I wanted to let you all know my husband Robert lost his battle with prostate cancer on November 17. He fought hard but was one of the .1% with an agressive case that was not caught at a place where...
Jack Z My husband was also diagnosed last august and has been doing chemo plus a clinical trial. The taxotere chemo did not work for him but it also did not have too bad of side effects. Since its...
AGREE My 51 year old husband with advanced prostate cancer is not an old man - and got the news the cancer was spread just a few months after his 50th birthday - yearly testing may have saved his...
Thanks for the update - when I told one of my friends that works in the bio technology world about my husbands condition of advanced prostate cancer - the first word out of her mouth was provenge - I...
Best wishes for a speedy recovery - sounds like the surgery took a lot out of him and the blood transfusions - don't forget other sources of iron are greens like collard (go for Ethiopian food they...
My husband is being treated at SCCA - which is connected to Fred Hutch and the UWMC so all in one boat. We have been treated very well - though his case is much different then yours they have been...
I am the wife of a husband who was diagnosed at age 50 with a gleason 9 and bone mets - he is the rock I am the noodle but doing better- the initial shock of the diagnosis and the realization is what...
My husband is fighting metasized prostate cancer right now and just could not get comfortable on our furniture - he kept retreating to our bedroom to lay down - we have been very active outdoors...
Joey as a wife to a 51 year old with advanced prostate cancer - I want those extra months - I want more - though these last few months have been pretty low key we have spent time together. Side...
Thanks for the support - Yes of course I'd love more then one year - but like I said he continues to be special - hormone therapy worked for a bit, and now the standard chemo has quit working - so...
So a year after diagnosis - 51 yo hubby has now failed docetaxol chemo and will be starting mitoxantrone plus a clinical study next week - hopefully the cancer can be beat back abit. So send some...
Goodlife My husband is on Taxotere for Gleason 9 and has failed hormone therapy - last month his PSA was over 1,000 but the bone numbers were better - we are hoping this month the PSA will be holding...
They wouldn't let the chalkbot write - save your walnut PSA test - Is that lewd? /community/emoticons/shocked.gif ...
My husband is a gleason 9 had metasized so no option of surgery or brachetherapy and for awhile there it looked like he was going to get into the abilraterone study. But the study got pushed back and...
Specialized even has a program where you measure your sitbones and choose the appropriate saddle that fits just right - Thudbuster had seat posts that help take out road vibration Aluminum frame...
I know what you mean about a busy mind - its hard to quiet your mind when so much is going on - My hubby had his 2nd chemo treatment yesterday he hasn't wanted to tell our friends or family what is...
UGH I so know the feeling - you should both put your affairs in order - because even without cancer something could happen and having things organized will make it easier. My 51 year old hubby...
So there had been some hope of a abileratone trial but unfortunately hubby's PSA count is on the rise again - now 600 and the trial does not start until June - tomorrow hubby starts Chemo - I know a...
If your friend has been given the option of surgery then he is in not too bad of place - yes of course there are side effects but the other option is not to be considered - If he has been diagnosed...
Provenge Another hope for the future - lets just hope to make it there and be able to use it or one of the new "promissing" treatments on the horizon....
Don Chemo - is one of the next steps after hormone treatment stops working. When we recently talked to my husbands oncologist about the Chemo treatment it was explained to us that the side effects...
So back at the cancer oncologist yesterday - PSA has climbed to 300. They are going to take my hubby off of casodex and continue with the lupron. Now we have to decide ]Abiraterone Acetate trial...
/community/emoticons/smhair.gif So this morning I went with the hubby for his 3rd lupron shot and we were kept waiting and waiting - they wanted to rerun the PSA Test again because the numbers came...
/community/emoticons/nono.gif No Stats on how long he might live - the plan would be to get him started on HT - and stop the cancer from growing in his bones and elsewhere. The HT should give him...
We are paying $260 for Casodex with Insurance - so its probably close to 600 a month for the non insured....
I'm kicking myself that I didn't get life insurance for my hubby through work a few years ago when we got married no physical or proof of eligability would have been required. But at the time - we...
Tony - you aint gone yet - she will not think her time was wasted. This is a learning life experience that I didn't want to have - but I'm having it now and will survive it and come out okay on the...
Just submitted hubby's Rx bill to be reimbursed by flexible spending plan - the portion of the bill not covered by insurance went up to $260 this month - ugh - I'm just glad we have health insurance....
Thanks for the welcome - we were in the process of buying our first house when we found out - and getting out of a very crowded condominium. I'm happy to say we are back looking at houses but are...
87 seems low to me - my husband was diagnosed at 750 at age 51 in August 08. He just had his second lupron shot and tests before that showed it had dropped to below 7. This is all horribly scarey the...