Dear all, I'm reaching out to this community on behalf of my father (born 1958) who has been diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma prostate NG II, GS 8 (4+4) PNI0 L1 TV 80% pT3a in late December 2021.
The first symptom he got was that he "lost" his legs. He just dropped down and was not able to move his legs. We went to an emergency center and CT showed meta changes in his spine with compression in Th6 / Th7 area.
To make a long story short he went on spinal decompression laminectomy Th6/Th7 in February this year and everything that was making compression was removed. He started to feel and move a bit his legs. He is still practicing and every day he is making progress but he is still attached to the bed.
He also got EDGE radiation therapy from Th5 to Th 8 in April this year. He also started chemotherapy with docetaxel in march this year, he just completed the 4th cycle.
Question to all of you is do you know someone who developed paraplegia due to the meta changes in the spine? What was their story, did they manage to walk again? What kind of practices they have been doing etc. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Big thanks from Belgrade.
Bojan