Throughout the course of my treatments, I had a total of just two Lupron injections, one 30-day dosage (just prior to low-dose brachytherapy), followed by a single 90-day dosage (just prior to IMRT...
I was diagnosed with a fairly aggressive case of PC at age 66 in early 2018, with a Gleason score of 9 and a relatively high PSA of 70. I underwent immediate treatment first with Casodex (to block...
No, you're absolutely right, they're not, and I'm not getting paid to educate the masses here either, which I've been busy doing for days now, but do tell - how can I improve my overall "nice-ness"...
Thank you, and I'm glad that he had little or no side effects. However, this discussion is about the triple-play and 'overlap' radiation, and its potential to cause added side effects. Since your...
John, Thanks for continuing to participate here, and I agree completely. I'm very happy with my choice of RO, and I have nothing but total confidence in him and the likely outcome of things. I'm...
Well, there you have it! With Cs-131 seeds, you had 90% dissipation of the total radiation administered by Day-33, so you probably had a minimal amount of overlap, but not too bad. Did you...
Doh!!! This discussion just continues to 'astound' me! Over this past week, everyone and his uncle here have erroneously jumped to the assumption that I believe in and "prefer" a particular order to...
Thank you, Fauntleroy. I'm sorry to hear that LDR-brachy was a struggle for you, but yeah, as I understand it, urinary issues and prostate size can both play a definite role in qualifying for...
Excellent. Thank you for the added info. With 50% more energy and 50% shorter half-life, Cs-131 seeds would have far less emissions at 90-days out than would Pd-103 seeds. In fact, they're...
Ding-ding-ding. We have a winner! Thank you F8! You're representative of the treatment group that I've been hoping to hear from. If its not too presumptuous of me, can I ask you a couple of key...
Forget "tea". Got seeds?? No, apparently not....
Thanks John, and yes, I'm aware of that advantage. However, on your other point, are you saying that you personally had LDR-BT 'before' EBRT? It seems so from your posting, but you have no signature...
No. I don't want (or need) to talk to "brachy" people. It has been made perfectly and "repeatedly" clear from the outset that I wanted to hear from "LDR brachy" people (seed people, not HDR...
O.K., so, I want to start-off by thanking the moderators (particularly Tudpock and Pratoman) for graciously unlocking this thread late yesterday. I didn't ask them to do so, but unlike many here, I...
TA, How does this purported limitation of "what one practitioner believes" differ from what you believe? You're both one person, right? You're both entitled to an opinion. He's a perfectly...
JNF, Thank you for your comments. Although it may not be well-established in terms of published literature, if there is in-fact a difference, I wouldn't expect that it would apply to HDR (only LDR),...
Jim, I have no issue whatsoever with your need or right to edit things on occasion, nor do I take issue with any of the specific edits that you've already conducted here, but it would be awfully...
Ed! Thank you for your response. Could you please clarify for me and the others whether your BT was LDR or HDR? Thanks again....
Yeah, I'm with you there, Pratoman, but I was kinda wondering where you moderator folks were 12-hours ago?...
Well sir, I respect and value your right to an opinion, and I've definitely got some anxiety - I'll give you that. It was posted for the greater readership here, in hopes of getting feedback from...
Yeah, I'm sure he'll see this at some point, and I'm hoping he'll respond. He's definitely very knowledgable about it....
There are others who will likely respond to this thread too, but I'm in the process of coordinating radiation treatments right now, including 5-6 weeks of twenty-eight (28), consecutive, daily IMRT...
Michael, Thank you for that! That is most interesting. Are you aware of anyone else (like you), who may have had the BT first? In particular, are you aware of anyone else like you who was treated...
Greetings to All! This particular topic of treatment coordination (or scheduling) of radiation events continues to trouble me somewhat. As many of you already know, my RO has proposed a three-pronged...
RobLee, I'm on Day-4 of my first Lupron injection and haven't yet had any notable side effects above and beyond those typically associated with the Casodex, including any hot flashes, so I can't...
Mark, I'm in agreement with you and some of the others here that another biopsy is probably well-warranted, and yet, I can certainly understand the concerns of some (including my own urologist), who...
