Experiences with

Oral chemotherapy

Has anyone used this for chemo? What is the likelihood of it helping where Docetaxel and Cabazitaxel did not work at all? Thank you

Hi everyone PSA good everything great but out of blue heart attack blocked artery so stint put in resting now at home wondering could firmagon be the cause as have bloods taken every month cholesterol good blood pressure normal my diet isn't over fatty lots of physical activity farmer so anyone shed

Reading the thread about using opioids for RLS, I wonder if anyone has tried Oramorph? As I have stage 4 cancer, when I had some bad pain I was prescribed this liquid medicine but found that it made my RLS ten times worse. It stopped the pain a treat and I only took 2.5 mls ( a tiny amount) but my legs

Hi everyone, I hope your all well tonight? I was diagnosed with clear cell ovarian cancer stage 3 a2 grade 3 at the end of May last year. I had the full debulking surgery the month before, my cyst was huge and burst inside me on the operating table containing 4.5 litres of fluid. I started paclitaxel

Replying to Bro Thomas about amiodarone The amiodarone did stop my afib problem I’m sorry to hear it has not helped you. My Dr did wean me off the drug as you described. However after being off the amiodarone for about 2 months I was prescribed a 30 day heart monitor to wear to make certain there were

Hi, 3 years post mbc diagnosis And my scan in December showed progression in both my liver and lungs. There is no spread into my bones. Commenced on 3 weekly epirubicin and cyclophosphamide. I'm on my 2nd cycle but during the 2 cycles I have the most horrendous, unrelenting pain in my upper back area

hello everyone I posted a few weeks ago and found responses very useful so I thought I would ask again to gather any useful advice from this wealth of experience. At New year I became symptomatic with acities, tummy pain , vomiting, unable to eat etc.. This is a recurrence of HGSOC 3c post chemo/debulking

My Bio gives full details, but in a nutshell, I was diagnosed with APCa with extensive bone mets last year, have been on ADT for 7 months and Xtandi for 4 months. I had a CT scan in December which showed little change from the previous one in August except for some progression in a pelvic lymph node

GM Everyone! I’ve been a member here for a few years, and I’ve had PMR. At one time I was on 90 mgs of prednisone. My CRP was 82! It took me 2 yrs to wean down and in the meantime, I was also diagnosed with NHL. My rheumatologist felt that the cancer was elevating the inflammation in my body. So

DX in 2020 with Stage 4 PCa and have done full course of Chemo treatment. Have been on Abiraterone for over 18 month but now it seems to be failing as PSA is continually rising; now 18 (was 2.39 back in April 2022) . I'm now mCRPC and still taking Abiraterone, ADT and Zometa. Signed up for new trial

1st Docetaxel in ‘21 held psa down to 8, but further treatments have been with no success. I read once that the steroid to use with chemo could be Dexamethasone 1 mg rather than prednisone 5 mg. Is there a clinical reason why? What next?

Hi all My husband 79yrs old diagnosed in 2008 had a PSMA PET scan 21st December 2021 and it showed he had widespread PSMA avid bony metastases. PET CT Ga68 PSMA 24th Jan 2023 4 weeks after 6th treatment of Lu177 FINDINGS: Comparison is made with the previous PSMA PET scan of 9th September 2022

Hi, just feeling bit wobbly, I was diagnosed stage 4 serious OC March 2020, I've had chemo / ultra radical surgery and more chemo then on to olaparib. Had my telephone call to get next prescription of olaparib. Feeling well generally had magnesium problems but tablets and infusions sort that out

I've heard they've been doing this in Germany recently. Is anyone familiar with Lu-177-PSMA-I&T for Metastatic Castration-Resistant ogliometastatic spine mets? Compared to chemo? Survival time increase? Side effects?

I finished weekly Taxel just before Christmas, and it has left me completely poleaxed! I have fluid inside and outside my lung and the pressure makes movement around the house difficult. I have had to give up housework and shopping etc. and spend my days just sitting. Unfortunately this ascites is too

Just sharing my experience. Following 1st cycle of Docetaxel on 16th Jan 2023, I had an episode of febrile neutropenia (Neutrophil count: 0.07 X 10^9/L) on 25Jan 2023 needing hospital admission and IV antibiotics. I was poorly for 24 hours. Oral ulcers which I had are said to be almost diagnostic

After CLL diagnosed in 2013, unmutated, Trisomie 12, CD 38 neg., started FCR 6 cycles in Uni Clinic Cologne (Prof Hallek) up to 4/2014. MRD neg and CR. Then 9 years without therapy living well, no side effects. Now, in Oct 2023 the CLL quickly turned back with RT and tp 53, as well as DLBCL near stomach

I finished 2 rounds of low dose CheMo which did not help. I have one kidney so I really need to take care of it. I was in renal failure in July for a few days but back to “normal” now. I also had a mild stroke over Christmas and almost back to “normal” PSA is up to 213 so I need to decide whether

I have been meaning to tackle prolactin (PRL) for at least a dozen years, but there are hundreds of PCa papers and who has the time?  It's an important topic that is rarely mentioned. A recent paper (Jan 13, 2003 - my 75th birthday, so how could I ignore it?) has this in the intro (note - PRLR is the

My husband is in excruciating pain from the numerous pca bone mets on the spine, shoulder, chest and is now doing 20 IMRT sessions for palliative pain relief. We have done several chemo combination over the past 5yrs but cancer just kept progressing. This is his first ever radiation since diagnosis