Update Now 2023 August My body has remained clear of any cancer and PSA is <0.1, Testosterone 0. Still taking my daily pills and 3 monthly injection Rise in cholesterol happens due to a side effect...
Update :June 22 PSA rose to 1.4 and tests were carried out to locate lesions, CT, Pet etc. Review meetings changed to bimonthly after radiation on 2 small lesions on clavicle and spine reduced PSA....
new treatments PLUVICTO and lutetium-177-PSMA-617, or LuPSMA, New on the scene so hope not jumping on toes. First treatment matches your case as a hunt and find treatment. Read up on them and discuss...
Limit drinking to less than 2 glasses a day or none if having radiation treatment appears to be ok . Or go zero alcohol versions mostly. Plenty of good ones about. Avoid grapefruit juice. Seems to be...
After 2 mastercised small tumors removed psa >0.1. But you read psa can be deceptive. What is the truth. Get scans ever 2 months plus drugs....
Hang in there. I had bracytherapy and external beam, psa 57 gleason 7. On completion Bicalutamida followed by injection every 6 months of Eligard semestral when completed the pills, psa dropped to...
Update Latest blood test shows another modest drop in cholesterol to just above the max norms, started taking statin pills at night as common view is they work better if taken at night. Recently...
update 26 May 22 PSA has now reduced from 0.2 to 0.1 and cholesterol is showing signs of reducing with statins.Most showing 10% reduction.No problems....
what wonderful results. We have another weapon in the armory. Impressive PSA reductions to say the least....
thanks. some progress....
Update 21May 22. Review meeting today indicates PSA has again dropped by 0.01 to 0.2 from 0.21 in 1 month but cholesterol still too high. So starting on Atorvastatina (Statin) 20mg to see if can...
Thanks for reply. I keep this post updated because many may be terrified of Prostate Cancer and its blogs like this that have helped me track others and self inform on the journey and many have very...
Latest update, Blood test after completion of 10 radiation sessions and 8 weeks of erleada pills show PSA is now 0.2. However bad Cholesterol has jumped up to over 300 and is either a false report or...
Apparently already approved in USA for targeting prostate cancer that has mastitised into bones. Anyone had this treatment ? The results look very promising....
Started external beam radiation 8-10 sessions from today (weekends off) to attack the two tumor spots. Took about 20 mins. No of sessions may be less than 10....
On 17th Feb I will have 2 gold fiducual markers inserted to the D1 vertebra to assist in the direct location of the tumor. Then a week later 5 or 6 directed radiation sessions at clavicle and...
I am based at Altea, 8 km North of Benidorm. I am a Spanish resident and being treated via the SIP National Health system. All radiology activity is sent to the Clinica benidorm as the centre of...
TAC scan scheduled 11th Feb at main hospital...
will know about radiation process 11 Feb....
Update: Injection after 3 months, then every 6 months of Eligard Trimestral to continue Started on Calcium +D3 daily 1500mg, 400 UI (d3) Apalutamida (Erleada 60mg) 4 pills a day to take at once,...
I am being prescribed the drug Apalutamida. from Feb. Followup of radiation treatment also to attack the two locations. Must not take any alcohol ever with this drug as it stops its effect....
Update oncologist meeting 27th Jan. Then I can see what is mapped out for me....
Will know in few days when they have a review of situation with main hospital consultants what follow up treatments to do. No doubt will start after they have given time for the testosterone blocking...
Read full update 4 Jan 2022 Summary after PETscan Bone skeleton showing two hypermetabd, lytic foci suggestive of bone metastases in the right vertebral hemibody of D'l (maximum SUV of 5.3) and in...
Update on Pet scan in full Placing me on 10 days of Bicalutamida followed by injection every 6 months of Eligard semestral when completed the pills, Review meeting with all the oncologists Thursday...
Thanks. Think a brief request for a review meeting would be in order and a new PSA test to see if its calmed down etc. Could be inflamed I suppose. Would that show up on a scan ?...
Update Well after a MRI scan, CT scan and finally a PETScan a month later 22 Nov they have not contacted me for 6 weeks. The first 2 scans only showed very light lesions on shoulder where I had...
Thanks. What is apparent that in my case I have had no symptoms so this could have by now ravaged my body, which goes to show just how valuable the PSA test is becoming at identifying trends even at...
PETscan date arriving soon, just been advised. All experts agree to discover what the 2 spots really are. Both less than 5mm. Probably another PSA as well I guess. I can certainly request one....
22 Sept 2021 Latest on the MRI and CT scans as PSA jumped in 3 months from.08 to 3.95. Scans of all major organs and prostate area all prove clear. Small 5mm nodule in liver but no evidence of...
Things move fast in Spain, CAT scan (x-ray) 15 Sept and Bone scan (Nuclear) 16th Sept, results dated 22 Sept. Will update. 2 weeks from last review to scans on Spanish Health Service.....
Scans pretty soon I think, they advised will call with dates probably for late Sept or October in next 2 weeks. Costs need to be signed off. But they see no issues. Work with main hospital very...
Initial detection was at June 2018. With hormone blocking and Bracytherapy so few years down the line....
The oncologist says that the jump is too quick and high to ignore and needs to see if its is a bounce or something occurring. therefore scheduling for MRI, CT scan , bone desity, bloods etc in next...
update .Recent PSA now jumped from 0.8 to 3.94 yesterday taken 3 months apart. 3rd Sept 21 Now being scheduled for all the scans in near future. DR. seems to think its worth investigating to see if...
So all going well after external beam and bracytherapy, plus hormone blockers alongside from PSA of 57, down to 0.02 PSA for 3 years. No external to prostate cancer but one side aggressive. 17...
As a follow on, I also had the full scans, CT, MRI and a targeting scan for lasers before radiation to create 3d model for targeting and for bracytherapy. I am being treated in Spain, where I live....
thanks for reply. I dont think any radiation of nodes took place but the notes below: notes say irradiate a volume that covers initially the entire prostate, seminal vesicles with margins and...
Treatment External radiotherapy , 50.4 Gy and high rate Bracytherapy, a fraction of 15 Gy, complete hormonal block for 2 years....
Prostate adenocarcinoma stage T3b (extracapular involvement and right seminal vesicle (T3b tumor had grown into a seminal vestile.No evidence of metastasis in bone or other organs, Biopsys...
My story started at 14 July 2017 with a blood test at 65 of age for psa, no symptoms. A large PSA of 57 moved me to a biopsy and immediate use of hormones to lower testosterone levels after...