Another option may be Tamoxifen, a drug usually used by women with breast cancer. After my oncologist added bicalutamide to my Eligard monotherapy I soon experienced breast growth and pain. I...
I spent 20 minutes trying to remove my wife's bra and finally had to give up. I wish I had never put it on now......
Great results Jerry! Thanks...
Thanks for your comments trailguy. I had read a bit about abscopal effects of various treatments but your quote from the ORIOLE study is hopeful. Wishing you all the best with your treatment plan....
Hello all, Haven't posted here in ages, but I wanted to provide an update and possibly gather a few thoughts. I've been on continuous ADT for a couple of years and resistance was clearly setting in,...
Sorry that you have had so many medical and administrative complications with this. I can't offer any advice other than the hope that it resolves quickly and the device then works as intended. It is...
Alison, I share a similar PCa treatment history with your husband. Continent after RP surgery, incontinent after salvage RT and two stricture ablation (roto-rooter) procedures. It was manageable when...
My wife came across this on Facebook and we both had a good chuckle. I expect ADT guys and their partners can relate: A husband and wife were settled in bed for the night. He reached over and touched...
I think I'm a poster child for SRT going badly. I was continent within a couple of months of surgery but my PSA nadir was 0.23 and began rising almost immediately. I also developed a stricture which...
After a somewhat anxious 4 months since resuming intermittent HT for the fourth time, my PSA has plunged from 29 to 0.84. It certainly made today's 4 month Lupron shot more palatable. I think the...
Hi again Annie, My apologies for not acknowledging your husband's serious diagnosis. Hope his treatments are effective. I'm pretty fortunate to be here complaining 11 years later. All the best,...
Hi Annie, I asked my oncologist about radiation rather than surgery but she didn't give any indication surgery was a potential option either. There have been extensive discussions on some recent...
Thanks everyone for your kind and thoughtful comments. This forum is a great place to vent, share, think out loud and learn. Wilderness: I really do like vegetables! The problem is they go so well...
I had been enjoying my third ADT vacation; working, travelling, marrying my sweetie of 5 years and generally limiting my thoughts of PCa to monitoring this forum. We returned from a winter vacation...
Pretty sophisticated equipment for a backyard rink - its usually a garden hose and a shovel, but it was a pretty sophisticated backyard rink too. Us Canucks take our hockey seriously even though we...
SC, I have no knowledge of the interaction between an AUS and VED or the added complication of an implant, but I would urge you to have another go at injections. You obviously got a response, now it...
Glad to have been able to help, yaamba. Its not often that I feel I have much to contribute here other than my own experiences. Hormone therapy is no fun but at least it should still be effective for...
yaamba, Just a caution to verify the units of measurement and the normal range for testosterone levels. I seem to recall that you are in Australia which may, like Canada, use different units than the...
Mel, I'm in the same boat, just a different vacation, 7 months after my third HT go round has worn off. PSA at 0.9. My onc seemed unconcerned, will test again in 6 months. Our practice has been to...
The units of measure can be confusing. The Prostaglandin is usually expressed in micrograms/ml (1 mcg is 1/1000th of a milligram) while the other components are expressed in milligrams/ml (mg). My...
An on-stage one liner oft recited by Keith Richards: "Its great to be here, its great to be anywhere!" The ADT lament, credit to someone on this site: "I am indifferent to naked women."...
Allen, As I mentioned in an earlier thread regarding this study, I am wondering about the implications for those patients restarting the intermittent ADT cycle. With 2/3 of the participants on...
Gemlin, 6 or 7 months sounds good to me but my oncologist says 12 months and its only in the last few months and the months following treatment until some T recovery that my PSA drops to <0.1. I...
Sorry Allen, didn't mean to imply that you or the studies recommended against intermittent ADT. My point was that if starting/restarting ADT at very low PSA levels becomes best practice, then ADT...
Hi Chask, Sorry to read of your rising PSA. My oncologist and I have been using the "about 10" trigger through three rounds of intermittent ADT with several sets of CT and bone scans indicating no...
Racer, I have no experience with Quadmix but it appears you have a pretty strong Prostaglandin component at 40mcg/ml and that ingredient is often the cause of pain or aching. Considering the strength...
