Posted 12/14/2017 5:11 PM (GMT 0)
I saw my RO yesterday which was supposed to be my last 4 month Lupron. We discussed the 18 month vs 2yr as I was originally scheduled for. I wanted to know if I would be giving it all that I could for a cure. She assured me that 18 months was going to be enough. She told me that there comes a time with the treatment route that I have chosen ,that one has given it enough. She said that it was time to let my body heal, that I had been through the battle and it's time to heal. There comes a time when more is not always better.
So.....it's time for me to stop, let my body come back, and to see if the treatment did it's thing. Having my RO look at me and say how hard I've worked and that she is amazed at what I've accomplished felt good.
One of the many things I've learned in the 1 1/2 ys I've been here is that treatments for PC are constantly and rapidly changing. I mean...chemo is now becoming an adjuvant treatment option for high risk G8-10, where in the past it was saved for later treatment. 40 fraction IMRT is being replaced with hyper-fraction treatments that take less treatments. There are newer and newer drugs continually coming down the pike. Now they are saying that 18months is enough for some going through HT treatments...... and that is just fine with me!
It was great to hear that I could stop and try to heal. It's been a long road. With the ADT+ RT +Chemo?..... I'm tired. Although....it's been worth every minute in my mind.
There is a long list of names that I could thank here.....great people that have helped along the way and I know will continue to be here as I go through the next part of this journey....Too many to list!!
This is how this works!
Thank you
Battle on Brothers!!!
The Artistic One - Mark