and Hallo, new member Here. I need a little advice. We’re serious Prostate cancer combatants. My husband was diagnosed 9 months after we lost my dad to the disease. My husband was really unwell 9.1 Gleason, and i too had a cancer diagnosis and our only child was 8 so survival was the only priority. And he’s still here, 15 years later. He’s had radiation, chemo and long term HT with Casodex and recently just Zoladex. This summer he was really unwell, he had sepsis and trigemminal neuralgia and the new medication, in combination with the old stuff, has taken away the last bit of energy etc. The dr is suggesting coming off Zoladex but we’re a bit nervous as it’s a psychological lifeline. After 15 years, it seems very odd to suddenly stop taking a potentially life saving drug. However, looking at the research papers, I realize that his previous oncologist may have we’ll known etc. but he was probably past his sell by date even when we met him 15 years ago. What does everyone think? I’d love to see my husband with a little bit more life in him.
Thank you in advance.
AC
We’re living in Germany but come home to the UK frequently. We were in Hawaii for a few years a while back.
His PSA is 0.1 steady! Has been for years. I’d love to see him get a bit of his old vigor back but don’t even know if that’s possible after so long. I agree that we need to find some research studies, but I can’t find any. I found a nice article from a dr at Harvard, a review of information in general but very thin on this specific topic. Is the reference of use to anyone? And am I allowed to post it?
He‘s due his next Zoladex shot this week, and I’m inclined to seek a new dr. to check this out.
https://community.prostatecanceruk.org/default.aspx?g=profile&u=1195
https://community.prostatecanceruk.org/default.aspx?g=profile&u=3252
Edited by member 28 Oct 2018 at 00:43 | Reason: Not specified
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