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Stage 4 PC Longevity: Anyone have prostate cancer more than 10 years?

Posted by ringmastr1 @ringmastr1, May 26, 2023

There is a lot of great info on this forum. I am 54 and was just diagnosed in January with metastatic Stage 4 PC. (Hip, L4, Sacrum, and a small liver lesion). My PSA has gone from 359 in January to .24 last week and I feel great! I am curious to know how many guys on this forum have been treated for more than 10 years and what your quality of life is like. It is stories like this that will give me (and others) more hope. Peace to you all!!!

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catch22 | @catch22 | 1 day ago
In reply to @robert570 "I've been Stage 4, prostate cancer and metastatic bone cancer for 10 years this fall. I'm..." + (show)
@robert570

I've been Stage 4, prostate
cancer and metastatic bone cancer for 10 years this fall. I'm on pluvicto now. They've had me on everything. One thing I've avoided was anyone telling me how much time do you have left. I don't want to know and will never ask. All I know is I will die with it and not from it. Humor and life goes on. I eat what I want and go where I please. Attitude has a lot to do with it. The future is mine!

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Couldn't have said it better myself. Everyone is different, so never base your outcome on someone else...good or bad. Live your life and keep a positive attitude and don't let your diagnosis get you down. Like you, I'm going to die with prostate cancer, and not from prostate cancer.

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melcanada | @melcanada | 11 hours ago

What are you on that brought PSA down and how fast

I am 208 now on Abiraterone plus Prednisone 8 years since radiation Been on everything 80 now

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jkwerner | @jkwerner | 38 minutes ago
In reply to @rxharleydude "Just curious, how old is your husband & do I understand correctly it was the Pluvicto..." + (show)
@rxharleydude

Just curious, how old is your husband & do I understand correctly it was the Pluvicto that failed?

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My husband lived to almost 75. He died one week before his birthday.
He had not been able to receive Pluvicto early because of the hold up with the FDA approvals. He went without any treatment for 9 months. It's hard to say what might have been the outcome but he weakened greatly when he was mandated to try Chemo treatments before getting Medicare to pay for Pluvicto.
I believe that Pluvicto is the cutting edge of the treatment for the immune system, that cancer will be recognized as tied to our depleted immune system. I'm a retired RN nurse. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center gave us 11 years and I would say 7 were very good years.Best wishes to you

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