Dear Karen, I am so sorry to read that Larry has passed away. I hope you find some consolation in knowing that he doesn't have to struggle anymore. You are a wonderful, strong woman and I am sure...
Dear all, Today, my husband passed away very peacefully. In spite of his illness, the final parting found me unprepared and I am devastated at losing him. It is difficult to imagine life without his...
Thank you all for your warm replies. I will try to drop a line from time to time. My husband was able to go to his daughter's wedding this weekend. That meant a lot to him. We're taking it one day at...
I wanted to say good bye to all in here. I have appreciate your support in the past year. Although my husband's PCa continues to be under control, the colon cancer is catching up with him. Today, we...
Bill, I like your motto. Being realistic yet hopeful is essential and the best way to move on with life. Dutchy...
Lifeline, I would ask for scans/tests to get clarity about what is happening. Depending on the level of pain your husband is dealing with, I would consider putting a pain management plan in place....
Go party, and drink one for me too, :)...
I'll keep my fingers crossed! Dutchy...
And it's not only the life time insurance cap, annual insurance caps are also a major problem. My husband had a 100,000 USD annual cap which really is nothing. With two hospital stays, we reached the...
Way to go Jim!...
Wasn't sure whether I was going to reply, but here I am. I am 17 years younger than my husband and we've been together for almost 4 years. When my husband was diagnosed with advanced PCa, we made a...
We're keeping the amount of supplements and vitamins to a minimum. Most supplements don't work, and I don't know of any supplements that have proven to make a difference on patients with advanced...
It's the Lupron, not the water. Hope your friend won't be tempted to discontinue the hormone treatment too quickly. Cheers, Dutchy...
Be happy and grateful for every ZERO PSA. We're happy for you, and we will definitely celebrate every undetectable PSA while it lasts. There is absolutely no reason to feel guilty. Nobody has control...
Steve Tucker (PCa specialist in Singapore) posted an interesting article on cancer and statistics on the hrpca web-site. I thought that some of the members would be interested to read it. The Median...
Thanks to all for the warm replies, it's like a warm bath. My husband is an extraordinary man and he is an exceptional person in many respects. We love each other deeply. Although the heart attack is...
I thought we were done with the bad news and we were starting to relax a bit. Than my husband got a silent heart attack this afternoon. We're still awaiting test results, my husband feels fine. It is...
Sorry to hear about your sleeplessness. Don't have much advise. Our hospital prescribed the same medicine you're taking but my husband never needed it, like Richard, he can sleep anytime....
Good to hear that you're back home. Hope you'll recover soon. Best wishes, Dutchy...
I admire your resilience and the way you deal with set backs. Keep my fingers crossed that your luck will turn for the better! Dutchy...
Dear Morgan, My husband's PSA was close to 2,000 at diagnosis. I truely hope that your dad's PSA was a lab mistake. The biopsy (and subsequent CT/bone scans) will tell you whether it is PCa and where...
That's really terrible news for both Les and Walt. And to be so ill-informed is just infuriating. Am wishing them both of all the best in dealing with another setback. Dutchy...
My husband gets pains when he's getting close to his next Lupron shot and that freaked us out in the beginning. But getting great results and time certainly took away most of the anxiety....
That's the way to go! Great, am glad he decided to go ahead with the HT. As for the side effects, it's really ok. As mentioned already, hot flashes and loss of libido are the main side effects. Don't...
Karen, how is your husband doing? How is he dealing with his chemo? Does he have a lot of side effects? It's a different ball game. Are you doing ok? Take good care of yourself, Erlien...
The palliative care team at Dartmouth/Hitchcock has been wonderful in providing support to improve my husband's quality of life. The team provides expert advice on dealing with fatigue, emotions and...
After my husband was diagnosed, we made a road trip and got married. Focusing on work helped him suppress pain and kept his mind of the PCa. The diagnosis with colon cancer made us almost forget...
Hi Tony, we too thought that in general chemo takes more away from life than HT which is why my husband shied away from it. With the advanced colon cancer, chemo became unavoidable and although it's...
Way to go! Dutchy...
Several PCa specialists in the US (Dr Strum, Mayers) and Singapore (Tucker) do indeed suggest chemo therapy along with hormone therapy depending on the situation of the individual patient as it can...
Sorry to hear that you too have to deal with a second cancer. I hope you'll get a good treatment plan. We're thinking of you. Until recently, I had never really thought of the possibility of getting...
After a week of extensive testing, we found out that my husband has advanced colon cancer as a secondary cancer. It has already spread to the liver (quite extensively) and lungs whereas his CT-scan...
Karen, really sorry to hear about your husband. I hope it is treatable, we understand your frustration and pain, as if 1 cancer isn't enough to deal with. Yesterday, we heard that my husband has...
And another reply, that contains useful information for others. Dutchy, The time for hormone therapy is past (my opinion). I would focus on a suitable chemotherapy. DES would only be useful if...
Hi, I don't know how to copy URL's but did manage to copy the message (see below). It turned out that my husband has a very agressive second primary tumor, somewhere in the GI track. It has already...
Hi Karen, Im sorry to hear about your husband. We're in a very similar situation, also waiting to find out whether there is a second primary cancer knowing that even with a biopsy it is not always...
My husband is a civil engineer, and worked for the Army Corps of Engineers before he joined the UN. I'm also with the UN. Dutchy...
I agree with Les: get the bone scan done. It's better for your piece of mind, if anything it will provide you with a baseline. It is better to investigate than to make assumptions. Dutchy...
Same here Dave. We also worried that lupron wasn't working when my husband first started Lupron/Casodex. Enjoy it while you can!!!!!!!!! Eventually the Lupron/Casodex will catch up with you. Dutchy...
Although my husband's PSA continues to be undetectable, he has rapidly developed what appear to be tumors on both liver lobes. His liver was clean on his last CT-scan in January, PSA continues to be...
Thanks for asking Dale. My husband was doing very well, and his last PSA was invisible. about two months ago he started having pains which were thought to be caused by a broken rib. But he has now...
Dale, what's the vitamin regiment you're on??? My husband wasn't that tired when he first started HT but seems to be getting more tired in general, and is sometimes extremely tired....
My husband has lymph node involvement and several areas of bone metastasis. Dutchy...
We live in Afghanistan, and get treatment in Delhi, Dubai and New Hampshire. Dutchy...
My husband was 53 and diagnosed with 1940 PSA during a medical pre-employment test. Dutchy...
Hi, I'm sorry to hear that your father was diagnosed with advanced PCa. My husband was diagnosed with a PSA of nearly 2000, and the cancer had spread throughout his body (bones, lungs, etc. see...
Keep going Tony! We're so happy for you. Dutchy...
9 Month's PSA: <0.003!!!!!!!! The doctors are quite amazed how well my husband responds to the double ADT. Unfortunately, the daily Casodex is affecting my husband's diabetes to the extend that he...
Are you on Casodex by any chance? My husband's blood sugar went out of control after he started using Casodex. The Casodex works too well to discontinue it, so we're trying to figure out how to...