Stavros,

I'm guessing that a PSA of 2.9 after radiation and with ADT
still active in your body means that the cancer was not eradicated.
Presumably that's why the resident was gloomy.  You still have
cancer and still have the possibility of dying of it.

On the other hand, it appears that the PSA is growing slowly,
not (yet at least) galloping away.  So you still have the
possibility of living for years before the cancer gets you.

At this point, you don't even know for sure that your PSA is
going up.  2.6 to 2.9 looks like a rise, but the PSA can vary
a bit from day to day and the .3 difference is small enough to
be within normal variation.

As to the question of how many years have you got, I think
nobody knows the answer to that.  Perhaps your oncologist
thinks there will be a lot of years, maybe enough that old age
will overcome you in some other way before the prostate cancer
gets out of control.

For the moment, it seems to me that the progress of the disease
is now out of your or your doctors' hands.  They've done
everything for you that they know how to do.  They have
probably set the cancer back and bought you some extra time.

I think you should not worry too much about the cancer.  Try
to live a healthy lifestyle.  Try to eat right.  Try to enjoy
yourself.  Try to do what you like to do.  Try to be the good
person you've always been.

I would keep an eye on new treatments.  There are some that
look promising.  You don't need them yet but, if and when you
do, it's possible that something will be available.

Good luck and good health.

   Alan

My first PSA test after Lupron was 12 weeks.  I don't know how long it takes
for PCa and PSA to deminish after ADT, but I'm guessing there is a good
chance that in another six weeks you will have the result you desire.