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Well...this can't be good. Today's (10/26) blood work:
ALP 268 - up from 208 on 10/5
PSA 46.45 - up from 26.47 on 9/10
Numbers are certainly not going in the right direction. This, coupled with a new L4 lesion seems to say this Taxotere stuff is working about as well as ADT/ARSI did. We'll see what the oncology brain trust has to say about it at tomorrow's visit when I ask him, "What else you got, boss? Oh, and by the way, time for some tramadol." 😎
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UGHHHHH - I HATE YOUR CANCER !!!!! What the heck ? 😖 How stubborn it can be ??? Maybe it needs to be shocked by T mega-dose infusion ? Or they can use those new isotopes that are not Pluvicto ? I agree with @xahnegrey40 - how about some study participation ? Also, I think I read that Kytruda (sp. ???) or something like that works for some patients and perhaps there is some immunothreapy study close by ? One never knows - look at this : https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4214463/ And why nobody continued to explore that is beyond me ?! Even if it helped only 10% of cases - I am sure that patients would like to try and be those 10% !!!!!
I am so sorry mjp, but MO tomorrow will probably have some good ides 🍀🍀🍀 and I hope that Tramadol works well and that you are at least in zero pain *hugsssss
Let us know what MO says and try to rest as much as you can 🍁...
@mjp0512 Hey bud, sucks what you are going thru.
Can you get that new lesion zapped now or do you have to wait until chemo is done?
Sounds like some rules might need to be broken - some oncologists are rigid to the extreme and follow the cookbook of bombing the lesions with chemo and only then will they do SBRT.
I think you need to take your walking stick upside somebody’s head…
Phil
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@mjp0512 https://seekingalpha.com/news/4657148-johnson-and-johnson-reports-75-percent-tumor-response-rate-novel-prostate-cancer-therapy
I think some new therapy trial program might be in order for you...also, you might try Alpha Lipoic Acid - it is easy to take OTC antioxident that in some trials has shown tendency to inhibit PC cell reproduction...I take one 3-5 times a week..take with food as it can upset your stomach..Google it and see if it might be something you want to try. It wont hurt you otherwise, even if it doesnt help inhibit the PC spread.
Good luck amigo..keep us up to date.. we care!