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PSA - 17.1, are Lupron injections necessary?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 11 7:23am | Replies (84)Comment receiving replies
Yuliyalt:
To expand a bit; one does not treat elevated PSA. You treat prostate cancer. And sometimes not.
Does your Grandfather have an actual cancer diagnosis, and if so, what is the Gleason grade.
Falling is a significant risk on hormone therapy, and particularly for elders.
Other posts have noted instability. A close friend on hormone therapy had "dizziness", tripped, fell, hit his head and required surgery to relieve hematoma pressure on his brain.
I have at times, especially the first couple of weeks, felt "wozziness" or "off".
So I think falling is a real side effect.
Most importantly, what is/are his dr(s) saying?
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Thank you for your comment.
My grandfather got diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014 and had Brachytherapy that same year. Currently, he has Gleason score 6 and slowly raising PSA – 16.9. He has no treatment, just monitor and bone scans/blood test. When we ask doctor is any treatment should be administered, she said Lupron injections. But I am not convinced he needs it and side effects might outweigh the benefits. My grandfather is a healthy 79 year old man, who is currently takes no medication of any kind.