Had mine pulled today not good P S A up 300 now 1489 not good alf...
Zimac; thankyou; that is some help at least I know it will help other places beside the bones. I realy need to slow down the liver, I"m runing out of drugs to try to stop the liver. Nothing has work...
Hi everone, ok here is the question anyone on mvd3100 with lung or live tumers. Has anyone seen inprovement on scans . psa 866-1180 in 4 weeks going up fast, starting on mvd3100 alf303...
jerry L : Yes I have been on tak 700 son of ketonazone worked 17 months /taxotere/ zytiga/ the list goes on they work for short time cancer works around them now jevtana hope to fool cancer for a...
Hello : It has been a few months now. I went on xl 184 early this summer at 60 mg the side affects were not to bad the problem. The good news was we had done scans before we started and two weeks...
well it has been 4 weeks on xl 184, not to bad so far. My P S A when up from 118 to 126. I also had bone scan and mri the bone scan showed that the tumers were srinking compared to bone scan 6 weeks...
jitters99; I was on it for 3 months. but that was my 5 different treatment, I started with tak 700 that lasted 17 months, alf203...
Hi; Well it has been a few months . It has been a ride, had radation begining of the year in the spine and started zytiga, things didn't look to bad psa started to go down felt good. Now 7 weeks ago...
BOOGEE Hi I just started RD on my T12/L1 because they were replaced with cancer, the doc said i can only treat the spot one time and if it came back we would have to do some thing different. It all...
Well It has been awhile since I posted anything. I started chemo last spring and had 9 treatments plus a port infection. PSA rose from 10.3 to 20.1 in 4 months. Had a ct and bone scan last week,...
49packard; No I not on tak 700 anymore it finaly gave up and spread to three new places so they put me kemo now for 4 months hopefuly it will last alf203...
49packard; and Henry3rd I was on tak 700 for 17 months , it is used for metastazied cancer I was stage 4, lungs,bone,liver ect; it stop it from spreading and drop the psa down . I just talk to the...
was there last year,talk to alot of people but can't make it this year...
had prostrate removed. ureatha closed up in 3 week. Reopened, closed up again in 6 weeks. WHY?...
why do I scar over...
formyhusbandg9; sorry to here it not going well, I was dx about 2 1/2 years ago it took 10 months to get a handle on it. psa 118 dx 49 gleason 9 spread spine/liver /hips /lungs/shoulders/neck/lymph...
49 packard; Good to here how your doing on tak 700, I just got of tak 700 in june,I was on the tak for 17 months it held the cancer at bay with no spreading. My psa drop in half the first month but...
zufus; We have to sit down thurday and see which one but he did say Taxoteze. when he said to start chemo, Alf...
Well my psa has been holding for 17 month with alittle rise but jump from 8.38 to 12.39 in three months , had scans 3 new spots and old ones grew. Was on ht for 2/12 yrs not bad run so now we change...
Well It's about time my psa has been going up for ten months and now it's finally stoped . It did not go above 11 it stoped at 10.23 ,the way it was going up we thought it would hit 12 this month but...
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David; Hi sorry to here that the casdex didn't work, I just had my psa back today even though my psa rose for the last 5 month it jump 1.3 last month now it at 10.24. know back to you I have been on...
me. I Know A guy who travels to california every three month for his main doc. and has doc here to do test and scans but he also talk to the doc in california every three weeks on phone he t4 and...
david ; one thing the vitamin D my doc started me on it when I dx 1200 mg a day calcium& D combine the pomegrante juice he told me that a year ago good luck alf203...
fulltlt; that good news I go to the one in Elgin, it good to kick around what every one has done and how they are doing. alf203...
Well good luck everyone glad for your low numbers.mine come back thursday hopefuly it doesn't jump two points this time.close last time good luck alf203...
thanks guys for the input, I go in every 4 weeks for a psa test and zometa, there keeping a very close eye on me . The psa jumps around a lot it moves at a rate of .50-1.40 up or down , but it has...
Well went to the doctor fri, had my psa check and it was up again its starting to pick up speed ,last month it went up 1.39 this month it was up 1.67 now it up to 8.48 . scan are in 6 weeks will see...
congratulations in the zero club...
kak; Sorry to here that your treatment has stop working, I have not been on chemo yet but it look like i will be there soon as my number are climbing to. Why have they not put you on casodex with the...
welcome; what you need to know is that you have time for a 2nd -3rd opinion, you need to find a doctor that you can talk to and ask question and find out all of the treatment and there sideffect so...
Had my monthly psa ,well what a big let down, it was 5.24 last month this month it went up to 6.44 big jump in 4 weeks , well recheck in 3 weeks hopefully good news then . alf...
NCOBJIM; I have been on trelstar for 19 months now and have had weeks at a time that I have a hard time staying asleep, but then there are times when you get a good night sleep it all depends on how...
goodlife; Well I did take my mind off pc for awhile , went to ny [time square] for the week end to spend time with my wife . the doc was all for it he says you need to get your mind off it once in...
36 cores is the new numbers they want to pull now less chance of missing pc alf...
well it is only a number you need to have a handle on where your number is so you can make the right decision for your treatment . They will want 3 psa going up to make sure it is going up, best to...
stxdave- Glad that is working well for you, I have been on it since jan 2010 in may psa went down to 3.42 from 7.81 in jan since may it has been rising every month now it is 5.81. well they say that...
Zufus; Hi I,m still on the tak 700 just went off prednisone, had no side effects when added the prednisone. The Prednisone only stays in your body for 12 hours. the tak 700 is a pill , I,m on 600mg a...
Hi Here is something to think about. The end of Aug When in for monthly checkup psa went up .016 in one month, doc added predozone to see if it would help slow it down. Went back in 30 days check psa...
Hi Zufus The TAK 700 is the relative of HDK the new and inproved. What are the side effects of HDK Just wondering I might have to try that next. Dave if you get in the study you will have to go...
Well it would be great to get a psa close to again. psa on 9/17 /10 @ 6.34 going the wrong way. fast 2.0 points in one month. [img]/community/emoticons/mad.gif ...
stxdave; HI well i have been on the tak-700 since 2/5/10 but i have metastatic cance I was dx as a T4M . When I was put on the tak 700 the psa was 10.0 in four month it got down to 3.35, then it has...
HI,I ,go in the morning to have my blood drawn and about three hours later the doc lets me know what the results are ....
Thanks guys for info. I'm trining to hold off chemo as long as I can, doc agrees, looking for drug that will work for awhile longer then 4-5 months...
Hi everyone; has any one been on chemo and how bad is it . runing out of drugs that work. alf...
Hi Todd: Sorry to here that it has come back, good luck in what ever you decide to do.IT really sucks that we can't get rid of the cancer. I'm intrested in what you decide because I am in the same...
willie hi you just have to tell your doc to try new drugs . I have had to keep changing meds . they stops working. there is some new way to fight cancer dont know what they call it but they take your...
midi I agree with tony, the doc use casodex to help stop and srink the cancer al ...
Don: I have been on trelstar for 16 months, [dif brand] It all depends on where you get the shot. If you get the shot to high it will hurt, make sure they put it in the right spot.They miss on me...