I had my 1 year Viadur implant removed yesterday after having it in for only
4 of the 12 months. With the previous 2 Lupron shots I have had a little
over 12 months of AHT. The side effects have been pretty rough so my URO and
I are going to go the Intermittant route. I am hoping - at almost age 70 -
to regain some QOL. Will keep you all informed.
George
Age - 69
8/12/02 - PSA 3.7
10/13/03 - PSA 4.69
11/11/03 - PSA 4.8
11/18/03 - Biopsy - 10 cores
one core-25% of core-Gleason 4+4=8
all other cores benign tissue
12/10/03 - Consult - Oncologist MD
12/16/03 - Consult - Radiation Oncologist
Treatment Plan - Northeast Ga Cancer Center
HT - started 12/17/03 - Eulixen & Lupron (2nd 4 mo Lupron-4/26)
2/10/04 - Started - Flowmax and Megastrol
Radiation - IMRT to begin 3/30/04 - 42 treatments - Completed 6/8/04
No seeds due to Prostate problems
8/30/04 - 1 yr Viadur Implant instead of 4mo Lupron
12/14/05 - Removed implant - trying intermittant HT for a while.