Hi Randy, Welcome to the club no one wants to join. You're in a great place for support and information. My two cents: My husband was dx Oct 2017, Stage IV, Gleason 9/10 (4+5), PSA 2.4. His PSA was...
Today is my husband's last radiation treatment (38 of them!). After 8 months of intensive treatment, including the radiation, 6 rounds of Taxotere and ongoing Lupron, I am happy to say he has...
Kathy, Praying for comfort for you and your family as you process this news. Hoping for peace in the days to come....
My husband was diagnosed 10/17, G9, lymph nodes involved but no bone mets. No surgery for him. Just completed 6 rounds of Taxotere, on Lupron and getting ready to start radiation in about 6 weeks....
Thanks, Cyclone and Allen for weighing in. Looks like my hubby will start radiation end of April. We meet with the RO beginning of April to find out exactly what we're in for, but looks like it will...
We will not know the radiation plan yet, but it will be at Kaiser in Anaheim. They have a comprehensive radiation oncology center there. We met with the radiation oncologist in October at our initial...
Just checking in here. Finished 6 rounds of chemo (Round 6 was 3/2/18), and luckily my husband tolerated the chemo pretty well overall. Lots of body aches, some nausea, bad fatigue, but overall he...
First round of Taxotere went well. Husband has been tired, was foggy for about 3 days, but the worst has been the muscle pain. Especially down his back. It seems to be better when he moves than when...
Thank you, Cyclone, thank you, thank you! I am the wife of the fighter, but I will pass on all of this GREAT info to him. I read the thread about Taxotere Side Effects, and passed those phenomenal...
Thanks Fairwind. There were no cores as my husband did not have a needle biopsy. He had a surgical biopsy and they sampled two pieces of the tumor, both of which came back 5+4. Surgery is not an...
Thanks, Allen, for the great information. The one thing I keep coming back to is the very low PSA in my husband's case. The studies you presented all indicate PSA >20. My husband's is 2.5. The...
So we met with the tumor board and geneticist this week. All docs concurred that they are "concerned" with the very low PSA (2.5) and very high Gleason 9 (5+4). All three docs (MO, UO and RO) concur...
I am an insurance broker, so we are already planning on purchasing a PPO plan (in addition to the Kaiser) during open enrollment to have in our back pocket. We believe Kaiser is on the right path for...
Thanks Tall Allen and Fairwind for the input. Much appreciated. No mets at this point, only one lymph node involved. But the tumor was at the top of the prostate, at the bladder neck, which I...
My husband is recently DX with PCa (this month), has already started ADT (Casodex - first Lupron injection was today). Tentative treatment plan is also to include chemo (Taxotere) and radiation. We...
Thank you Peanut for the encouraging news! I have delved pretty deep into researching this already, and it seems in cases like ours treatment is trending toward more aggressive out of the gate. I...
My husband is recently DX (this month), has already started ADT (Casodex - first Lupron injection tomorrow). Tentative treatment plan is chemo (Taxotere) and radiation. We meet with a team of three...
Guess I am the most recent to join this club ... my husband, age 49, was diagnosed on 10/3/17 with PC, G9 (5+4), PSA 2.5, T4 N1 M0. He started HT this week (Casodex), will get his first Lupron...
Thanks for the encouraging stories. My husband, age 49, was diagnosed just over a week ago, G9 (5+4), PSA was 2.2 in June 2017 and is now 2.5, T4N1M0. We are scared but ready to fight. This seems to...