My dad Gleason 9 with bone mets PSA has risen from 7 to 44 since Oct. He is to begin chemo on Tuesday with docetaxal. The doctor is planning on giving it to him every 4 wks. Is this normal, I thought...
Hope4thebest,My dad was diagnosed with PCA in April 2011,Gleason9 Stage4 with exstensive mets to the bone. He began hormone therapy immediatly which only kept his psa down for the first 3months. He...
Sorry that you have had to join such a group. My dad 65 y.o. was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in April of this year. 10 of 12 cores positive. Gleason 9 very agressive type with exstensive mets to...
Well, it has been confirmed my dad does have some spinal cord compression in the thoracic area of his spine. He is to start radiation treatments tomorrow. He is supposed to get 10. After he is...
Haven't posted anything in a while, but I was wondering if anyone knows anything about spinal cord compression? My dad has prostate cancer with multiple mets to the bones.Latley he has developed some...
Yes, I hope they approve it for use here in the US soon. My dad has advanced prostate cancer with a great deal of mets to the bone. Diagnosed in April, but so far hormone therapy seems to be working,...
Please remember for some unfortunate people, like my dad for instance Hormone Therapy was the only treatment option. My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer this past April 10 out of 12 cores...
The hormone shot they gave him was "Trelstar" anyone familiar with that? I keep hearing about Lupron but not trelstar....
My dad was recently diagnosed with advance prostate cancer with exstensive mets to the bones. He had his first shot of Trelstar almost 3 weeks ago. His Gleason is 9 and his PSA was 8.45. Yesterday he...
I live about 60 miles west of Indianapolis, Indiana...
Squirm, yes you read it right PSA went from 1.41 to 8.45 in 7 months. Fairwind, my dad did get a 2nd opinion at the IU Medical Center last week with the head of urology last week. He said that the...
Hi, My dad was just diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. It came as a complete shock. He is 64. He had a PSA in August that was 1.41. He started having some urinary symptoms in Feb so he had the...