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Should I be seeking extra treatment?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 1 6:50pm | Replies (34)Comment receiving replies
I do like this doctor, he says I have a very high risk and aggressive PCa, with the pain I’m experiencing I don’t just want to sit back and wait for reoccurrence when I’ve read about add on drugs that seem to have better outcomes. He did prescribe Neurontin if it’s nerve pain but comes with some downside. Not sure I want to get in to that when it could be something else, even the Lupron itself.
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I have been taking Turkey Tail tea and Lion's Mane tea for the last 3 years. Turkey Tail mushrooms has been demonstrated to kill prostate cancer stem cells. There is currently a Mayo Clinic drug trial for its use in shrinking breast cancer tumors prior to surgery. One of these days I will start a discussion here on the use of Turkey Tail mushrooms to fight prostate cancer. My PSA at diagnosis was 54 with a Gleason score of 8. My last PSA reading was 0.06.
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As long as they give you that second ARSI drug you should be OK for a while. If metastasis pop-up, they can zap them with SBRT. The thing is the standard of care calls for both drugs if you have had active metastasis.
I did stay on Lupron alone for 2 1/2 years. It kept my PSA undetectable, And then I became castrate resistant, and I had to go on an ARSI. In my case, it was Zytiga.