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My dad's cancer returned and now it’s stage 4 metastatic cancer

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: May 11 6:12am | Replies (28)
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@ihatecancer

Hi @web265

Thank you for your response. I’m sorry you also have to deal with this cancer. I’m happy to hear the positive news about your dad, living until 92, wow! Just shows you have some strong genes and I’m hopeful you will make it to your granddaughters wedding. 🙂

Six years ago my dad went on Lupron and I recall what he hated most was the hot flashes. That part was miserable for him. I see that your dad took Lupron. Was he also prescribed pills to take daily? It was information overload yesterday and I have to go back to see what the name of the pills are. But the direction it’s going is Lupron shots and these daily pills. Is the medication above what you take and if so are they pill you take daily? That’s great that you get to go off of it for a while! Sending you all the positive thoughts that you can stay off for as long as possible.

Besides this cancer, he is relatively healthy and 67 years old. He loves to garden but I am going to force him to start working out.

Thank you again for the response!

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web265 | @web265 | May 4 7:54am

Hey @ihatecancer
I'm fairly certain my father was simply on Lupron later in life, I'm not aware of any pills. Now the standard of care is often what is called "doublet" or even "triplet" therapies where two to three meds are often taken to get a better result.

The orgovyx is what I take daily, 120 mg pills. The belief is that this may be better in my situation because it delivers a more even dose everyday. It's fairly new so they are still learning about it. As I understand it, patients are also believed to recover testosterone levels faster when they stop taking it. Starting with my next blood test (a few weeks) and after I stop the drug, we'll start monitoring testosterone levels to see how / if it returns.

If your Dad is 67 and not working out, it might be better to start with walking and maybe swimming if you have access to a pool.....

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