Just to give an update, I know its been a long time, but in case anyone is searching. My Father-in-law lost his battle with Prostate Cancer September 13, 2013. He went into the hopsital August 20,...
Thank Casper319, I will have them ask about Radium 223. Does anyone know where the radiation falls in the spectrum of treatments? is it the last, alternative?...
Hi Again, Well, thanks again for the info. To answer some questions...FIL has already had HT (did not work) and became Hormone refractive...He has already done: Zytiga, Zometa, Jevtana and Prednsone....
Thanks for all of the responses. Its really hard to deal with this as I and they are 2 different people. I am very proactive and crave information, they sort of go with what the Dr says and they do...
Hello Everyone, I am fairly new to HW even though I discovered you about a year ago as I haven't posted much. Here is a quick summary. My FIL was diagnosed 01/2012 PSA 54 and G9 (not sure if it was...
Thanks for the responses. My FIL went to the Doctors yesterday and will follow up again with the results of PSA draw next week. We are hoping that his PSA goes down to under 1.. You all are so...
Hi All, So my Father-in-Law was diagnosed with PCa with bone met. Jan of 2012. He was on HT (PSA 54) and that was not working (PSA up to 800) so off to chemo we went. Well that has now lowered the...
Hi Everyone, Not sure who remembers my situation, brief recap. FIL diagnosed Jan 3rd. Highly aggressive, PSA 54.7, bone meta. He is starting HT on Jan 31, what can we expect from this? Side effects?...
Hi Everyone, I just want to update on our situation. Well, its bad news. The cancer has spread to the spine, skull and pelvis, no soft tissue so far. He is starting HT in the next few days and we...
Hi John T, We live in Cypress, Ca. I have done some research and found City of Hope Cancer center from this site. I told them about City of Hope, they will be getting a second opinion, my MIL has...
Thanks everyone. I have been on Yananow and I am reading tons of stories. So what is worse the PSA or the Gleason? How do they relate to one another or do they have no relation? My Husband feels this...
Cores? What does that mean? He had 12 samples taken all came back positive with 8 & 9...please forgive me I am so new to this. Does a PSA of 53.6 seem right?...
robertcool, he is 62 relatively healthy, non-smoker, etc......what exactly does "agressive" mean? That it spreads fast? or it is advanced cancer? I am assuming they will give us a stage this wed when...
Hi everyone, I am glad I found this site. My FIL has been recently diagnosed (Jan 3rd) we are waiting for the bone scan results. I am just hoping for some info or similar stories. His PSA was 53.6...