Hi Laila, I too lost my dad to this disease a month back. Hence I can understand exactly the feeling that is going through your heart. You have definitely served him well from the day he was...
To all HW brothers and sisters, Thank you so much for all the kind words and encouragements during this difficult time. Yes, it is a fact that my dad had already left us and relieved from all pains....
My father started Enza at the end of January 2017. Due to his already fatigue condition, the Medonc only allow him to take 80mg of the medication instead of the original 160mg. After taking it, his...
Just a little update. After the blood transfusion, every thing is more or less back to normalcy. Except for the fatigue, aches and pains and low appetite still lingers around. Had a visit to the...
I forget to mention that he's on tramadol for pain relief. would that cause such vomiting to happen?...
my father hasn't been able to eat and even if it's just drinking water. A few minutes later he will vomit. He's not on any forms of chemo....
Just an update, After several scans (bone scan and xray) and physical examinations, the Medonc feels that the pain along the calf and ankle is due to a bone met around the heel. The location of the...
Hi Ansty, It's such an coincidence, we share the same MedOnc. We didn't consider the scan because his mets are kinda widespread as of now. We are considering adding xofigo into the plan after his...
Just a little update in 2017. First of all, Happy 2017 to all brothers and sisters here! Something happy to share, a recent blood test revealed falling PSA and ALP (both reduced by around 500!). So...
Hi George and Allen, Indeed we will have to wait for the blood works to be "good" before commencing on any forms of treatment that may potentially cause myleosuppression. So far both his PSA and ALP...
Hi Allen, his recent months blood works showed that he's anemic from docetaxel and cabazitaxel. hence the oncologist does not recommend any radiopharmaceuticals drug. as for immunotherapies, I have...
Hi George and Cyclone, It's always very encouraging to hear great success stories from all around. It just makes you more motivated to try new treatments. Although we do know that there is always a...
George, yes, my hospital does provide that treatment. however it slip my mind because we were focusing on xofigo which targets bone mets.. I will ask the oncologist tomorrow regarding lu177-psma.. I...
Hi George, we wanted to try xtandi as well. this is because I have read about restoring the sensitivity towards zytiga and xtandi after chemo. my dad had done both taxotere and jevtana, hence I...
hi celebrate life, I follow your posts very closely. actually we do have a medonc, today's visit is only with the urologist. but well, we will be seeing him tomorrow as my dad was admitted due to low...
hi George, my dad was previously on zytiga and achieved control only for a year. hence the urologist make that remake....
just saw the urologist, he said that we have ran out of treatment options. he doesn't recommend xofigo because of my dad's current bloodworks. xtandi is out because of the cross resistance issues...
Hi malone26, Hope that you achieve gd results with enza. Although there have been studies about cross resistance in zytiga and enza.. I believed that every man respond differently. My dad is probably...
Hello fellow brothers and sisters, Some updates from me. As of today, my dad has no treatment plans incorporated yet. His most recent PSA is at 1700 and ALP at over 2000. Bone scan showed disease...
Hi all, Just received the most recent bloodworks from the MO. Without a month of treatment, PSA has rocketed from 130 to 703 with some aches and pains all around. This is horrible! Other readings...
Hi George, Its very nice of you to help by offering a suggestion that I didnt thought of. My father is actually undergoing his treatment in Singapore General Hospital and he is visiting the nuclear...
Hi Allen and George, I'm sorry about the non-updated information. His CT scan dated to Jan 2016 showed progression in the number of bony mets. The mets are now in his sternum, pelvic, right thigh...
Hello brothers and sisters, Just came back from a review from the urologist. I would say its a fruitful and eventful visit today! Maybe I can start of with some background information about the uro....
Hello everybody (brothers and sister), I feel so grateful to know all of you here and being able to get wonderful and important suggestions by all of you here! All of you here are really helpful...
Hello fellow brothers, Just some updates from a review yesterday. My dad has completed his 6 cycles of taxotere/carboplatin regime. However, latest blood works showed mixed results. His PSA had rose...
Hi jannett, I may not be the best person to offer you any medical knowledge. I'm sure many of the brothers here are equipped with much more knowledge in this area. However, allow me to share some of...
Just received the latest PSA results. Trending upwards now, however ALK PHO has reduced significantly after adding carboplatin to docetaxel. Dad is like any normal human being walking along the road...
Hi BoyntonSteveG, A lot of brothers here have shared a lot on their experience in their run with Docetaxel and it's really wonderful hearing from all of them. Personally I'm not a PC patient myself,...
Althought I'm new here, but I have been following his threads. Truly a great warrior in this battle with the beast. RIP Jpenna!...
Hi all, My dad just received his 2nd dosage of taxotere/carboplatin today. He had his blood work down prior to the 2nd infusion and the oncologist was happy that his ALP drop quite significantly....
Hi Pabz01 Its always great to see PSA declining with treatments. Yes you are right that SEs affects people differently and intensity. My dad had a little more episode of SOB especially after walking...
Hi John Yes you are right that the SE are pretty much similar to that of a taxotere. The only concern is the nausea risk with carboplatin. Apart from that, the oncologist gave my dad neuprogen (a...
Hi Allen, The MedOnc gave us the option of Jevtana and the combined TC treatment. However he feels that we should exhaust the taxotere first before going onto another options (e.g. Jevtana and...
Hi Cyclone! Its really nice to see your reply! I did asked the doctor about neuroendocrine PCA and he wasn't really sure since no additional tests were been done to rule that out. However, he told me...
hi Gary, my dad had been on zytiga previously. but because of the psa progression, the oncologist added carboplatin. but my dad wasn't tested for small cell cancer yer....
hi, I have just started this regime after the original single agent of docetaxel develops resistant.. just want to know what are the kinds of side effects that one may possessed?...
I have read that blood in urine and stools are side effects of taxotere. just wish to know if anyone is having the same side effects as me.. I'm worried......