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The right time to start radiation post RP with an increasing PSA?
I'm 57 years old and had a Robotic Radical Prostatectomy on 12/1/2022. Since then I've been diligent in my post operation blood work and PSA...
Shelf life of systemic therapy
After several rounds of cyberknife treatments failed to eliminate prostate cancer cells in my body, I was told that further radiation wasn't viable because of...
Post-treatment update
It's been a year and two months since I started treatment (Gleason 7 4+3). I had three months of Casodex and Lupron with 5 sessions...
Has anyone else moved from Firmagon to Orgovyx?
I have stage 4 (oligometastatic) prostate cancer, and will be on ADT and androgen-reception inhibitors, basically, forever. I've been on monthly Firmagon (Degarelix) injections for...
Acceptance of Prostate Cancer and its side effects
These discussions are mostly devoted to the nuts and bolts of prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, and rightly so. Those discussions are immensely helpful to...
Fact and fiction regarding prostate cancer? Fish oil, vaccines, etc.
Is any body taking fish or krill oil ? I’m seeing conflicting reports concerning prostate cancer.Also. Has anyone come down with prostate cancer since being...
Good news, bad news on blood work after 6 weeks of Orgovyx.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/good-news-bad-news-on-blood-work-after-6-weeks-of-orgovyx/
I've been on Orgovyx now for 6 weeks, and thought I was tolerating it pretty well. Eating well, doing resistance training, cardio work and impact...
How low vitamin D causes a high PSA
I tell everyone to sign up with ancan.org for their advanced prostate cancer meetings. You don’t even need to go to a meeting, but you...
How has ADT affected your enthusiasm & motivation for life?
My 61 year old husband (I'm 55) has been on ADT - Nubeqa and Orgovyx - for over three months and will likely take both...
ARI-only side effects
I’m 76. My T is up since I stopped Lupron with Nubeqa, after 15 months, and continued with Nubeqa for the last 28 months. The...
Estradiol patch prescriptions
I am on Lupron, Zitiga, and now radiation for a Gleason score 8 prostate cancer. The cancer had spread to adjacent lymph nodes and one...
Endocrinology for ADT Side Effects
It's been 2 years since I completed a 4 months regimen of Orgovyx. I had been advised that Orgovyx was easier to recover from than...
Life after prostate cancer
I am new on here. Age 72. I had RARP in Jan 2020. surgery/biopsy revealed 1 out 12 samples with cancer. Gleason 3+3. Margins were...
Onward with durable remission
I add bits of pieces of my story to various posts, but I'm organizing my story and figured this would be a good opportunity to...
Has anyone had these atypical features with their Metastatic PC???
I am 65 years old and was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer in January 2025 with PSA = 70; prostate biopsy showing fairly low volume...
The Waiting Room: A Post Treatment Parable for the Terminally Stable
So you did it. You checked your PSA, because you’re responsible like that—or more likely, because a doctor with an unnecessarily cheerful tone suggested it...
Switching from Orgovyx to Bicalutamide
Hi everyone, I’m looking for insight or personal experiences with Bicalutamide as a follow-up or alternative to Orgovyx. I’ve been on Orgovyx (relugolix) for about...
Why does PSMA Pet Scan show no evidence of mets? Missing something?
-PSA of 7.-MRI May/2025 PI-RADS 5, suspicious for extraprostatic tumor extension, suggesting neurovascular bundle involvement. No lymphadenopathy.-Biopsy June/2025 - Right posterior medial Gleason 3+4, grade...
Androgen deprivation therapy, thinking of taking an antidepressant
Hi everyone. I'm currently being treated for prostate cancer and part of the treatment is six months of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) where medication reduces...
Let's get it started: My journey with SBRT (radiation)
Start saying your goodbyes cancer.Testosterone...see you in June.SBRT starts next week Thursday.Stay Strong Brothers
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