psa 17 following prostate removal 2006 and radiation 2007

tenniguy

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Posted 5/12/2010 9:10 PM (GMT 0)

psa went from fractional to 3 and then from 6 to 6 in the two years following radiation. I thought the Pomagranate pills my daughter found on the net were holding it but now it spiked to 17 and my Doc. says start Lupron. What do you folks think? I'm 71 and feel good as far as energy is concerned.

BB_Fan

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Posted 5/12/2010 10:07 PM (GMT 0)

A PSA of 17 is pretty high, and if you are 71 and still in good health you have a lot of years left. I would go with the HT. Who knows, maybe side effects will be tolerable for you. You can always stop. Good luck. BB

tenniguy

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Posted 5/12/2010 10:44 PM (GMT 0)

thanks, I really appreciate the feed back. jim may

John T

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Posted 5/12/2010 11:37 PM (GMT 0)

It's pretty obvious that your PC has gone matastic. You should start triple hormone blockade immediately from an oncologist specializing in prostate cancer.
JT

mgl

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Posted 5/13/2010 11:24 AM (GMT 0)

I would talk to an oncologist ,The best to you

zufus

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Posted 5/13/2010 12:29 PM (GMT 0)

You have alot of possible choices to try other than Lupron and side effects are much less or different:
ketoconazole
DES (man made estrogen-works on hrpca better than Lupron would)
Emcyt
Estradiol patches (similar effects of DES, much less side effects)

Other wise ADT3 triple hormone blockage may be worth trying out, as John T mentioned

There are even other drugs to consider, a PCa specialist onco-doc should know this realm, you are beyond any uro docs expertise.

Best to you

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