I was 49, overweight and noticing frequent urination with always a few extra drops more than I could shake off. I knew nothing about PCa or PSA but had a vague understanding that men of my age should...
Glad you made it home, Prat, but its always a shock to be greeted by the full force of winter. Thanks for the thread and updates from San Diego. We are booked at the Loews Coronado but will have to...
Prat, We expect a full report! Heading to San Diego ourselves March 1 for a convention on Coronado Island and will have a few days to explore the area. Great to see mention here of many of the sights...
Ah, the Valiant. My first car was a fire engine red '64 with the slant 6 and push button auto. The little engine was surprisingly powerful and it had a cavernous trunk but my underage drinking...
Hi Mel, My second vacation was slightly shorter than the first but I'm a little fuzzy on duration for two reasons: Sloppy record keeping means I would have to dig through old appointment calendars...
Hi LSil, I am in my third round of intermittent HT, just had my last 4 month shot of the expected one year "on" phase. My onc and I seem to have settled on a PSA limit of 10 for starting/restarting...
Mel, I guess I am one HT vacation ahead of you. After failed RP and SRT, I am 8 months into my third one year round of HT (Eligard), hopefully to be followed by a third HT vacation. My first vacation...
Some refer to injections as painless, but that's not quite true. Like any needle stick there is usually a twinge or momentary pain depending on the needle size and the skill of the injector, but...
Have followed this thread for some time and I'm so sorry for your loss Sue. This terrible disease takes so much from men and their partners and families. You fought it as hard and as bravely as...
Congrats Redwing, thats good news! In order to celebrate you should take the advice of the rock group Queen and "Get on your bike(s) and ride!"...
PSA3DOT7, I have used trimix since beginning intermittent HT - wouldn't have anything without it, but willy is still a shadow of his former self. Redwing57, Have ridden a Gold Wing and liked it...
I think you are correct that individuals respond differently. I never got much response from Cialis after RP surgery and found Levitra to be best for me with Viagra in between. He should pester his...
Thanks Startech, looks like you are doing well with a tough G9 diagnoses. I hope that continues. There is truly no better therapy than a twisty road on a rumbling V-twin or a howling triple or...
The good news is that my third round of intermittent HT is working as expected. Just had a second 4 month shot of Eligard and my PSA had dropped from 10 pre-HT to 0.28. Hopefully it will drop to...
HDHOG, The temptation to ride will be great but I urge caution and short hauls to start. I had open RP in 2006 but didn't have a bike at that time so I can't speak directly about motorcycling after...
Haven't experienced nausea with HT shots (Zoladex or Eligard) but I can relate to cold chills in addition to relatively mild hot flashes. Seems like my thermostat is malfunctioning. Between me and my...
Thanks Faustmann, The HT vacations are very welcome and I have learned to live with the HT side effects, which fortunately haven't been as serious as some experience. From your signature it looks...
Another guitar wannabe and fan of Keith Richards open G riffs here. I make an occasional spurt of effort to hack away at it but mostly appreciate music as a listener and as a proud parent of a multi...
Just had a long weekend trip with my youngest son, a AAA Midget hockey player, to a San Jose Sharks game outdoors at Levi's Stadium. Other than some flight delays and rerouting, we had a great time...
Sophie, Be pushy and don't apologize for it. Getting onstream with a good ED clinic should help but if they aren't moving quickly to start injections or your hubby is reluctant you may need to keep...
Going to be right behind you, Mel. On my second vacation now and PSA is rising fast so I expect the next 3 month check will be the end. I had Zoladex and Eligard, both lower belly injections with...
Hi Doug, I share your dilemma about when to start/restart HT. When it was clear that SRT had failed, my onc suggested a PSA range of 2 to 20 to initiate HT, in fact they had a study going to compare...
This has been an ongoing issue for me as a victim,, er, I mean patient, of SRT back in 2007. I had blood in bowel movements post SRT which was checked by docs and colonoscopy and attributed to...
JB, Sounds like fun and a good cause. Hope I'm still on two wheels at 76, and my bike might be a classic by then too....