Hello to everyone. My dad passed away. It has been a difficult time for all the family. Seen him in pain and could do nothing. We couldn't afford more treatement for him after chemotherapy has...
My dad has been experiecibg very deep pain in his jaw. And numbness in his lower lip after 1st infusion of zometa. A consultation with a dentist confirmed that he has osteonecrosis of jaw. And...
Thank you everyone for all your helpful answers. It means too much....
Thanka everyone for your quick response. My dad is on 60mg morphine. Zytiga is very expensive and no one can afford it . so he has no treatement and looks like his oncologist is runing out of...
My dad is in too much pain. He is on morphine now. It's making him weak and no energy. His psa is rising ut over 200 now and he has no treatement plan at the moment. He had too many docatxel...
Hi everyone. This is an update on my dad s situation. As i said before he is in so much pain. His psa has risen to 200 and chemo no more works. Scan showed metastas to ribs.shoulders and skull. His...
My dad is from morocco. I am in uk but don't think he can benefit from free NHS here in uk. I have asked before in here if there is guys from uk and if there is any foundations that can help him but...
Thank you everyone for the quick response. The pain my dad is describing as a depe pain in his hips and legs and goes up to his shoulders and jaw. He said that he can not feel his lower jaw. It s...
Hi . my dad started experiencing pain all over his body and mouth numbness. He had his 2nd zometa injection last week. His psa is up to 195 . no pain killer is working. What could be done please....
Hi everyone, My dad psa has jumped to 190. He stoped having chemo as it's not working.his oncologist offering a treatement that will cost 1000£ a month that he can't affored. He will be visiting me...
Thank you Allen . i will ask my dad to mention what you said to his doctor. And hopefuly they get him the right treatement....
Allen, he is in Morocco.zometa is available there. I think zytiga is available there too. Should the chemo be stoped if the psa keeps going up? He has been on docetaxel for the last 6 months. Psa was...
He just remainded his doctor that he had orchiectomy. She asked him to repeat the psa test and go back to see her next week . and go from there. His last psa test was one month ago and it has raisen...
Thanks everyone for your quick response. He has seen this doctor a few times and she has his file on the system. He told her that he was on casodex before and his doctor asked him to stop it before...
Hi everyone.as u see fromm the signature my dad has been goinh through many treatment. And now is on docetaxel.chemo. His psa has rised to 62 . he had a meeting with an oncologist today and she said...
hi everyone. i am looking for advuce please my dad has benn on docetaxel chemoterapy for almost 12 months now. his last psa was 12 than it raised to 28 and now it's 62 do you know what should be...
Thank you beth for your kind words,it means a lot. We don't have a current Psa, his oncologist recommended to wait 4 weeks after the last docetaxel whitch he just had last week 3/3 .and than have a...
Hi Beth, he can walk to the bathroom but can't stand for a long time or sit he just want to lie down, he has no energy or power even to cut a piece of bread. He is taking some medication for the...
Hi everyone, My dad still in bed he can't walk or even sit after the third round of docetaxel. The pain is still there it was worse after 2th infusion of zometa. Now he is feeling really weak and...
Thank you, i was just wondering if it get easier with each infusion or it will have the same side effects every time?...
Hi everyone, My dad has his 2th infusion of zometa last week and since then he didn't leave the bed, bone pain and feeling tired. He couldn't sleep one night from severe legs and back pain. Now the...
Thank you Allen,...
Thank you andrew we really hope that radiation will help with pain casper,i will find out if xofigo is availabe there, thank you Michael i hope that you continue to see improvement too,thank you...
Hi everyone, My dad still in pain,he just had a zometa infusion 2 days ago,his both legs hurts a lot,deep pain in both legs. He will be having spot radiation in two weeks time, he is on docetaxel now...
Thank you so much for all of you for being here in every time i need help and advice, My dad has an appointment with his doctor and he will ask for spot radiation. I will get back to you guys once my...
Hi everyone. My dad has just started decotaxel And zometa, he had hos first docetaxel and zometa 4 weeks ago but he can't see any relief from the pain even with pain killer. He has pain on his lower...
Logo, thanks for the clarification, my father is working with his oncologist and i am trying to get more informations from you guys so i can explain to him more about his condition. I wish you a long...
Thank you Dough, i hope that you won't need any further treatment for mAny many years...
Don can you check my signature please , thank you...
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Allen is DES the same as Casodex? Please guys i need your help dad is starting a new treatement and need to know if his oncologist is doing the right thing for him? Or does he need to seek a second...
Hi guys hope you can give me more informations on the condition of my dad and if he is doing the right thing. Many thanks...
Hi arthur i am taking note of what you have mentioned and will pass it to my dad,thank you logo, what do you mean by provenge please? Thank you...
Hi, i have posted before about my dad condition, after ups And downs , this month PSA came at 4,5 it 's a jump from 1,69 in 3 months, he repeated ct scan and MRT that still showed the spot at the...
Thank you so much for your quick replies, Lapilot he wasn't checking his testosterone level when he was on Zoladex , the doctor was just monitoring his Psa. Lupronjim , my dad is in Morocco and he...
Hi, i have posted here before about my dad who has been on zoladex for almost 2 years, which kept his psa undetectable , and than because of financial issue we had to look for alternative. He spoke...
Thank you so much Peter for your support, my dad is going tomorow to see his doctor. David, thanks for taking time to read my post,Glad to know that you spent some time in Rabat :-) I wish you a long...
Hi everyone. I went to see my dad.his back is giving him a lot of pain.his doing too many scans. Some for the stomach and MRI . His oncologist put him on cosadex and Psa dropped to 0.75 I just don't...
No I am in London...
Thank you so much Peter. God bless you all...
BB_Fan I was smiling reading your message. Thank you....
Hi peter.when psa started rising he did a testesterone test and the result was 0.95 .His doctor put him on casodex and asked for scans . So just the doctor who performed the scan told him that...
Hi. Thanks for your answer. My dad is now 61 years old. His psa before surgery was 12 with a gleason score of 8 (4+4) . His pathology report showed a positif margins in both sides with clear lympes...
Hi, my dad had removal of the prostate on 2011 followed by radiation therapy and hormone therapy. The dotcor said that he has to have the zoladex every 3 months for the rest of his life. He asked for...
Thanks for all your answers, my main concern is the raised PSA. what do you think about it? your opinions please....
No he didn't have his testesterone level checked...
Hi everyone, my dad had a surgery to remove his prostate in 2011,his PSA post surgery was 0.59 ,he is gleason is 8(3+5) he started radiation therapy with hormones zoladex+casodex, after he finished...
story of [color=#000000][3]Jack Grafing , North california In 1996 I was diagnosed with a Gleason 9 prostate cancer tumor and told nothing could be done to save me so I should get my affairs in...
thank u guys, just chocked of the high reading, we had a big hope that the psa will drop after the 0.51 3months after surgery, but 1.59 1month after the first reading was a huge surprise, i just feel...
hi guys, my dad had his first psa test after surgery whitch came back at 0.51 his doctor suggested to repeat the test in 1 month time. so today he did a second psa test the resukt came this afternoon...