The entire medical costs billing system is little more than a racket...If you turned out to be an uninsured patient they would not accept the lower Medicare figure but would demand the $16,000 they...
Earlier in the year, I was enjoying the summer, traveling and I stopped in for a blood draw at a large VA medical center. There I met their head of the Oncology department, a wise old Oncologist who...
Casodex is usually given as a prelude to an injection called Lupron that will suppress your Dad's testosterone to castrate levels..This will (hopefully) greatly reduce your dad's cancer but it will...
Americans are the ONLY people who pay outrageous prices for drugs..The other 7.5 Billion people on our planet have access to the same drugs but at MUCH lower cost...A few of these specialized drugs...
30,000 men will die from Prostate Cancer this year. And last year and next year.....The VAST majority of those deaths will occur in men with a G9 or G10 Gleason profile..That's just the way it is....
"Sooner or later, my PSA will probably start to scoot up again and the doc will immediately recommend I resume Lupron to stunt the cancer. You know how it is when you are in a doctor's office and the...
Here is a link that explains VA eligibility in detail.. https://www.va.gov/healthbenefits/resources/publications/hbco/hbco_enrollment_eligibility.asp ...
After he was diagnosed, in 2015, what was his primary treatment ? Surgery, Radiation or Hormone (Lupron) therapy ? In any case, it looks like the Cabazitaxel is not working and there is little reason...
Here are a bunch of them..You can use this site to refine your search....
Nepol, Dose worked but not that well.. Now on Cabazitaxel (Jevtana) and it seems to be working much better..I have also had a bone biopsy done (at the VAMC Denver) to get a genetic sample and...
The VA has changed..Just walk into any VA Medical Center, stop at the front desk, get a number, wait until they call your number, do the interview..Bring your DD-214..If you have served in the armed...
At the end, your RO sometimes includes a "Boost" treatment where the beam is focused directly on your prostate bed and / or lymph nodes to give them an extra dose.. In the end, some parts will have...
Have your testosterone level tested..It will need to recover to around 300 before you start feeling "normal" again...It can take a while for a 6 month Lupron shot to wear off..When you FEEL like...
Some sex offenders are indeed treated with Lupron and it does indeed have the desired effect on them.......
I had the same basic thing...My Uro did the scope thing and found a tiny bladder stone lodged right at the urethra opening..He removed it right there and then and no more problems.......