Hello, I'm new here!

My dad (age 59) was just diagnosed with hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer. His bone scan was today, so we don't have results yet, but a lesion on his hip was discovered after his L3 vertebrae fractured about two weeks ago. Surgery repaired the vertebrae, and aside from some stiffness, it has healed up with no other issues.

He'd had two biopsies done prior to this issue after having a slightly elevated PSA of 6-7, but they came back clear, so he was treated for prostatitis. Antibiotics were seemingly working. A routine check up / bloodwork showed a PSA of 60--called urologist, said they'd do a new biopsy, but the vertebrae gave out before that was possible, leading to ER imaging (CT, ultrasound, MRI) that discovered the hip lesion / bone biopsy which confirmed cancer.

He's just started Casodex and will be receiving Lupron injections starting in a few weeks, with the second scheduled three months later. We have no "official" Gleason score yet, but urologist guessed 8-10 (which I'm sure is correct, as it seems to be pretty aggressive). 

My mom is already planning a change to their diet (though they eat very well, my father has no other health issues, either!), he's not a smoker or a drinker (except for a beer now and then). Healthy blood pressure, no spread to lymph nodes or vital organs. We aren't big on exercise as a family, but I'm positive he will take up whatever he needs to if it will help! He's not really experiencing any pain issues thankfully, and while he and the rest of us are certainly upset and tired, I wanted to join this forum because I thought hearing stories from actual people would be far more helpful and useful than reading scary medical studies on the internet!

If anyone has any helpful tips or success stories to share with me about this journey, I would greatly appreciate it.