Sonny my dad is on taxol/carbo so a bit different mix and also still gets the Lupron shot. He had 6 weeks of 20-25% PSA reductions 1900-down to 580 or so. He had a week off and resumed 3 straight...
My dad has been on taxol/carbo cocktail since the first of February. He gets a dose every Friday 3 weeks on one week off. PSAwas at about 2000 when started this treatment and this week it was down to...
Sorry guys I will try to clarify. 14 weeks ago dad started his chemo regime. Zytiga rendered useless after 18 months or so. He is on weekly taxol and carboplatin. He had 6 straight weeks then a week...
The ultra deal was a big mix up... The chemo clinic, if you will, had been doing random ultra and normal tests for different patients so the onc said to send them all to the same testing site. So all...
Quick question for any testing experts out there. My dads psa with ultra sensitive testing has see nice reductions bi weekly 2k, 1.7 k 1.5k on down to 589 2 weeks ago. However when they called to...
Ziggy- my dad after his last colonoscopy in December came back with a diagnosis of added colon cancer based on the biopsy. His zytiga had stopped working and the PSA was about 1000. However since the...
Nick our dads seem to have some similar patterns with this cancer. I read this forum and follow people everyday and only weigh in when I can offer info or need a question answered. It has been a huge...
Greeting all, it's been a while I sought out any advice, answers, or similar issues. My dad had been on zytiga for about 16 months with success PSA down toward 80 and then An increase up PSA 1100 or...
My dad started zytiga 4 months ago. His onc said the psa would rise before it goes down. That said it went from 180 to 174 to 168 to 112 this week. I did not expect that nice drop based on the months...
Jenny My dads PSA was about 765 when we stumbled on his cancer. The urologist freaked out bit his oncologist, whom he used successfully years previous for lung Ca didn't blink. His dr is a prostate...
Greetings all, it has been a while but I/we have been keeping up reading the forum daily. As I hope shows in the signature my dads psa has risen to 65 in say 6 months. Zytiga was scripted for him but...
Purgatory thanks for response he did not have pain when we discovered the psa at 765.... I found that to be strange an have wondered how things like tha play into gauging the strength o the disease...
Hope all is well with everyone out there!! Dad got his 3 month check up and he slipped backward a bit. His PSA went from around 4.6 to 9.5 since May... His ct scan was unremarkable. It did show his...
Gizzy thanks for the reply. Welcome also this is a great forum to s of info and truly good people!! Quick background on dad 7 years out from lung CA cut out upper 3rd of rt lung. He had no idea of...
Yup sanibel and captiva still known for the shells. Dad and I love the fishing my girls love the shelling!! Just a great layed back town. If you get down that way stay a day or two there very...
Thx for words of encouragement from all!! I will pass them on to dad he enjoys hearing from all. Purgatory and wings, to the traveling pain question. He would wake up with say aches in his shin Then...
Hi to all again Just posting my dads stats he was 1 year out from diagnosis at his last appointment June 1 ish. His PSA was down to 4.6 from the original 765. He has traveling pains not horrible, I...
Peter D you know your scotch stuff. My parents were given a bottle of scotch then 12 yrs old in 1960 it is still to be opened. Perhaps when the psa gets below 1 we can crack it open and see if it...
Dallas Steve he is working op to the faster pace, the COPD slowed his pace and the upper love removal 7 yrs ago from lung CA he now covers a mile in about 25 minutes. Peter disableard that is quite a...
Hey all just a quick update for my dad. He went back for his 3 month lupron and x geva cocktail last week. Hi psa continues to move down at a methodical rate- no complaints! Dad does get some moving...
I will make sure it gets brought up in February visit. He had his 3 month lupron late November. I will check his blood results tomorrow to to see if the testosterone is on there. I hope it is not an...
Hello to all again. I had a ?? That dad brought up somehow today. Again he is 8 months into ht treatment psa down 765 to 11. Dad said that he still gets the "morning wood" and is still able to "grow"...
He certainly has the aches and less flexibility. No other meds for any other health issues! Darn prostate what do we need it for anyway!!!(sarcasm)!! Thanks again for help!! Best to all!...
Thanks for the replies I had assumed it was an anomaly. He does have hot flashes and some weight gain for side effects. Happy holidays to all!!...
Hello again to all! Had a quick update and ?? My dad had his 6 month ck up had his psa down to 11 from 765. Got his lupron shot and xgeva. That was 2 weeks ago. This morning he woke up and could not...
Hi to all again out there. I was just updating my dad's stats after his latest dr. visit as well as a ?? Or two. His psa in the 6 months since diagnosis has gone from 765 to 16. Hot flashes are quite...
Hi to all long time follower first time poster. I will try to be brief with my story about his dx and leading up to it My dad 78 yrs. old was dx in April 2012 psa was 765. He is first of all a 7 yr...