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Posted 18 Aug 2017 at 12:09

Can't answer your query Roy but want to wish you well. Hopefully the PSA rise is to be expected at this stage.

Good luck with the next round of chemo

Bri

User
Posted 18 Aug 2017 at 12:54
Hi Roy

The cabazataxel I am on at the moment I had small increases in PSA on both my first and second cycle then a good drop on the third

Hope you get the same results

Si

Don't deny the diagnosis; try to defy the verdict
User
Posted 18 Aug 2017 at 17:21
Hi Si

I am Docetaxel at the moment but will ask if I would be better off with cabazataxel if my PSA continues to increase. It's good to see you are getting a good response and long may it continue

Thanks

Roy

Edited by member 18 Aug 2017 at 21:15  | Reason: Not specified

User
Posted 18 Aug 2017 at 18:58

Good luck Roy
always watching and wishing you well
Barry

User
Posted 18 Aug 2017 at 19:12

Wishing you the best Roy as ever. Hope things come good for you

User
Posted 18 Aug 2017 at 21:46
Hi Roy,

Can't comment re the PSA and chemo but just wanted you to know that I am thinking of you .

X

BFN

Julie X

NEVER LAUGH AT A LIVE DRAGON
User
Posted 19 Aug 2017 at 01:08
Hi Roy,

I just wanted to wish you Good Luck and hope everything goes well with the chemo. Try not to worry, I know it's hard not to but hopefully the PSA will start to fall.

Steve

User
Posted 19 Aug 2017 at 08:21

Take heart Roy, I don't think medics expect a drop after only one session!

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

User
Posted 29 Sep 2017 at 10:26
Hi

Just an update. After my second Chemo and prior to my third my PSA rose again from 7 to 7.4 which showed an increase in doubling time, so to me something positive was happening. Well I have just seen my PSA results from yesterday and finally it's down to 4.5 so it's now going the right way let's hope it continues. I will me having my 4th Chemo on the 3rd of Oct so I will be two third through a period which I have found tough, but as they say "no pain no gain" so I am feeling a bit more positive than I was a few weeks ago.

All the best

Roy

User
Posted 30 Sep 2017 at 10:13

Roy

Keep the fighting going. Hope the pain goes down and the gain goes up.

Ray

User
Posted 30 Sep 2017 at 19:12
Lovely news Roy ,

The chemo can't be easy but you are doing it , you are doing IT.

BFN

Julie X

NEVER LAUGH AT A LIVE DRAGON
User
Posted 30 Sep 2017 at 20:16

Best wishes ,keep going ,
Debby

User
Posted 30 Sep 2017 at 20:25
Ah Roy

So many think chemo is easy, but I don’t see it. We are all different I know, but I’m sorry you are finding it tough. Big cyber hugs (gently given).

I hope things continue to improve for you.

Devonmaid

User
Posted 21 Oct 2017 at 10:25
Hi

Thought I would post an update in my Chemo journey. I am due to have my 5th session on Tuesday and at the moment my PSA stands at 3.5 so down for the second time albeit slowly. I must admit still finding it a struggle but hanging in there.to all you Chemo guys how do the stats look compared to your experience, even though we are all different I would appreciate your input, I am also on Casodex 150mg.

26/07/2017 PSA 5.7

28/07/2017 Chemo#1 started as it is the only treatment being offered to me now. Docetaxel every 3 weeks for 6 sessions.

17/08/2017 PSA 7

22/08/2017 Chemo#2

07/09/2017 PSA 7.4

12/09/2017 Chemo#3

28//09/2017 PSA 4.5

03/10/2017 Chemo#4

19/10/2017 PSA 3.5

24/10/2017 Chemo#5

All the best

Roy

Edited by member 21 Oct 2017 at 10:28  | Reason: Not specified

User
Posted 21 Oct 2017 at 11:50

Hang in there Roy.
All the best

User
Posted 21 Oct 2017 at 15:25

So far so good, Roy. Hope the PSA keeps going down. It may still drop after your sixth session, of course. If you reach a plateau, I guess they'll try steroid treatment as has happened in my case. Hang in there and hope for no side effects on fifth and sixth cycles.

Good Luck

AC

User
Posted 21 Oct 2017 at 17:41

Hi Roy,
I always follow your postings and I must say you have worked very hard to tame this beast,
I hope that there is some follow up treatment plan after chemo for you,

I am now on early Chemo for recurrent Pca, six sessions which should improve OS by on Average lets say a year
HT should work better for longer [fingers crossed]
I also suffer bone pain but I have now had second session and it was not as bad this time as the first time
I self inject starting on day four after chemo for five days
I was doing it wrong for the first few days not fully completing the injection so that could have been the cause of the bone pain,
also suffer from extreme tiredness in the first week ,sore mouth and lack of taste , sleep problems as well

Good luck Roy I know it is not easy

Barry

User
Posted 21 Oct 2017 at 19:10

Still dropping Roy...stay strong mate

Bri

User
Posted 27 Oct 2017 at 18:55
User
Posted 15 Dec 2017 at 12:40
Hi Guys

I thought I would give an end of the year update as I have now finished my 6 cycles of Chemo and having a break until next year to let the side effects improve. The trend is still downwards so a positive note to end the year on.

26/07/2017 PSA 5.7

28/07/2017 Chemo#1

17/08/2017 PSA 7

22/08/2017 Chemo#2

07/09/2017 PSA 7.4

12/09/2017 Chemo#3

28//09/2017 PSA 4.5

03/10/2017 Chemo#4

19/10/2017 PSA 3.5

24/10/2017 Chemo#5

09/11/2017 PSA 2.5

14/11/2017 Chemo#6

14/12/2017 PSA 1.3

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Curative New Year

Roy

 
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