Options 8 years on

Hi habeaves,. It is an odd thing about our affliction - we can often feel really well whilst the malign influence is at work in our bodies. I have noticed the same thing with ladies having breast cancer chemo treatment whilst I have been having docetaxel. I have been struck with how well they look.

I think you are probably right about next steps. You are one of those unlucky blokes whose PCa has got into their circulatory system somehow and established micromets too small to show on scans. They need a systemic approach to zap them for good.

All the best

AC

Hi Habeaves, I take it you just had the RT without any HT?

I had salvage RT last March/April but was on PROSTAP for 3 months prior to RT and will be on it for two years after  so until April 2019.

My oncologist told me he thinks I have micromets but we won't know any more answers until I come off HT.

I would think that scans would be in order first. MRI and a PET/CT scan would be able to pick up anything going on with a PSA of 18.

Then the MDT/oncologists would decide on an evidence based plan of treatment depending on the results of the scans.

Because you've had RT already as AC has said it will likely be a systemic approach now involving HT and possibly early chemo.

Best wishes, Ian

Hi John, my husband seems to be in a similar position to you. In 2012 it reared its ugly head. After 7 weeks RT then 2 years HT everything seemed fine until his PSA started creeping up the last 6 months. Now after a bone scan there are changes in his pelvis area. He is having a CT scan tomorrow with contrast then an MRI 27th. We are doing the waiting game again and like you he feels well.
Kind regards
Denise