I specifically asked if it was chemo.She said she wanted to see the scans but would go ahead with administering the scheduled loupron. She will go into full detail our bext visit. I just didn't...
Not sure why it didn't post my signature.. He's 49 dx nov 1st 2013 psa over 700 gleason 8 mets from neck to femurs, too many mets to list been on loupron till now.. Can't have zometa due to renal...
Yesterday at my fathers appointment his psa has risen to 36 from 9 he never went undetitctable on loupron she said do to so many mets.. She has order a pet scan for next week. She said she will be...
That is awesome my dad's dropped from the 700's to 50 first month, 2 months later 20 and we will see May 13th what his next PSA is after his 3rd shot. He takes Lupron every 3 months and has advanced...
Thank You, wow Tall Allen you're like a book! I wish I could take you with us :) I've talked several times about Dr.Myers with him, we live in KY and it wouldn't be that bad of a drive. He doesn't...
Eventually cancer cells manipulate themselves to survive the current therapy, P.S.A. begins to rise then another therapy starts. What if you switched therapies before the cells can manipulate...
Thank You Special, I called the dr we are about to see. His nurse was very kind. He told me my father had a pet ct scan. The scan showed every lesion. The reason why I don't have this is because its...
Thank You I just read your post, maybe I am over reading everything its just such a sense of helpless. All this is so new and I just want to know everything. Everyone looks at us so sad and my dad...
Thanks Lupron Jim, This is what his pet reads I saved it from previous file for social security PSA 673 Pet scan with multiple abnormal lesions in bones and also significant para aortc and RP...
We went for his 2nd 3 month Lupron shot yesterday and I of course had a lot of questions. I've called his oncologist several times with no call back!!! Everyone pulls his files and says the cancer is...
Thank You for all the kind words. He is off dialysis, his oncologist seems to think he was getting septic when he received an infusion of zometa with his first treatment, sending his caratine to an...
I really need some advice from you ladies. My father was d in Nov. Stage 4 mets in lymp & bones from the neck down. Gleason 8 started Lupron/Casodex 11-19 then renal failure from septic and infusion...
Has anyone used this for bone mets and what was the outcome. Thanks...
Thank You Phenom and Logoslidat. He is my father :) Sorry I should have written that for those new to our story. All of you are a blessing and give us such great advice, hope....
Started out rough! First good news! PSA dropped 200 points after a week & half after Lupron. Last post I asked about a testosterone flare, he was very sick. He went into renal failure due to Zometa....
My dad is 48, they told us he would have medical in 2016 I'm trying to get him to go for disability as he really can't work due to bone mets everywhere, shoulders, spine, pelvic. I wouldn't think he...
I have a question about this also. My dad filled for regular ss which they said he would be granted due to stage 4. He would receive his first check in 5 months but no medical till year 2016. He has...
Tonight he can't keep anything down. He keeps throwing up and sweating. He doesn't seem to be dehydrated when I check the skin. I'm thinking about making him go to the e.r. which he refuses because...
Thank You so much Allen. You are a world of knowledge and a blessing! He's a sleep now and his pain has left except some in his legs. His chest was hurting bad and I figured from the lymph nodes. He...
Thank You both!!! FP said the bladder could just be some urine? I need to ask the oncologist about this. I do know ct showed multiple lesions on the dorsal spine and thorax area. So much to take in....
Allen They have been good. She started him on Lupron and Casodex but started them together. Iv'e read casodex should have been started at least a week prior to Lupron. He is staying with me. I'm...
PSA 673 Pet scan with multiple abnormal lesions in bones and also significant para aortc and RP adenopathy on imagining Enlargement of lymph nodes bone. venous embolism and thrombosis of deep vessels...
I don't have a joke but, our school news paper asked Primary Students k-3 How to cook a turkey. My lil 2nd grader Josie wrote..... First , kill it .Try to kill it with love and fast so it don't hurt....
I do realize chemo can manage it and one day that may be the treatment. I just had read it was typically used when HT stopped, that scared me that the treatment was starting with chemo, I'll be...
Good News!!!! First off due to a pet scan, ct scan and p.s.a levels, she was going to begin with chemo. I had prayed and prayed that this wasn't it. We kept getting calls while we were gone to our...
So glad to hear you had a good visit with a team approach!! I'm new and didn't know you have been dealing with pain for over 3 years. My eyes filled for you reading your post, I've seen the pain...
I looked at cancer fighting foods such as garlic, oregano, flax seed, green tea, more of a fiber diet. We haven't started any yet, I was going to ask before we did .Right now he doesn't eat much, he...
David I really hadn't thought of that. His Dental is good, regular check ups every 6 months till recently. I hadn't thought of her wanting to discuss side effects I have read up on them. I guess I'm...
I wanted to add I'm not downing our doctor, as she is starting with an aggressive attack on the cancer which is what we want. I just want everything we can get. Thank You to all of you for your...
We have only seen the oncologist once, she mentioned zometa then asked if he had insurance, after she seen we had no insurance it was dropped. I had the drug written down before the appointment along...
We live in Eastern Kentucky, treatment will be given at Pikeville Center Hospital, Lenard Lawson Cancer Center in Pikeville. Thank You for the copy of treatments. Some find it strange that chemo is...
Davidg Thank you and Thank you Peter, tall Allen, and Devastated as I said before all of you are a blessing. I am 35. My father is actually my step father. My biological father never was a part of my...
Thank You so much. All of you are a blessing! I just wished this was a different forum and not Prostate Cancer for any of us. She hasn't discuss pain management and the morphine right now keeps him...
My father has been recently diagnosed. He is 48 always been healthy no medical issues. He started to have severe pain that would start in his lower back and radiate though out his body. He went to...