My story living with stage 4 prostate cancer

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.

hang in there

Amen brother! I told my wife I've never backed down from a tough fight and I'm not starting now. Stay strong.

Hang in there. I was diagnosed at age 51, which was about 6.5 years ago. It's been an emotional rollercoaster with varying rounds of treatment over these years. But I am actually a happier person now than I was pre-diagnosis. I think I needed the "awakening" to better appreciate life. Now it's a day at a time, trying to enjoy and make the most of each one. I wish you the very best and admire your attitude and perseverance!

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?

My view is that we don’t get to choose what good/bad things come our way but we do get to choose how we respond to those things. I sure didn’t choose PCa but I do choose to stay positive in my reaction to the “stuff” that comes my way.

Keep the faith, brother. Enjoy the good days, tolerate the bad days, and press on to make the bad better.

Well said Tracy! When life hands you a shit sandwich the first thing you gotta do is find the mustard or the mayo to go with it…or a spoonful of sugar if you’re a Mary Poppins fan

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.

Diagnosed in march of 23. My psa was 962. was started on chemo, hormone shot and some bone strengthening shot. Now my psa has been holding at 0.02. I am taking Zytiga an prednisone daily along with still getting my monthly shots. Also, my testosterone is less then 3. Been metastatic from first diagnosis. Apparently not going to the dr for checkups was not a good choice.