Comments on: Dr. Meyers, My husband is currently 9 treatments into a second round of taxotere and carboplatin. He is also taking emcyt the day of chemo and the day after. He takes calcitriol (70 pills) the night before chemo. The first round of chemo kept the cancer under control for 13 months. This time he started in Sept. and his PSA was 36. It has fluctuated up to 64, and for the last month and a half is staying around 50. He is 67 & has no other major health issues. He feels very tired afternoons & evenings, but otherwise he feels ok and eats well. His original dx was in 2006 with a PSA of 29 and a Gleason of 9. He had cryosurgery in 2006, has been on ADT, tried HDK. We are headed back for the next tx on Tuesday the 15th Dec. His oncologist is considering mitoxantrone, which would be new to my husband, or a combo of gemzar, alimta & sutent. We are moving into new territory here are are looking for further ideas and advice. (Additional meds he is taking are Lovenox, ethinyl estradiol, 125 mcg Leukine, Avodart, Proscar.)

Comments on: Dr. Meyers, My husband is currently 9 treatments into a second round of taxotere and carboplatin. He is also taking emcyt the day of chemo and the day after. He takes calcitriol (70 pills) the night before chemo. The first round of chemo kept the cancer under control for 13 months. This time he started in Sept. and his PSA was 36. It has fluctuated up to 64, and for the last month and a half is staying around 50. He is 67 & has no other major health issues. He feels very tired afternoons & evenings, but otherwise he feels ok and eats well. His original dx was in 2006 with a PSA of 29 and a Gleason of 9. He had cryosurgery in 2006, has been on ADT, tried HDK. We are headed back for the next tx on Tuesday the 15th Dec. His oncologist is considering mitoxantrone, which would be new to my husband, or a combo of gemzar, alimta & sutent. We are moving into new territory here are are looking for further ideas and advice. (Additional meds he is taking are Lovenox, ethinyl estradiol, 125 mcg Leukine, Avodart, Proscar.) http://prostatecanceradvice.org Prostate Cancer Prognosis, Questions and Answers Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:25:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3