He's already on Tamulosen -- that's the same as flomax, is it not? He had the catheter, so maybe he had the fiducials placed? He is a horrible historian and not at all curious -- so I guess I'll call...
And I completely agree. This has been a horrendous three weeks and weighing all of our quality of lives (qualities of life?) is not showing me any huge benefit. Obviously there are a few months left...
Gleason 7 (4+3) Taking it in preparation of SBRT...
My husband had one lupron injection in November. No issues until middle of January. I should note that he has always suffered from a bit of depression - taken prozac for a few years. In January he...
My husband went in last week for the CAT scan and had the 'targets' placed on his abdomen. Waiting for the call back to start the five treatments. A couple of questions for those of you who have gone...
This is the signature I created in profile, not sure why it didn't show up. Husband - Gil dx at 73 (09/17) Gleason 7 (4+3) 11 of 16 cores Loma Linda VA finasteride 5mg since 04/2017 timsulosin since...
My husband only has VA and Medicare -- which the VA bills of course. We are using the choice program for SBRT -- The VA is about 45 miles away and the cancer clinic is probably 60 miles away....
Met with the doctor at the cancer center the VA refers to. Went in thinking brachytherapy and left with the decision of SBRT and lupron. I'd rather he not do the lupron because he already has issues...
I never even thought of the City of Hope -- I will be investigating them tomorrow....
Thanks John T -- Rancho Mirage is going the right direction from Hemet -- way better trip than Pomona or Duarte. It's just so overwhelming -- I feel like we can just shop/research ourselves out of...
An update -- we're thinking we're going with bracytherapy. The VA doesn't do it at their centers so they referred us to Robert & Beverly Cancer Treatment Center in Pomona, CA. Anyboy by chance of any...
I'm sorry I think I misled in my post. We did sign up for Medicare when he was 65, but we've never used it. I realize that the VA bills Medicare -- or I assume they do -- but we've never used...
That you Tall Allen -- do I feel silly -- never noticed that photon vs proton. I guess what I mean by treatments is he gets the seeds inplanted for the LDR and then what? They just do their thing and...
I guess the photon answer was in response to my question about doing treatment across the street from the VA at Loma Linda University which I had read pioneered the type of photon therapy a friend of...
Found out the results of CAT and Bone scans today --- negative, so that's a relief. We think we want to go with brachytherapy altho the doctor told us today with his numbers it's likely he'll need...
For the record -- the reason for seeing PCP is just due to level of trust my husband has in her. After we get the results of the bone scan he's having on Thursday and the CAT scan he had last week,...
Thanks for clearing that up --- I was confused. I thought I had figured out what brachy was and then I saw the external radiation and thought I'd read it wrong. I think we're going for the brachy --...
What kind of qualifications are there for brachytherapy? Does the Gleason 7 rule that possibility out?...
That's my husband's philosophy as well. I think we've actually narrowed down a plan -- assuming no spread. We don't get the results of the CAT scan and bone scan until the 11th, but I think we're...
We're with the VA in Loma Linda, CA I'm not sure what all those signatures mean -- and I don't have his PSA numbers. They have gone over them with us before the biopsies -- using them to tell us that...
As to SBRT therapy -- we're VA patients, so I doubt it's available there. We're happy with the treatment at the VA -- have been going there for a decade now for one thing or another -- but new...
I may have the terminology all mixed up but 11 of the 16 slides showed the cancer. I don't know what cores refer to? I don't recall the PSA scores --- and he's taking two meds for problems with...
Just diagnosed last Tuesday at the VA. Gleason score is 7 (4+3) Scheduled for bone scan and CT scan in the next 10 days. Husband is 73 and in pretty good health other than slightly overweight and...