I took the genetic test for Keytruda - nothing. Just as well, it would price out at $23000/month, and I don't have that. I spent a couple of months in a Corvus CPI trial. It accomplished nothing but...
And on top of that, WalMart is no longer honoring GoodRx for discount prices. I'll have my own issues Monday with my oncology clinic pharmacy. I've been warned...
Zytiga knocked down my PSA but also had negative liver impact, so stopped that and went on xtandi. It worked well for over a year. I don't have any prednisone feedback. It was prescribed and I took...
It will take a week of so for the port incision to heal up, but other than bumping the seat belt (until I got a spacer pad), I've had no issues with it bothering sleep or motion. Mine has been in...
Taxotere every 2 weeks 10/17 - 01/19, 31 sessions Things learned early- -GET A PORT. After a massive fail to find a decent vein at session 2, I insisted. And we are still using it in my experimental...
I'm going to write a chemo comment in an editor so I don't lose it mid-process. As to the signature, the limit is 400 characters. Be brutal and abbreviate to the extreme. A lot of what seem like...
Advantage plans can be very, extremely limited in providers. There are a couple in the DFW area that hype "8 hospitals". Here we tend to think Baylor = dozens of facilities scattered over hundreds of...
The manufacturer co-pay assistance plans normally exclude patients on Medicare, Tricare, or other government supported plans. In moving to 2020's part D, my monthly cost is going up a lot, but there...
The desired use of the signature (per our site owner), because they occupy real server space as any post content, is to include the sig only in the first post in a thread. You'll see that if you...
I was a 4+4 from the biopsy, and a 4+5 from post op path. I'll echo what others have said - it hasn't made a treatment decision difference to me over just under 10 years fighting the beast, so I'll...
My Aetna part D "covers" the gel as a tier 4 with a 100 or 300 gram limit per 30 days (depending on the strength). That tier is expensive until you hit catastrophic. It also requires a set of...
I didn't notice any taste change while on Zytiga or Xtandi. Taxotere was a whole different story. I always take prednisone just before I eat, swallowed fast with a lot of water. It has not changed my...
JNF is correct in that "cancer" does not qualify you for SSDI. PCa does, when there are relapses (I think 3 is the starting point), and you are no longer able to work. I applied, since I went through...
I've done three sets of 15 radiation sessions for T12, L3, L4, L5, and nodes around my heart. It's just another day in paradise. Hang in there. My PSA fell over 50% after hitting the L vertebrae. It...
Todd, Hang in there bud! We have to keep fighting. I started a clinical trial yesterday (Corvus CPI-006). They bumped me from the arm I was told I'd be in, but something is better than being refused...