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First blood test 3 months after initial ADT (Lupron) injection
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Dec 19 11:03am | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
@jeffmarc
never heard of that before and that wasn't the case for my husband. this is what dr AI google says:
Casodex (bicalutamide) is
a prescription brand-name medication used as a hormone therapy to treat Stage D2 metastatic prostate cancer. It is a type of anti-androgen that works by blocking the male hormone testosterone from stimulating cancer cell growth.
And I know that my husband can switch to lupron anytime he wants now, he just doesn't and they are letting him do that as they do the same thing now, we'll see about 2026 as insurance doesn't cover Firmagon anymore but hopefully the doctor/hospital can help with that (i.e. getting insurance to pay for it getting pharmaceutical financial help) we'll see.
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@beaquilter
The Casodex thing is well-known. If you were ever to go to an ancan.org Advanced prostate cancer meeting you would almost definitely hear Rick talking about it, when the doctor doesn’t do it, and gives somebody Lupron without it.
When I started Lupron eight years ago, they gave me Casodex for two weeks before I started it. This is something you could just do a search on and AI would confirm it.
It seems you are a quilter. Do you have that huge quilting machine? One of my clients wives, when I was doing computer consulting, had one in her husband’s law office basement. My wife has done a few small quilts, but she prefers to crochet. She does about 20 scarves a year and donates them to a charity for the homeless.