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Pat - 17 Apr 2005 03:55 GMT

My friend who doesn't have a computer asked me to inquire:

He has Gleason 10, metastized PC.
He is being treated with standard drugs and is also taking various
vitamins.

He has now developed symptoms that include:
swelling of the hands, intermittent shaking of the hands making it
difficult to drink out of a cup, intermittent tingling of the hands and
legs, and intermittent twitching of the toes and feet.

Has anyone heard of this kind of situation or know whether this sounds
like it is coming from PC, the medicines he is taking, or is a wholly
independent malady?

Thank you.

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c palmer - 17 Apr 2005 08:43 GMT

From: himselfhimselfMYPANTS@juno.com (Pat)
My friend who doesn't have a computer asked me to inquire:
He has Gleason 10, metastized PC.
He is being treated with standard drugs and is also taking various
vitamins.
He has now developed symptoms that include: swelling of the hands,
intermittent shaking of the hands making it difficult to drink out of a
cup, intermittent tingling of the hands and legs, and intermittent
twitching of the toes and feet.
Has anyone heard of this kind of situation or know whether this sounds
like it is coming from PC, the medicines he is taking, or is a wholly
independent malady?
Thank you.

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hi pat - the problem of pca is that the cancer doesn't kill you out
right. it gets into the organs that sustains life and causes their
functions to decrease to the point that life is no longer an option and
the host then dies.

since you said that he has a gleason of 10 and that it has spread, then
it's a safe bet that it is getting into the other organs and one of the
organs is the brain. what you are describing may be secondary symptoms
spreading from the primary symptoms.

he could have scans ran to see where it has spread to.

i hope this helps. our thoughts are with your friend.

~ curtis

knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional
"Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is
invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so."
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Steve Kramer - 17 Apr 2005 12:29 GMT

You don't give his age, when he was diagnosed, what meds he is being given
or what his PSA is. These are all very important for us to have any kind of
opinion at all.

However, I can tell you that we have heard from people in all stages of
progression of prostate cancer and who have been through many different
drugs and vitamins and I do not believe I've heard any symptoms expressed in
this way.

Please find for us the missing data, especially the drugs he is taking, and
let us know. We can offer known side effects for those usually.

However, he should also contact his doctor. Often, when one has side
effects with one medication, another may be substituted or still another may
be added to reduce the sides.

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