Posted on 01/27/2022 2:57:37 PM PST by ConservativeMind
At my age, it doesn’t matter, if they find cancer, it’s coming out. Just the way it is. Not gonna fight it, just yank the thing out.
I had prostate cancer surgery in September. The side effects for three weeks were the most intense pain I have have ever suffered. But I made it through and am cancer free. You do what you gotta do.
“… if Joe Biden lets you.”
It’s been twelve years since my prostatectomy and I’m still here. Like you, real bummer after surgery but it was really the only chance of staying alive.
Some really lousy secondary effects - but it’s the price we pay.
I was Dx’d in 2007 at age 52. Had radiation x43 treatments. Although my PSA never went to zero as was predicted, it has remained very low for all these years. I hear hormone therapy is a beast so my understanding is avoid at all costs except your life.
What kind of hormones?
“What kind of hormones?”
Put kindly—although I’m not 100% sure—chemical castration.
His side effects subsided, and his PSA eventually dropped down
to into the normal range. So I guess his cancer went into remission.
I have no idea WHY. Perhaps prayer. Dunno.
He made it to a few weeks short of 90 years old.
And he died of COPD - caused by cigarette smoking for over
60 years. He stared smoking at age 12. Quit when he had
the quad bypass heart surgery.
My husband who is 82 just had 39 radiation treatments and has had three eligard shots (9 more to go). Eligard and lupron is an estrogen hormone. The radiation kills the cancer the estrogen stops it from growing. Testosterone aids cancer cells to grow. He is doing ok, dealing with the side effects of both treatments but docs say they expect full recovery. His psa was 21 it is now 0.03. They did not think removal was a good option.
Testosterone. They drain it out of you.
It’s not fun. You feel weak, you are prone to seriously painful muscle and bone aches,and you lose strength and sexual interest.
In short, I hated it. When the therapy ended after 2 years (for me), the aches stopped and some libido returned. On the plus side, the cancer has not returned.
I received 6 months hormone then 20 radiation treatments. pSA down to .04 from 13. I am being kept on hormone treatment post radiation for 12 months. Side effects have been minimal.
“Put kindly—although I’m not 100% sure—chemical castration.”
correct ...
Just had TULSA-Pro (non-invasive) treatment for Stage IV, Gleason 7 prostate cancer in August of 2020, PSA now .227. Painless, no permanent side effects. Cannot recommend more highly.
I deeply researched all treatments, met with docs of all treatments.
One thing all docs said: REGARDLESS of what treatment you have for prostate cancer, in 33% of all cases the cancer eventually returns. That includes complete prostatectomy - surgical removal of prostate. A friend had surgical removal a year before me - cancer free for one year. Then PSA started climbing - they could find nothing. Eventually the cancer found all through his body.
PM me if you want to know more about the TULSA-Pro treatment - I cannot recommend it more highly.
Yes. Takes your testosterone to zero.
You become a woman in a man’s body.
The radiologist mentioned the hormone therapy after the radiation as a possibility.
Anyone here heard of HIFU? Solved my husband’s small prostate cancer...no real side effects or anything.
Yup. Rip it out. No chemo. No extra drugs, other than pain pills for a few weeks. Fun activities pretty much came to a stop. But I’m old enough...
The article is super vague and just says "hormone therapy." The underlying study (HERE) says "androgen deprivation therapy (ADT)," which is chemical castration by suppressing testosterone.
I would strongly avoid androgen deprivation therapy. If natural therapies were not working, I would find some way to get Irreversible Electroporation ("Nanoknife") treatment from Dr. Gary Onik in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. More info here: https://garyonikmd.com/localized-prostate-cancer-treatments/
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