being aggressive

MLKisner said:

Seeking Advice

My husband was diagnosed 1 year ago age 51 now, Stage IV metastatic disease, bone met on Pelvic bone with lymphnode involvement.  They immediately started him on Hormone therapy which was working for about 8 months, then we got the news that his lymphnodes in his abdomen were swollen that the cancer was being aggressive. They started him on Zytiga it has been 9 weeks and we just got back from Cleveland Clinic with Crushing news, PSA went up from 14 in Oct to 41, they are going to give him another month on Zytiga and re-check his scans and psa.  My husband says he feels great,better than he ever has but the Dr. was really negative and told us He would die from this he just didn't know when.  So then I read your post and it sounds like you have a Dr. that does other options, Where do you go for treatment can you offer me any suggestions advice Please, we have a 3 year old son and we want his daddy her to see him graduate if at all possible. God Bless....

Six months post open radical prosectimy.The cause of the Chylous acides was the removal of 50-60 lymph nodes during the prosectimy. Ascides has healed up. I'm back to working full time at 44 hours per week. PSA is undectable. All GREAT things. Now dealing with the not so great things. Lupron shot every six months. Psa check every three months. Bone scan and CT scan once a year. Premerin daily high dose(.06mg) to control hot flashes so I can sleep. Still about 10% incontinent. Total sexual disfunction. At 49 and married for 30 years these problems are not small.but we are dealing with and trying to address them. I think I must have a golden horseshoe up my backside. LIFE IS ONLY AS GOOD AS YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE IT BE. MINE IS AWESOME!!! I hope many fellow Pcs patients choose to have an AWSOME life for themselves as well. BE STRONG!!!