list of 10+ years metastatic prostate survivor on lupron

Case 14a. 14 years surviver prostate was removed da Vinci on 65 birthday Oct 2009 after Gleason 7 but PSA never went down started trelstar shot Dec 2009 and fine since then after repeat shots. Did try intermittent but PSA come back after 9 months

What I did which may have helped. -- lost 50 lb through great effort from 217 lbs BMI 33 down to 169 BMI 25. Lots of walking 7000+ steps daily and recently 100 minutes per week rowing machine - my arm muscles are better
--lots of fiber,low carb lots of veggies and fruits whole grain bread (Dave's)

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Supplements. Curcumen, matcha fish oil cocoa powder all antioxidants and some reputedly anti cancer may have helped. As is metformin and baby aspirin
My other problems included stent in my widomaker artery 99pct blockage prediabetic allergies

Being 79 and quadruple immunity impaired I have 7 COVID shots and wear mask indoors. Wish me luck.

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Trelstar (similar to lupron) shots was pretty mild. Only serious item was lack of stamina due to zero testosterone. Couldn't even do moderate hikes at Tahoe also have bladder control issues but that may be due to prostate removal I can pretty much do we everything except stamina

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Note that my PSA wasn't very high. Only once reached 12. So I wasn't able to find which organ my cancer spread to after prostate removal despite 5 scans. Maybe that's why I survived so long

The next step. When your metastatic prostate cancer becomes castration resistant. Lots of trials going on. 32 multi clinic trials on UCSF website. However, I didn't find anything that extend life more than a few months on current treatments

Huge article on ncbi.nim.nih.gov dated June 2023 describe latest on mCRPC but the conclusion is sobering. MCRPC still represent a lethal disease......

More on avoiding the next lethal step mCRPC
Once you find out that you have mPC, you should do your utmost to avoid castration resistant since then ADT (lupron, elgarten, trelstar xtandi, etc) will likely not work. MCRPC under current treatments only extends 2-4 months to at most 2-4 years.

So be proactive in starting your ADT shots once you know you are metastatic. Before it spread to your organs, lymph nodes, or bone marrow I started with a PSA of 10 before the 5 scans saw anything