Great news from the oncologist yesterday – the Lupron reduced my PSA to 6.9 from 17.1!
That’s the effect after one month. The the last vestiges of the Lupron should continue to do its thing for another 2 weeks, more or less. Then the cancer will start growing again and my PSA will rise. The hope is that it will be less than about 17 at the end of three more months, when I get another Lupron shot. If it rises significantly faster than that, I may have to switch to one month on Lupron and two months off, not three.
Lupron’s effects on me are significantly different than they were the last time I took it. This time I’m experiencing fewer hot flashes and more chills. About 1 in 3 days the Lupron really messes with me emotionally. Those times are pretty much lost to just getting through them. That should subside over the next three months as Lupron’s effect wears off. I’m looking forward to it.
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Great! I am also down to precisely that level as a result of chemo.
Woot! Great news for you and me!
Great news! Here’s hoping it stays below 17.
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What wonderful news to read! Wishing you a speedy passing of all side effects!
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Such great news! Hip hip hurray!
I hope good news comes your way as well.
Thanks so much. 🙂
Thinking of you, good news Jim!
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At least I’m pretty certain, that in China (as in my experience with math and software) the use of decimals is implied more often and therefore my PSA is the same as yours, Jim. I am not going to obsess, but my understanding is that when my physician here says “69” he doesn’t mean your PSA times ten. He might…PSA is highly variable as to its range for different individuals, so the important thing is I’m down from 80 or maybe 8.0.
I have friends from Italy that are the same way with decimal points. Drives me nuts!
That’s great news! Hope your side effects lessen quickly so you can enjoy this great season. My scan’s coming up in mid-June. Hard to ignore the scanxiety that begins to swell. Ugghh!
Good luck on your scan! I know what you mean about scanxiety. It’s too bad we can’t just let things happen and go on about our business, it would make having cancer so much easier.
Hahaha, ya, let me know when you figure that out! When I was first dx, I took ativan to get through all the testing, but I don’t want to take it daily. Too bad a martini a day isn’t considered good medicine! Thanks for the good wishes. I’m sure I’ll be blogging results in a month. Take good care of yourself!
This is wonderful news. Hang in there during those down days – thinking of you!
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Must have missed this! So happy to hear you getting good news! You deserve good news! Sending gentle thoughts for the hardest days…
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it.