As I do at the start of every day, took a small handful of Abiraterone and Dexamethasone. Later, at Methodist Hospital, got my quarterly Lupron shot and chatted with my oncologist.
As the tumor marker graph (below) shows, it’s working, at least for now: it’s pointing towards zero, which is a good thing.
I don’t give the hot flashes (a side-effect) permission to bother me. I’m grateful.
Tom,
Glad this is working for you and thanks for sharing the chart. Just started abiraterone for the first time today. I’m at 1.9 PSA and have been receiving Lupton quarterly for 4 years now after imaging and Surgery at Mayo Rochester in 2015 and Chemotherapy at Stanford in 2017. Don’t give up. Never give up.
Gary: Life is good, thank you for your kind words. I’m grateful for Abiraterone and Lupron. Surgery and radiation in 2016, then in 2017 two+ years of Abiraterone and Lupron brought PSA to undetectable. Restarted a few months ago with PSA rising. The Mayo is wonderful: I was there earlier this year hoping to get on this study (I didn’t qualify):
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT04868604
It sounds promising. With each year, there’s new treatments and we can live full of hope. Yes, never give up, we can plan on many good years.