Greetings, my name is Richard. I was diagnosed with metastatic prostatic cancer in Sept. 2020. A year prior, during a routine checkup, my PSA score was OK, but later in the spring of 2020 it had risen to 4.69, so after a series of tests, including a bone scan and bone biopsy, the diagnosis came back as metastatic prostate cancer. The cancer is aggressive and tumors have blocked my urethra and ureters so I have bilateral nephrostomy tubes for passing urine. I have been on hormone therapy — Leuprolide (Lupron) since the diagnosis, and recently the doctor added Erleada (Apalutamide). My latest PSA test in Jan. 2021 was down to 2.1 which is encouraging. My blood test values are also trending positive, so right now it is a waiting game to see how well and how long the drugs will manage the symptoms.

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