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11 anniversaries since diagnosis of stage 4 prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 2 6:11pm | Replies (113)
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@tenders2023

Thank you, this has helped a lot, I’ve been having a hard time coping with my stage 4A situation.

RAPL, ADT, Abiraterone, Prednisone and just finished 38 Radiation sessions.

No detectible PSA, I guess slim chance of being cancer free but possible.

I can live with this, but recently had to stop Abiraterone due to high liver enzymes… will go back on again in a month. Nervous being off of it for 5 months though.

Anyhow, thank you for showing me a way.

Regards

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northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | Aug 19 5:27am

At stage 4b (oligometastatic) myself, I'd love to think I could be cancer free some day, but I'll be happy to settle for managing my cancer as a long-term chronic disease until old age, like we can now with HIV/AIDS.

We might be arriving at that point in 2024, but we won't know for sure for a few more years until researchers have done follow-up surveys and crunched the numbers. The author of this article thinks there's a good chance:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/treating-prostate-cancer-at-any-stage/

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ecurb | @ecurb | Aug 19 7:40am

When you got off of Arbiterone, did your fatigue go away,?
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