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Follow up after proton beam treatment: GREAT PSA NUMBER
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<p>Update: OCTOBER 6. 2020<br />MY TREATMENT HISTORY</p><p>I HAD A LUPRON SHOT IN NOVEMBER OF 2019.<br />FOR MY PROSTATE CANCER.</p><p>I STARTED MY 20 PROTON BEAM<br />TREATMENTS<br />IN DECEMBER 2019, AND FINISHED<br />ON JAN 21, 2020</p><p>MY PSA ON MAY 28, 2020 WAS .26<br />ANYTHING BELOW 2.00 IS GOOD.</p><p>I WILL HAVE ANOTHER PSA READING IN<br />NOVEMBER 2020</p><p>I AM STILL HAVING SOME BURNING<br />FEELING AND LIGHT PAIN BELOW MY WAISTLINE IN THE EVENING HOURS,<br />AFTER I AM IN BED FOR 2 HOURS.<br />THE DOCTORS DON’T THINK<br />IT IS<br />FROM MY PROSTATE CANCER<br />OR TREATMENT. POSSIBLY FROM<br />MY BACK CONDITION. I HAD BACK<br />SURGERY AT MAYO IN 2011.<br />THE LATEST MRI SHOWS MY BACK HAS HAD SOME DETERIORATION<br />SINCE MY SURGERY.</p>
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Hi Mike, your schedule for Lupron and Proton Beam treatment is exactly one year after mine. Actually, my pain in my lower body has decreased over the last 5 months, since my withdrawal from the effect of the Lupron. It did cause me some pain during the 18 months I had the shots. Most side effects are decreased, since the end of the treatment. I also have lower back pain from arthritis and it's about the same. If you have increased pain, of course it's worth finding out the cause.
The best to you and stay well.
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@mwspro thanks for the update. It looks like you should update the bio in your profile too 🙂
You'll notice a couple of things: 1) I removed your name and telephone number from your post. Because Connect is a public forum, we recommend not sharing personal contact information. We don't want you to get unwanted spam or phone calls. 2) I moved your update to the earlier discussion you started so that you can connect with @bruto1 @reydelroble @waynen and others again.
Mike, it's so easy to imagine that every ache, pain, twinge, feeling is cancer. While I'm sorry to hear about the back deterioration, I'm glad to hear it's not cancer. Follow up scans will keep an eye on that. What are you doing to help with the back pain?