Thank you for your response....
Is there anyone with stent placed for 60 to 70% LAD calcified stenosis?...
Recently, I was diagnosed with "The proximal to mid LAD across the diagonal branch has 60 to 70% calcified stenosis with 50% ostial diagonal disease". I want to hear about treatment options....
I started taking abiraterone (4x250 mg) and prednosone (5 mg) this morning. When do I expect for the side effects to start? Immediate or later?...
The data is not exponential growth....
Since November 2018 I have been on Lupron with a 9 month break. Instead of gaining any weight, I have lost about 10 lbs. Is losing weight unusual during ADT?...
When you go on ADT for prostate cancer treatment, the goal is bring down testosterone to castrate level ( < 50 ). Prostate cancer cells need testosterone to survive and spread. I am surprised that...
In November 2019, I started break from ADT treatment for my lymph node metastatic prostate cancer. Here is the history of PSA and Testosterone(T) since then November 2019 PSA 0.06 February 28, 2020...
My PSA lab today 0.453 increasing from 0.135 on March 1, 2020....
As you can see from my signature, I was diagnosed with Gleason 3 + 3 prostate cancer in February 2011. I had brachytherapy 1n June 2011. From October 2016 to April 2017 I had cyberknife + Lupron for...
alephnull thanks for the response. In my case, I was on Lupron + Casodex from November 2018 to September 2019 (last lupron shot). By the time my 3 month Lupron ran its course my PSA one to down to...
I am curious to know from people who went on on ADT vacation how fast their PSA rose as T started rising....
In October-November 2018, PET/CT scan and biopsy of a lymph node confirmed metastatic prostate cancer in about 10 pelvic and abdominal lymph nodes. Started Lupron + Casodex in November 2018. By...
I started Lupron + Casodex for my lymph node metastasis ( 10 pelvic and abdominal nodes) in November 2018. After one year, I am on ADT vacation from November 2019 stopping both Lupron and Casodex....
I had brachytherapy in 2011 and reached a PSA nadir of 0.1. Unfortunately, my PSA started rising in 2016. When it reached 1.5 (below 2 + Nadir PSA formula), biopsy and MRI established an extra...
When you are on Lupron Testosterone drops and lack of Testosterone kills hormone-sensitive prostate cancer cells. How long should Lupron to kill all the hormone-sensitive prostate cancer cells?...
Please don't compare Covid-19 with ordinary flu. If USA didn't implement social distancing and stay home, the death toll from Covid-19 might have exceeded 2 or 3 million. Americans are obeying all...
With very high PSA and extensive bone metastasis, treatment with Lupron only may not be good idea. Adding Zytiga or Chemo could be a good idea. A full body bone scan and PET/CT scan would be...
The hospital I had Lupron shot billed medicare over $15000 for each shot. However, medicare paid only about $600, which the hospital accepted without charging me anything. This is a crazy way of...
The rule of nadir + 2 for recurrence after radiation treatment is a general formula used by many. In my case, I reached a nadir of 0.1 after brachytherapy for Gleason 3 + 3 cancer. Five years after...
PSA 4.0 is simply a reference point. When my PSA rose from 2.0 to 3.4 over a period of about 2 years, my primary care doctor referred me to an urologist. A biopsy found Gleason 3 + 3 prostate cancer...
Two years after I had brachytherapy for low volume Gleason 3 + 3 prostate cancer, my RO told me "You are cured". I objected by saying "You mean I am in remission". Guess what, in 2016 my cancer came...
All my life I have been eating bitter gourd. My Gleason 3 + 3 (biopsy) treated with brachytherapy in 2011 is now metastatic with many lymph node involvement. I don't believe in any form of natural...
I was diagnosed with Gleason 3 + 3 prostate cancer with 10% of 2/12 core. It was low volume low grade cancer. I went for seed implant. I had extra-prostatic recurrence in 2016, treated with...
RT often have the tendency to brush away any increase in PSA after radiation treatment as a PSA bounce. It happened to me twice. In 2011, I had brachytherapy in June 2011 for Gleason 3 + 3 prostate...
ADT side effects can vary from person to person. But often it is so much hyped up that some people try to avoid ADT even though it can be essential for their treatment. I have been on ADT for nine...
I was 70 when diagnosed with Gleason 3 + 3 prostate cancer in 2011. I had brachytherapy but the cancer came back in the form of an extra-capsular mass in 2016, which probably resulted from a Gleason...
it is one month since I started taking Casodex and 17 days since first Lupron shot. Now I am having hot flashes regularly. Every day when I get up from bed I have an episode like clockwork. Somedays...
If you want to argue whether, a G6 cancer can or cannot metastasize, please start a new thread....
halbert, In my case, the URO did the initial diagnosis and the RO that treated me with brachytherapy should have advised me to go for second opinion on the biopsy and recommended further testing. On...
If the billing amount means nothing, then why bill insane amounts....
In 2017, I had Lupron shots in an URO's office. Medicare was billed around $2000 and Medicare paid about a quarter of that. This time I had the shot in a hospital. Medicare was billed about $16000...
If a person's T is close to low normal, it is possible for hot flushes can start just a few days after the first Lupron shot. Before I had the Firmagon and Lupron shots in 2016, I did not know what...
In 2016, I had three months of Firmagon followed by six months of Lupron as part of cyberknife treatment of my prostate cancer recurrence. Within four or five days of first Firmagon shot I started...
We sometime forget that how a 92 year old decides to treat or not to treat his prostate cancer is entirely his business. Some of us dealing with metastatic prostate cancer want to see our...
If the URO is keeping track of PSA, he must have enough data to calculate PSADT. There are online PSADT calculators that can calculate if you provide two or more PSA data with dates. If the PSADT is...
bucky24, At the moment, your PSA is rising very slowly. Perhaps, you should have PSA test every three or six months to see the trend. In my case, you may have noticed that my PSA increased from...
How can you have some healthy prostate tissue after prostate removal?...
What do you mean by Lupron Flu? In 2017, I had two three months Lupron shots after three months of Firmagon. Because of Firmagon I was already having hot flushes. This time I had the first Lupron...
mattamx, It is very tough luck facing lifelong prostate cancer treatment at such an early age. I hope there would be better treatment options in the near future to put your cancer in permanent...
In 2011, when I was diagnosed with low volume Gleason 3 + 3 prostate cancer and treated with brachytherapy, I did not think that I would be fighting the cancer again and again. First time in 2016...
VeroJim, If the PSA is higher than pre-treatment value, then it is not bounce. I was treated for Gleason 6 cancer in 2011 with seed implant. Then an extra-capsular recurrence was treated with ADT and...
In 2016, when I had the first Firmagon shot hot flushes started more or less immediately. I am sure my testosterone was much higher than castrate level at that point....
I am getting treatment from a MO specializing in prostate cancer....
In a previous post, I asked for side effects from Casodex. From the responses I had it appears that one should not expect side effects soon after starting Casodex. I have had Casodex for eight days...
I have started taking Casodex in preparation of Lupron shot on November 30. I like to hear about side effects from Casodex. How soon should hot flushes start after start?...
Probably a scan would be a good idea before biopsy....
I did nor consider surgery because of age related risks and because it appeared to be overkill for my low grade and low volume cancer....
There is no guarantee that the metastases are only in the only in the nodes that lighted up in the scan. Also the nodes are all over the pelvic region. We will look into radiation option. But now it...
My prostate cancer diagnosed Gleason 3 + 3 in 2011 and treated with brachytherapy in 2011 is now a metastatic disease with many lymph nodes involved. Today I took the first Casodex pill in...