Hi Steve, I actually have something good to report for a change.  You
may recall that the Lupron I was on was beginning to fail as my psa
began to climb and at a pretty scary rate. I was just getting ready to
go off the Lupron at that time, so did so anyhow. After a year or so
being off of it, maybe a year and a half??, I went back on it three
months ago, with the addition of Casodex.

Neither my oncologist nor the urologist believed that it was going to be
effective, that I was hormone refractory, but it was worth a try.  My
psa then was 2.1 and now after three months on Lupron and Casodex it has
dropped to 0.4.  That is the lowest it has been in a couple years now.

I am still looking closely at some trials, but sure feel a lot better
with the lowering of the psa rather than the constant upward trend.

Also on a good note, the SE's so far have not been nearly as much of a
problem as the last two times on ADT. Life is good.