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Biochemical recurrence, On / Off treatment with Orgovyx only
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Sorry, but your plan is not realistic if you want any chance of success. Orgovyx will drastically lower your PSA, but it will not kill your cancer; it will only hold it at bay.
Holding it at bay is not a good thing because it can become castrate resistant and then Orgovyx and other forms of ADT no longer work.
You absolutely need salvage radiation both to the prostate bed and all of your pelvic lymph nodes. As others have said, you are past the threshold of .2 and you need to cover a much wider area, therefore, including the nodes.
I really don’t think there’s an oncologist out there who would prescribe medication only for your situation. Just my thoughts and in no way medical advice.
Phil
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@heavyphil THANK YOU PHIL! Along with the kick in the ass from @jim18 (thanks) it opened my eyes on what I initially had planned on doing which is radiation treatment with 6 months of ADT.
I plan on starting the 1st of the year (no way around this) getting a PSA to see what the number is, then an MRI and blood work, after that the ADT until they start the radiation treatments.
FYI, I was looking at my final report after my robotic prostatectomy and in Specimens: it has right and left lymph pelvic lymph nodes, so apparently they were removed.
I got onboard for this support group for direction and I appreciate the help.
Let me ask one other question, on the urinary / bowel issues after radiation, do a lot of men have problems there?