Matastatic to Bones original 209 PSA and 40 Months Later Still undetectable

Hi All:
It has been a while since I posted but I am still here and so very thankful that I am still riding the Casodex train at 40+ months after a devastating initial DX . All other labs look great also. I asked my Oncologist if I was an anomaly and he told me that although I am well above the norm, he has patients who are still on first line HT well over 5 years after DX and one who is almost at 12 years on and still going strong.
I don't want to give anyone recently DX with metastatic PC false hope, I only want to let you know that there is hope that you can tame this beast as I have well past what is considered average.
HT is no walk in the park as some days I can power walk 5 miles and ride my bicycle another 20 but others I can't get out of bed. Stay strong everyone and let's slay this beast together once and for all.
Take care

geop

if not anomalous, it is nevertheless an ideal response. Congratulations.

Great

Wonderful news!

geop said...
HT is no walk in the park as some days I can power walk 5 miles and ride my bicycle another 20 but others I can't get out of bed.

geop

I'm only 6 months in and your quote above speaks the truth to me. I worked out Sunday, Monday, Tuesday & slept til 10 Wednesday, dragging my butt all day. Worked out yesterday at 7:30 & back at working out today at 6 a.m. I truly believe my workouts give me the strength to fight fatigue etc from HT. Great results. Love to read about that.You are another American Idol for me.(I didn't really look to see if you're American-I just like saying that)

Hello GEOP,

I gave thanks, reading your latest post, and knowing that you are still forging ahead --- weeks, months, and now YEARS after your diagnosis.

You and I joined up here on the website right about the same time, Geop, and I have always appreciated you as a loyal brother in the battle, here on the website.

Your story is hopeful, inspiring, and encouraging to others --- a diagnosis with some complexities at the beginning --- but you have stayed down in the battle trench, consistently pursuing treatments, keeping your mind in the game, living your life to the fullest, and sharing your first-hand experiences in the interest of helping others.

Thankful that the combination of FIRMAGON and CASODEX has worked so well for you ... I give thanks for the new treatments that have emerged within the past decade.

Set your sights on a great summer season ahead, Geop --- and let us know how you're faring, along the way!

Handshake, from across the miles, from "one brother to another brother" ---
CYCLONE -- Iowa State University