DOES ANYONE KNOW ABOUT HORMONES AFTER DA VINCI SURGERY?

I have been on hormone therapy for 10 months. I started HT 90 days after daVinci surgery. The reason I was told to commense HT was because of my stage and high risk of return (90%). This does not appear to to be the case for him. His stage and PSA indocate that he is not high risk. But I have an additional question. Did they perform an Orchiectomy? (Remove the testicles). If so then he probably needs Testoterone injections. If not, he needs to see his doctor. I am not certain who "everyone" is that you refer to, but his shaking is not hormone related. And I would doubt is it even with Testosterone ablation. He needs to see a doctor, or, even another doctor.

God Bless.

Tony

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Age 45 (44 when Dx)

Pre-op PSA was 19.8

Surgery on Feb 16, 2007

Post-Op Pathology: Gleason 4+3=7, positive margins, Stage pT3b (Stage III)

HT began in May, '07 with Lupron and Casodex 50mg

IMRT radiation for 38 Treatments ending August 3, '07

Current PSA (1/08): <0.1

I will continue HT until May '09. 

Years in Remission (3/23/07): 1

Visit my Journey at:

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/tonycrispino

STAY POSITIVE!

Prostate Cancer Forum Moderator

Post Edited (TC-LasVegas) : 3/29/2008 11:00:08 AM (GMT-6)

Please send me the link for Bret.

Tony

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Age 45 (44 when Dx)

Pre-op PSA was 19.8

Surgery on Feb 16, 2007

Post-Op Pathology: Gleason 4+3=7, positive margins, Stage pT3b (Stage III)

HT began in May, '07 with Lupron and Casodex 50mg

IMRT radiation for 38 Treatments ending August 3, '07

Current PSA (1/08): <0.1

I will continue HT until May '09. 

Years in Remission (3/23/07): 1

Visit my Journey at:

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/tonycrispino

STAY POSITIVE!

Prostate Cancer Forum Moderator

Not right. Should be like this:

www.caringbridge.org/visit/xxxxxxxxxx

The x's should be the name of the individual or site.

Whatever i safter "visit" is what I need.

Tony

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Age 45 (44 when Dx)

Pre-op PSA was 19.8

Surgery on Feb 16, 2007

Post-Op Pathology: Gleason 4+3=7, positive margins, Stage pT3b (Stage III)

HT began in May, '07 with Lupron and Casodex 50mg

IMRT radiation for 38 Treatments ending August 3, '07

Current PSA (1/08): <0.1

I will continue HT until May '09. 

Years in Remission (3/23/07): 1

Visit my Journey at:

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/tonycrispino

STAY POSITIVE!

Prostate Cancer Forum Moderator

Thanks for posting....His shaking is identical to being very cold...going into shock....shivering. He is NOT cold. Even insides quiver he says! This has gone on for several months now...sort of disappears and then its back again. Very frustrating to him. He lives alone..right next door to us or we probably would not know about it. He is a typical 'bubba' from Arkansas. He is an outdoorsman and hunts and fishes constantly. He had to quit work on the railroad because of a bad back. We have cattle and he has not been able to help with them for a long time either. So for him to be in the house so much is NOT NORMAL. He was never an inside person, except when the girls were babies!
I do appreciate your posting and if you know of any reasons he can bring up to his Dr it would be appreciated. He has watched his sugar readings as his daddy is diabetic Type II and we thought perhaps that was a cause, but it is ok.

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Age 53
Diagnosis May 2007
2 Biopsies PSA 3.98
12 Core samples
3 Positives
T1A T2B
Gleason (3+3) 6
Both Lobes
Da Vinci Surgery 7/10/2007
Dr. R. Kuhn - NLR, Arkansas
Nerves/nodes ok
confined to prostate
no penetration of outer walls.

Thank you so much.   Will do.  He goes back within the next 2 wks I think, unless he can get into the family Dr.  Will report back what we find out.  God Bless

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Age 53
Diagnosis May 2007
2 Biopsies PSA 3.98
12 Core samples
3 Positives
T1A T2B
Gleason (3+3) 6
Both Lobes
Da Vinci Surgery 7/10/2007
Dr. R. Kuhn - NLR, Arkansas
Nerves/nodes ok
confined to prostate
no penetration of outer walls.