Ah-haa! Too funny. "Over-thinking"? "Over-worrying"? Me????? No doubt! The unchained mind is a terrible thing to witness. Just ask TA. I can literally 'over-think' something right into the depths of...
CA, Yay!!! Much like the others here, I've been following your journey closely and I'm psyched to hear that you've finally been given the final go-ahead on the 'triple-play'. I know how much you...
Man, I sure hope so! But I gotta admit, I remain a tad skeptical at this early stage. Its only Day-2 at this point, but no soreness at the injection site (none whatsoever), no noticeable bump or...
UPDATE: I want to try and keep this thread as complete and thorough as possible for others who might view it in the future, so I'm going to add another small piece of information that just came to...
My thanks to each and every one who responded here. This is precisely the kind of detailed information that I was hoping for, so I'm very grateful to everyone who took the time to reply. When it...
Then he is most fortunate and a perfect candidate for the triple-play (IMRT+ BBT+ADT)....
Some people are a puzzle, a riddle and an enigma, rolled into one. I'm neither of those, but to the frustration of many, I'm a fanatic, a perfectionist and a purist, so I research EVERYthing and I...
Andrew, Thanks very much for your response. Basically, I've kinda been thinking along the same lines as your recommendation (i.e., staying at least a day and two nights after the procedure). The ROs...
This whole subject is of interest to me. Months before my one and only biopsy (which led to my diagnosis earlier this year), I had expressed concern to my urologist that my testicles both seemed...
Hyderhari, Welcome to the forum and I'm sorry to hear about your dad's recent diagnosis, but don't despair. This recent news and his prognosis for the future are nowhere near as dismal as it may...
Greetings, LDR-BBT has been scheduled for me in the next couple of months, so I'm trying to do my homework on it now, in terms of what to expect, and I'm hoping to get some feedback from others...
Thanks Redwing! Yeah, this is one of those rare times when I'm actually 'wishing' for obvious side effects, in hopes that it will confirm the presence of Lupron. Like you, the actual injection (the...
O.K., so, I received (or at least I 'think' I received?) my first 90-day Lupron injection yesterday? I say I "think" because my local hospital that adminsitered it, is the same misfit group that...
Anthro, I hope some others will also pipe-in here, but I'd suggest asking your doc (RO or MO?) why they feel the need for continued ADT after the completion of Brachy and EBRT. Ask him what evidence...
Thanks TA. As feared, it sounds like it's nothing more than an additional source of continued uncertainty, and although it appears to be a rather routine measure for all of his 'new' PCa patients,...
Great! All these months of back-and-forth discussion about 'false negative' imaging scans including speculation about whether distant micro-metastasis may (or may not) have occurred in my case, and...
Here's a graph of the 6-month Lupron version showing it's affect on testosterone level. https://images.rxlist.com/images/rxlist/lupron-depot5.gif I think the 3-month & 1-month versions probably work...
Dang! I wouldn't have thought it would take a full month for the Lupron to become active. I was hoping to get off Casodex within 7-10 days, and I was also hoping to do the 30-day Lupron for my first...
Happy Sunday to all! I'll try to keep this brief, but I thought I'd post a quick update on the side effects of 50mg daily Casodex and its continued impacts on my total PSA. I've been on it now for...
Fairwind, It's off-topic somewhat, but I'm curious . . . your signature area states that your CT/PET scan of 11/2017 was "clear", yet it also states that there were "4 new bone mets". Could you...
Um, who is "he" or "him" (the RO or the MO)? And where exactly did you see or feel that I was "questioning" him? I'm not "questioning" or doubting anyone. The RO doesn't believe there's sufficient...
Yup, for what its worth, I'm with TA and your Offensive Coach on both scores . . . Zytiga and RT for the hip met, now! Don't even let it up for air....
It occurs to me that there are one or two other key pieces to this puzzle that I should consider including at this point for added clarity. First, when I was initially diagnosed, the preliminary...
Thank you! Not sure that I'm ready for any 'unproven therapies', but I can certainly investigate that....