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We finally made the choice to first try Chemo ( Docetaxel ) over Zytiga. The first cycle begins the day after....
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Does it make a difference?
Hi all-- I last posted about my partner's treatment plan, and now I have a question as to whether it would be different if he could have gott...
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Prayers
Hi just asking for prayers Husband is having hip replacement in a month , he has done well on Zytiga 250x4, Lupron and 5mg prednisone so far ...
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Brain Fog
I am tired of telling my story, so let me keep it brief: diagnosed 2004 ( brachytherapy [ failed ]), salvage RP 2010 [ failed ], currently on...
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Help Me Help Dad- Xtandi Fail
Thank you for all of you who battle with such courage and are so willing to help others keep fighting. Small background and then I have a que...
Zytiga Versus Apalutamide. Which One Should I Choose?
I was dx 7+ years ago with advanced PC with 3-4 bone mets, PSA in mid-40s and a Gleason score of 9. Was placed on Lupron and Zytiga(Z ) with ...
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Docetaxel or Xtandi
Hi folks: I don't post often and haven't for a long time and want to thank everyone for their thoughts, opinions and prayers. Have had PC for...
AC225 whilst Chemotherapy Naive
So my Father's PSA has risen whilst on Zytiga and after switching to Dexamethasone. Although that switch from Prednisone did it bring it down...
Another Vacation Question
Everyone, I have been following in the background for the past 6 months and have learned so much. Thanks to all who respond with their though...
Selection Bias - Extrapolating Survival Times from posters
I wanted to make the point that just because a number of people post here that they have had Stage IV Metastatic Prostate Cancer for 7 years,...
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Dr.Charles Meyer's Triple Hormonal Blockade
I'm MCSPC with 2 mets to the bone. I'm 75, current PSA is 1.4 and it has been that way for 3 mos....
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Need advice if I should do Docetaxel/Lucrin even when PSA continues to drop to 0.41
Latest PSA has come down from 1.35 in April to 0.41 in July. I have multi mets on my backbone and some lymph nodes....
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6 years on
2013 dyn advanced inoperable metastatic terminal prostate cancer. Multiple Mets on skeleton....
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Leg Muscles Aches after ADT?
I stopped Zytiga in March and tapered off the Prednisone for a couple weeks. By May I was starting to get muscle aches at night after lying d...
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What is the best tapeworm med to go with Xytga
Please help with your experience. Want to add a tapeworm med to my treatment meds....
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Advanced Prostate Cancer Update
Been 13 months now. Spent 3 days in the hospital taking 4 pints of blood to stay alive....
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Prednisone Dose for 1000 mg Zytiga (Abiraterone)?
Just started Abiraterone on Friday and have been taking 5 mg prednisone 1x daily. Not sure where I got that dosing level but today I noticed ...
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Husband doesn’t want more chemo
The top pics are feb 2018 after 9 rounds of docetaxel. Bottom are one year later....
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Nothing left to do?
My husband was diagnosed right out the door with stage 4 prostate cancer in March 2017. Gleason of 9, bone mets found....
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Help needed, please respond. Thank you very much.
I have now completed 4 cycles of chemo ( docetaxel ). My next cycle ( the fifth cycle ) is on Monday, the 14th of January, 2019....
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