My husband received his first injection from his urologist. I was at the appointment and he never mentioned the side effects. I asked because I had already done the research and he basically shrugged...
There are some options with Zytiga that you can talk over with your doctor. Sometimes men are able to drop back to a half dose and gradually build back up to a full dose. Another option is taking a...
This is the battle we're all going to have to be aware of: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2019/s0424-advises-misapplication-guideline-prescribing-opioids.html CDC is raising awareness about the...
Congratulations! That's wonderful news. Your diagnosis is almost identical to my husbands who is coming up on three years. It gives me me hope!...
You may want to see if he is on any other medicines that can cause elevated liver enzymes. There may be alternatives that will work better with Zytiga. For example, when my husband was going through...
Thank you for posting the Lupron .pdf - it's always good to review. And I'll let my husband know that he has choices - arm, hip, buttocks, or thigh. I know he sits sideways for a few days. :(...
We ran into something like this with my husband's biopsy - the doctor that did the biopsy was in network, the one that read the biopsy was not in network. You have to question everything even with...
I would also consider the quality of life issues. Knowing what I know now, if it was my father (who passed away at 73 with PCa) I would suggest with a Gleason 7, low PSA, and low tumor burden to just...
My husband has lost 20 pounds with low carb diet and exercise since July. It does work but he's worked really hard to get the weight off. I'm very proud of him! The doctors - MO or GP - haven't said...
Spouse 21 - The MO's sort of laughed at the ice mitts idea but we ignored him. We used ice packs and very very cold coke/pop/soda cans that he could hold during his infusion. He also has Renauld's...
When my husband did chemo, he was able to work from home on the day after his infusion and then a couple of days when his WBC was at it's lowest. Our son-n-law was in the hospital (he has MS) for 5...
Sending prayers of peace for you and your family as you begin this transition....
My husband was diagnosed in Dec 2016, Gleason 7 (4+3), PSA 75, lots of lymph node involvement and three bone mets. He started on Casodex/Lupron, dropped casodex after a month, did 6 rounds of...
Todd - my husband is on his second "generic" brand. He was on name brand Zytiga for 1.5 years, now 6 months on the two different generics - I don't really understand but the speciality drug store...
It may be the prednisone that he's taking with lunch. It tastes really bad. See if he can take it at a different time of day. My husband takes two prednisone a day - one an hour after his Zytiga in...