Chest Pain

Danalee,

I'm so sorry you and your husband are going though this, it's a frightening and difficult time.

This is from the Casodex site:
"CASODEX is generally well tolerated (breast swelling, pain and hot flushes can occur)." And Lupron is not known to cause cardiovascular problems.
But as your physician stated, it may the the combination.
Did your husband have any heart problems previous to his treatment? He's sure to be under a great deal of stress and that adds to his pain.
I wish I could be more helpful.
Be sure to come back here so we know how you're both doing, you're in our prayers,
Susan

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Husband Diagnosed 11/17/05 Age: 63 PSA: 7.96 No Symptoms
2/09/06: LRP - Post Pathology - Gleason 4+3 Stage T2b NO MX
3 mo. PSA: 11.8 Stage T3a
6 mo. PSA: 18.8 Stage IV Systemic w/ distant lymph node involvement
Start HT - Lupron 3 mo. shots
12/06/06: PSA 0.8
03/07/07: PSA 0.3
06/06/07: PSA 0.1
09/05/07: PSA 0.1
11/27/07: PSA 0.1

At www.prostatepointers.org you can post questions which will be answered by prostate cancer specialists.

www.hrpca.org is for people dealing with advanced prostate cancer and I found the folks out there very knowledgeable.

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Dutchy's husband:

 7/6: PSA 1,946, multiple bone metastases in thoracic, lumbar spine, pelvis, bilateral ribs and proximal left tibia, 2 weeks Casodex (50 mg)

25/6: PSA 407, Lupron injection (22.5 mg) + Zometa (4 mg IV)

20/8: PSA 3,7

24/9: Started 50 mg Casodex daily

29/9: PSA 0.7

30/9: Lupron injection (22.5 mg) + Zometa (4 mg IV)

14/10: PSA 0.17

18/13: PSA 0.003, Lupron injection (22.5 mg), Testosteron 0.6