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It's about my husband
My was diagnosed with stage 2-3 cancer in July but didn't start treatment until December he did the chemo pills but his liver enzymes were high so they took him off them he did go radiation he has been off for 3 weeks now. His liver enzymes are down so now they want to put him back on the chemo pills and hormone treatment. My question is it normal for that to happen or are they trying to get more money out of the insurance company
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There's a lot of folks with experience here that would probably be happy to help, but, there's not really much history info in your post. To have a better understanding folks would need things like: What were the Gleason scores? PSA scores? what type of radiation treatment? Was there a PSMA PET scan? MRI's etc...
To answer your direct question, my guess would be "no." What the doctor would get out of prescribing those meds would be, if anything, very nominal.
I didn't have chemo meds for treatment so I really can't help you with the specifics of that.
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2 ReactionsIf they did radiation for your husband and he has a Gleason score over seven, they probably wanted to give him hormone therapy because that gives him the best chance of Living a long life. I’ve had prostate cancer for 15 years and it’s keeping me alive.
Hormone therapy will keep the PSA Undetectable for most people, That pretty much prevents the cancer from growing. If you have a very mild case of prostate cancer, they can decide not to do hormone therapy.
@web265 Asked the most important questions. What was done? What were his test results?
Let us know more and we can help more, with giving you information on what has worked for us and others that we know.
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3 ReactionsHis gleason was a 4
And his was 80
To be honest with you I want him to live long enough to see my son graduate and become an eagle scout after that I don't care what happens to him
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1 ReactionWhen did you go back to work after radiation and chemo? My husband got his short term disability extended for another 2 months
A Gleason score consists of two numbers. If a 4 was one of the two them it is aggressive, what was the other number a 3 or a 4? That tells you more about how aggressive it is.
Did you mean to say he was 80? Not quite sure what you mean by “his was 80”. If he is 80, then I have a video you should see about treating older people.
I am puzzled why he had chemo. That is only prescribed for patients that have a lot of cancer. If he were on chemo, then hormone therapy would be pretty much required after treatment is complete.
His PSA was 80
It was in hi pelvis and lymph nodes it all stayed in his pelvis area
OK, that changes the picture. If it has spread as you mentioned, then hormone therapy is pretty much essential. Not just hormone therapy you also need a second drug like Zytiga or One of the lutamides. Ask your doctor What they recommend. You want to stop this from growing.
The proper treatment he can live for many years.
A lot depends on how he reacts to chemo. For some it’s not too bad, others need to take time off. Recovery from surgery can take a month or less, In the very few cases longer than that.