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Xofigo-Don't believe their lies!
I posted earlier about Xtandi vs. Xofigo. Now i will give the latest update for information to whoever needs some answers to this New Wonder Drug. As i posted previously, we have been blessed with my husbands prostrate cancer, diagnosed in 1999, in that we have been able to shoulder the costs associated with all of the…
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All CSN members are invited!
It’s finally happening! We are happy to announce that as early as tonight, a new Chat application is being launched on CSN. It is NOT Java-based and it DOES support members using mobile devices. To access chat, you must be a CSN member and logged on. Once logged on, all you have to do is click chat in your left navigation…
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PSA 5 STRAIGHT INCREASES AND NOW 1 LOWER. GOOD THING I GUESS?
After 5 straight PSA increases every 6 months since my IMRT in 2010 i finally got one that went down. From 0.29 to 0.25. My RO said i should take this as good news for now but will just have to see what happens in another 6 months. Next visit is with my MO. Hope for another decrease and go on from that one. pT3b NO MO…
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need some advice
In Jan. of this year biopsy was 1 core out of 12 w 5% of core cancer,PSA 9.4 Gleson 3+4. Dr. wants to start treament for lung(reacurance) and bladder cancer with chemo. Treatment 4 cycles with 2wks off after each cycle. A little math would put the treatment at 4mo. Question: thru this time period I asked what about my…
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Incontinence Exercises
Hello, I'm new here and 10 days out from my LRP at Kaiser Denver by Dr. Justin Green. The surgery went well and the pathology results were about perfect. Now I'm dealing with the reality of incontinence. I do understand amount and time are an individual matter. But searching the topic here I found a post with a YouTube…
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Advance Prostate Cancer, end of life
Hi All, My dad is 96, always in good health until he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He decided not to have treatment, but recently a doctor ordered homones injections and it seems that seems turned for the worse. I am writing because my father is in Venezuela, where currently the country is going thorugh horrible…
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lupron vs mental health
So I was reading here and read that lupron effectivness can wear off ,so is there some kind of time line. . Well anyway Iam a widower and retired 67 Iam not totally disabled can you have a orgasm while on lupron,Iam used to seeing my poor shrunken penis .What a chore I go through periods of depression(wife passing) and…
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cyberknife vs proton therapy
Can anyone give me thier experiences good and bad about cyberknife and proton therapy. My oncologist is pushing IMRT vs proton....he doesn't do proton. IMRT $$$$$
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Spam Emails
We have been made aware of another round of spam emails being sent to users. While we try to have security in place to handle such emails, we cannot always catch them all. If you have received an email asking for money, please do not respond to the email or the private email address that was given by the sender. Please…
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PSA constantly rising
Forgive me, I just want to rant. My husband's PSA has been steadily rising from a nadir of .24 and he is apparently castrate resistant after just a few months. It is now 7.0. Last month it was 3.9. The cancer centre doc says he can have a CT scan and a repeat bone scan (finally) but neither he nor our regular oncologist is…
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Another study on Vitamin D and PCa
Seems lack of Vitamin D may be a bio marker for advanced PCa tumour progression, per Northwestern School of Medicine study. See: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/Vitamin-D-deficiency-may-lead-to-prostate-cancer/articleshow/34482918.cms