosed in 2019. I was on Zytiga and...

Good morning all! I have Gleason nine, stage four prostate cancer, with four kn...

Sitano1

•1 year ago

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End of treatment and worried

Good morning . I have been a member since 2020 , but I read more than I write. However, I would like some feedback on my situation. First a review: I had...

Good morning . I have been a member since 2020 , but I read more than I write. ...

Guitarwolf

•1 year ago

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A critical review of Provenge. Your inputs welcomed?

Any thoughts on this critical review. One thing that strikes me as odd, is how there is no information regarding efficacy since 2012. That's 10 years. If...

Any thoughts on this critical review. One thing that strikes me as odd, is how ...

GeorgeGlass

•1 year ago

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One last battle

Yesterday I learned that my PSA went from 14 to 19 in 3 weeks and scans show my cancer is progressing in bones, liver and bladder. I was taken off the (3rd)...

Yesterday I learned that my PSA went from 14 to 19 in 3 weeks and scans show my ...

tallguy2

•1 year ago

25 Replies

Malecare is irrevocably supportive of your health

You are Malecare's community and family, which is an excellent way to say that you will never be alone. We hope you will join our work by donating as much as...

You are Malecare's community and family, which is an excellent way to say that y...

Darryl

Partner•1 year ago

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Odd?? PSA 10.88 to 10.68 whit no treatment yet!

The nurse just took my husband for his first Pluvicto treatment at UCLA🙏 However, looking at his lab work I noticed a drop on the PSA. He hasn't started any...

The nurse just took my husband for his first Pluvicto treatment at UCLA🙏 Howeve...

Chiquis

•1 year ago

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Zytiga failure after 4 years what now

Hi Diagnosed in 2016 had SBRT . Life good 2 years and found 1 met in lung . Did Lupron/zytiga PSA drop to under .1 for 2 years. Requested a vacation . 15...

Hi Diagnosed in 2016 had SBRT . Life good 2 years and found 1 met in lung . Did ...

Db999

•1 year ago

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Happy Holidays - And staying positive

My father is 87. He has had advanced prostate cancer for 15 years. He did many treatments and then stopped because the cancer spread anyways. Now, he's...

My father is 87. He has had advanced prostate cancer for 15 years. He did ma...

dadsdrdawn

•1 year ago

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Should I start ADT ?

I was diagnosed with Pca in 2012 (age 52) with PSA 5.4. RP in July 2012 with G9, pT3b. After prostate bed radiation (Sep-Oct 2012), my PSA decreased to...

I was diagnosed with Pca in 2012 (age 52) with PSA 5.4. RP in July 2012 with G9,...

Wloi

•1 year ago

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Finished the 161 mile Great Wall virtual hike 😊

It took two months, hiking daily, but got 'er done 👍 At 616.36 miles in 2022 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221214092345.htm Up next the 12k's...

It took two months, hiking daily, but got 'er done 👍 At 616.36 miles in 2022 h...

dockam

•1 year ago

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Trelstar Mixject

I received an insurance denial today for Trelstar Mixject. I was to have an Eligard shot in early December, but Dr office called the day before to...

I received an insurance denial today for Trelstar Mixject. I was to have an E...

280scout

•1 year ago

4 Replies

Posts - Advanced Prostate Cancer | HealthUnlocked

Advanced Prostate Cancer

All posts for December 2022

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah

Post operative PSA persistence and outcome

Vacation

No health vigil today

Cancer and microbes

Mets to bone -- do you radiate

Saw my kiddos tonight, off to Hawaii Christmas morning

More Fun

Sleep disturbances are underappreciated in prostate cancer survivorship

PSA Detect Limit

Update liver & lymph biopsy

radium 223

Staff Christmas party🎄💙

Introduce myself

No SOC treatment. Metastatic lymph nodes by PSMA-PET. Rising PSA. Bone/CT scans neg. Waiting to die.

Rats are luckier than us.

Radiation Proctitis - comments from those that have been diagnosed with chronic (>6 months post radiation).

A little holiday humor. Wishing all of you a merry Christmas and a happy healthy new year.

Skin rash / Lupron

on vacation from Zytiga; getting arthritis in hands

End of treatment and worried

A critical review of Provenge. Your inputs welcomed?

One last battle

Malecare is irrevocably supportive of your health

Odd?? PSA 10.88 to 10.68 whit no treatment yet!

Zytiga failure after 4 years what now

Happy Holidays - And staying positive

Should I start ADT ?

Finished the 161 mile Great Wall virtual hike 😊

Trelstar Mixject

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