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Lupron yeah or Lupron nay that is the question.
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: May 19, 2023 | Replies (70)Comment receiving replies
I am not sure this is what you are looking for, but here goes. It has taken 10 months, 4 facilities, and 3 doctors to finally get to the point we have this information.
My husband is 75, he has the largest prostrate any of these doctors has ever seen and PSA of 18 and rising. He has a large high grade tumor taking up half of prostrate. After a PSMA PET CT they cannot see any in his bones. The decision was made given that his testosterone was already fairly low and age and the hits he would take on his quality of life that the roughly 10% gain it would give him in treating this particular tumor, was not worth it. He is scheduled for radiation set up and will be beginning 28 treatments of radiation, without the lupron.
Are you starting treatments for prostrate cancer? What quality of life concerns do you have about the lupron?
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I have finished my 28 weeks of Proton Beam Therapy.
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Thank You! Thank You! for raising this question. In May I will be at the 42 month mark of Lupron. I HATE IT!!! It is always the “go to” drug all the doctors want to go to. My treatments have been intermittent so I know how much better I feel off it but every time my PSA rises it is always what they want to give me with whatever other treatments are being offered. MODERATORS please get involved with this. Ask Dr.Kwon for his expertise in this. And Doctor Davis for they are talking about giving me another shot in May. I DO NOT want it but I do not want to be a non compliant patient and if it will help cure me? I was told by doctor Kwon when I first came I was curable but the continued Lupron is taking a toll on me. Help!