You are lucky you were able to find an MO who would prescribe and administer BAT therapy...I never could find one in Denver......
My PSA at the moment is 3600. It has been as high as 3800..My cancer is still confined to my bones. I have no bone pain or any other pain..I have had 11 or 12 different treatments and therapies in my...
[b] I will be first on line.....
90% of the scripts issued by VA doctors are delivered by mail..Very few problems.. They ask you to request re-fills at least 10 days in advance to cover possible shipping delays..Some high-value or...
I had a similar problem and it turned out to be a bladder stone found by a 'scope exam...Stone removed (using the 'scope) and problem went away......
40%, some say 50% of the people who have tested positive for Covid for whatever reason NEVER have any symptoms....So, to my way of thinking, you can reduce the number of reported infections as...
I recently completed the Vision Trial and received 6 rounds of LU-177 spaced 6 weeks apart..At first, the results were dramatic..After the first 3 treatments, my PSA had gone from 2300 to 185. But...
Gleason 9 is deadly...Hit it as hard as you can with everything that's available to you...In many places, finding a good brachy RO can be difficult...If they can't do it, they won't recommend it.....
If you are not seeing a MO, I would start seeing one...Also, check back in with your RO...Another doubling or two, you need to get back on ADT..Also maybe time for a fresh set of scans (bone and...
Cabotaxel can be rough..Try Jevtana (Cabazitaxel) For me, it worked better with far fewer side-effects.....
2.2, 2.0, 1.6, I'd say steady as she goes for now..Biopsies are not risk-free and those numbers don't justify one.....
It's still to early to call it a failure...But maybe some scans will be next to try and spot any mets......
At diagnosis, what was his Gleason score ? 8, 9 or 10 is a whole different animal than Gleason 6 or a soft 7....(3+4)...
With a PSA of 3.4, they should be able to spot to location of the met(s) using one of today's sensitive scans. With that knowledge you can look at a more focused treatment, like SBRT.. Just a...
Lynparza is a PARP inhibitor, one of the new genetically targeted treatments..I've been on it now for 2 weeks.. To early to tell if it's working..I'm running out of options....I did get a good...
If all your mets are confined to your bones, you may have a couple of more shots left in your gun before you go into hospice..R-223 and Lu-177 come to mind..Also, have you done any genetic work-ups...
This won't end until 40% of the population has been infected and recovered or 40% of the population has been vaccinated.. Methods in place today are designed to SLOW the rate of infection to the...
Plan 1 is valid as long as your PSA stays below 1.0.. Should that threshold be crossed, you will have to move on to plan 2.....
This thread was started 7 years ago...HK4376 never returned......
Your Dad is 75 years old now, correct ? As far as chemo, you might try Cabazitaxel (Jevtana) as an alternative to Dosetaxel. Caba worked well for me, gave me a good year with few side-effects...Your...
There are several pathways to obtain expensive drugs without being forced into bankruptcy.. There are "Co-pay Foundations" that will cover the co-pay 100% They are online or you can ask the...
Just a note..If the side-effect from the Cabaztaxel becomes unmanageable, you might try Jevtana, a similar compound that worked better for me all around..Better response, fewer side-effects.....
The U.S. Treasury can't afford to put 100 million people on unemployment for very long...We can't just keep printing money and handing it out....In my opinion, Covid-19 has such a very low death rate...
You would do well not to put to much faith in any of the C-19 numbers being tossed out, regardless of their source..There is just too much bad information out there.....
I had a PSMA scan to qualify me for the Vision trial..The radioactive tracer they use (Ga-68) has a VERY short half life..Something like 68 minutes ? So it has to be made nearby the site where it...
I sleep on a large waterproof pad that prevents a "little accident" from turning into a complete disaster....Booze and fatigue are contributors..Maybe tea, too......
I agree with Alephnull, save your money on the scans at this point.. Have you considered adding Lupron to your treatment ? Give the Casodex a little help.....
I can't add much to this, the guys above me have said it all..RIP Rocky.......
Keytruda only works if your cancer has a certain genetic (rare) makeup. Without that it's a waste of time. It's also very expensive..The problem today with most immunotherapy is that in many cases...
The ADT treatment he is receiving can also be called chemical castration and it's side effects are what you would expect from that...The first to appear are usually hot flashes and fatigue along with...
Once again, the mice are rejoicing.....
A huge number of people in this country and many other countries die from gunshot wounds.. Nine Billion people now swarming over the planet, stripping its resources, fighting for some sort of decent...
Windows 7 is okay, but anything above that, Microsoft owns it and you...I don't own a Smart Phone yet but I don't know how long I can hold out..There's this glow all around me....Look ! It's coming...
While the aneurism might blow tomorrow it may never rupture and kill him..In many cases, most cases, ADT can bring on a dramatic improvement in his PSA and tumor burden. From 700 down to 10 or less...
You're supposed to buy a new one every year..Or at the minimum every two years. And all the things you once got for free you are now expected to pay for..You mean your old XP computer is now...
You probably told them more than they needed to know.. You should be aware that Medicare, all forms of Medicare, will cover Emergency medical care anywhere in the world.. So it's unlikely your Dad...
Few patients are issued written paper prescriptions anymore. 90% of the time, the doctors office just phones them in to the pharmacy with all the necessary coding in place. You just walk up to the...
Uros and MO's fight like dogs and cats for PC patients business..Did you have a Prostatectomy and was it performed by this uro ? If you had SRT then his surgery failed and from now on a MO should be...
I read the link you posted SS, VERY interesting....It's interesting to note that Endocyte / Novartis is a major funder and contributor of these Australian trials and studies.. Australian doctors have...
When you get down near true undetectable, ALL the tests seem to "drift" around a little. Background noise. The uPSA test (0.000) tends to float around from test to test, meaningless numbers really,...
I hate to bring this up but make sure your Dad's health insurance is up to the task your dad is facing.. You don't want any nasty surprises later on..Find out what your co-pays and deductibles are...
The medical fraternity is a little leery of injection powerful and dangerous radio-pharmaceuticals into your body at an early stage of treatment hoping that it will extend your life for a few months...
Your PSA is abnormally high. SOMETHING is causing this. Urologists get paid to find out what the problem is. It took them three biopsies before they found mine.. Ask that your next biopsy be MRI...
Yes, find out as soon as you can if brachy and IMRT combo is still an option....To me, that MRI report suggests the horse may have left the barn but I'm not a doctor.....
Tailguy gave you good advise ...Have your MO or GP check your PSA every 4 or 6 months for a while. You can even do this on your own, most labs accept walk-ins and you don't need a prescription..As...
These radio-pharmaceutical treatments are usually reserved for stage 4 terminal PC patients who have failed both ADT and chemo. The mortality rate for this group is high and few live more than 5...
A more effective radio-pharmaceutical is Lu-177, not approved in this country but available in Germany for several years.. $7500 cash per treatment plus travel expenses..You must test PSMA positive...
Call your insurance company and ask them for a list of anesthesiologists who are in your network. Armed with that information, find one that is accredited at the hospital where the surgery will be...
RO's get paid by how many treatments they perform. So 40 treatments is far more profitable than 5 treatments..Paxton brings up a good point. Maybe your RO does not have access to the equipment...
There is probably a way to harvest sperm from men with no prostate gland.. When considering clinical trials, be sure to read the fine print very carefully...They can be full of catch 22's that...