Hi to all,
I was diagnosed with PC in November 2018, Gleason 7, (4+3), T3B, and PSA 8.14ng/ml. I have had two treatments of External Beam Radiotherapy to the prostate bed and lower pelvic area. Bicalutamide held my prostate level at 0.56mg/ml for six months and then my PSA started to rise again. I was then treated with Decapeptyl injections. This had no effect and my PSA level continued to rise to 4.37ng/ml as of August 2022. I had my second PSMA scan on 4/10/22 that has shown cancerous growths in the left- and right-hand ribs, Adrenal Gland area, and Upper and Lower Spine. I will be starting an Abiraterone clinic at the beginning of November 2022. My consultant has told me that my cancer is very aggressive and he would see this type of PC in one in a hundred men. He also stated that unless something new comes along that cancer would eventually beat me, although I was not going to die anytime soon. Of course, there is still the chemotherapy option. This recent report has been difficult for me to take but I remain positive. Does anyone know how long the treatment of Abiraterone may work? I have no symptoms of pain at the moment as the cancer is still at a microscopic stage. It is now in the bones so does it spread faster now? I still continue to work full-time and will continue to receive the Decapeptyl injections alongside the Abiraterone. Thanks, Jeremy