Hi everyone, I just wanted to share my good news. My Dads PSA score has dropped from 29.8 to 3.6!!! He started hormone therapy in March. Thank you all forum for your encouragement and advice along...
Thank you Halbert, I haven't read much about mental decline as a HT side effect so thank you for mentioning. My Dad is mentally sharp and not your typical 87 year old so hoping for the best. We do...
Hi everybody, My Dad will be starting hormone therapy next week. He will be CAB for three months and if his psa doesn't drop he will start Lupron. Fingers crossed that the casodex will do the trick...
Hi everyone and thank you for your input. My dads aversion to hormone therapy are the possible side effects. He has read a lot about muscle atrophy, hot flashes breasts et al. He met with his Fla dr...
The medical profession want to treat my dad who is a healthy active 87 year old with radiation. His g score was 8-10 in two lobes and they are telling him if he doesn't act it will kill him quicker...
My dad is finally getting in to see his fla prostate Dr. on January 3rd. He is 87 and Gleason 8-9 effecting 2 lobes. Would proton radiation therapy be an option for him? He is dead set against ANY...
I would say my dad is chart 3. Weight trains, walks, bike rides. Diet ok (sugar and some crap) wouldn't say he is very over weight. Has some borderline thyroid stuff, (non medicating at this point)...
Thanks for your replies. The 6 months was just me wanting normalcy, not jumping into anything. Making sure he is sure. I have a "if it's not broke don't fix it "attitude but indeed we have a...
Hi everybody My dad is leaning towards starting radiation therapy in January. Because of the G8 and it's still being contained in the prostate he is thinking watchful waiting might give the cancer...
The nomogram link was great and I passed it on to my dad. Thank you, perspective is good...he hasn't made any decisions but gathering all the pieces. Thanks again!...
Thank you for all the information about treatment for an older man(87) Could someone translate cat scan result measurements for me? Prostate measures 4.3x5.7x4.4cm Hyperdense mass within the anterior...
Hi jack. Thank you for your thoughtful response and for all who have responded to my post. My dads last biopsy was in 2008 and was benign. Since then he has had fluctuating psa as follow: 2008 3.38...
Thank you all for your advice and sharing of your experiences. I am so grateful to have found this site. My dads Ct scan results came back negative! Just has the cancer in the two lobes of prostate....
My father a healthy 87 year old just got biopsy results Gleason score 8 (4/4) in 2 of 12 lobes. Bone scan clear...waiting on CT scan results. PSA 29. Would you recommend treatment? Dr. suggesting...