Serious complications and side effects from prostate cancer treatments

Posted by tapestry4245carton @tapestry4245carton, Dec 24, 2022

My spouse is experiencing side effects from all the prostate cancer treatments that include radiation to chemo to surgery and hormones and over a period of 8 years. He now is suffering serious side effects from treatments for the cancer and has serious side effects from treatments for FISTULAS that were a result of zTreatments . Anyone have similar issues?

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I too have a fistula that will be operated on in January
I have prostrate cancer that metastasized to bones
I have had 6 chemo treatments and currently hormone treatments I've been doing hormone treatments since January

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@kjbushur

I too have a fistula that will be operated on in January
I have prostrate cancer that metastasized to bones
I have had 6 chemo treatments and currently hormone treatments I've been doing hormone treatments since January

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On Zolodex yet as PSA up from 1.2 to 6 even after L2 lumbar radiated 2 years Now enzalutamide 4 pills a day chemo I had 40 x radiation in 2018 but last year it came back to spine Castrate sensitive now turning resistive

Any experience with Enza please I'm 78

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@melcanada

On Zolodex yet as PSA up from 1.2 to 6 even after L2 lumbar radiated 2 years Now enzalutamide 4 pills a day chemo I had 40 x radiation in 2018 but last year it came back to spine Castrate sensitive now turning resistive

Any experience with Enza please I'm 78

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As of now , I'm taking Abiraterone Acetate pills and Prednisone daily and
Eligard shots every 3 months
I completed my 6 Chemotherapy at the end of October
My last Zometa infusion was in April so I could get dental work

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@kjbushur

As of now , I'm taking Abiraterone Acetate pills and Prednisone daily and
Eligard shots every 3 months
I completed my 6 Chemotherapy at the end of October
My last Zometa infusion was in April so I could get dental work

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Was chemo oral pills enzalutamide

Or injection at hospital

If I start pills they say its forever

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My chemo was Taxotere
I received the treatments at a cancer center
I got 6 treatments 3 weeks apart
I got them through infusion

They say I will be on a pill for life, once I come resistance to this pill I will get on another one

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I go today to have PET scan. We hope it hasn't spread any further

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@kjbushur

I too have a fistula that will be operated on in January
I have prostrate cancer that metastasized to bones
I have had 6 chemo treatments and currently hormone treatments I've been doing hormone treatments since January

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I had had six radiation treatments was on hormonal therapy was working great then another spot popped up on my lumbar L2 biopsy showed it was aggressive cancer I then took five treatments of chemo I am now just started Xofigo or radium 223 I Will have a treatment once every month for six months then I don’t know where we go from there keeping my fingers crossed thanks

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@digger

I had had six radiation treatments was on hormonal therapy was working great then another spot popped up on my lumbar L2 biopsy showed it was aggressive cancer I then took five treatments of chemo I am now just started Xofigo or radium 223 I Will have a treatment once every month for six months then I don’t know where we go from there keeping my fingers crossed thanks

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I hope all goes well for you
I had a PET scan yesterday and hope cancer has not spread further

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Good luck keep me posted thanks Dave🙏

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@digger

I had had six radiation treatments was on hormonal therapy was working great then another spot popped up on my lumbar L2 biopsy showed it was aggressive cancer I then took five treatments of chemo I am now just started Xofigo or radium 223 I Will have a treatment once every month for six months then I don’t know where we go from there keeping my fingers crossed thanks

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The head of radiation did GPS math and intensely radiated my L2 lumbar taking out 1.4 inches of prostate cancer that had metastasized Back on Zolodex for a year now and maybe Enzalutamide in Feb 23

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