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My story living with stage 4 prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 25 2:01pm | Replies (9)

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When I was 68yr old what I thought was a muscle pull in my leg was actually stage 4 prostate cancer. It has been quite the past year. I don't do yearly visits to the doctor which might of caught this earlier but I have no regrets, too late for that. At this point I feel good, still work full time. I had 10 rounds of chemo along with monthly shots of hormone treatment and also bone strengthening shot. I almost forget dealing with side effects of the chemo. I'm presently on Zytiga and prednisone. My biggest side effect to deal with is shortness of breath, pretty sure related to the prednisone. I want to encourage all that we can do this. I certainly have bad days, body doesn't want to cooperate but I fight to keep a good attitude. I do about 10k a day in steps. My job keeps me on my feet and my mind occupied with tasks. I think this is very important to be able to keep pushing on. I really believe if I was to stay in that recliner I would go down hill fast. I keep God on speed dial for those rough spurts that happen. I would encourage people to stay positive and keep up the good fight. thank you for letting me tell my story.

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I m on Trelstar/ prednisone too. Lots of wrinkles now on my arms. Take a nap around 1:30 for an hour. Then good to go rest of day. Walk a mile 3x/ week. Ride an elliptic 3x/ week. Lift weights 3x/ week for bicep muscle tone. Watch what I eat. Weight gain comes with this ADT treatment. Get my jobs done in the am. Later on I m tired. I m 75. Hope you can relate to this?

What year were you diagnosed? How long have you been metastatic? What was you PSA at diagnosis and what was your PSA after you completed chemotherapy. I'm curious, because I also did 10 cycles of docetaxel chemotherapy.