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Niner, I was tickled to see your Hus has a great sense of humor. Hot flashes, indeed :giggle:
Niner
No chocolate for anyoneeeeeeeeeeee- just me rinces:
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You know I just have to research that drug that your DH will be taking and this is what I found (actually sounds very promising, IMO, not that I'm a Md or anything :facepalm: )
And he will probably have hot flashes, but your DH is very funny and won't mind- what a champ.
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bicalutamide, Casodex
http://www.medicinenet.com/bicalutamide/article.htm
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This article is a general for hormone therapy:
Hormone therapy for prostate cancer
"...Hormone therapy is recommended as a palliative treatment, to relieve symptoms such as bone pain. And while hormone therapy is not a cure, in that it can’t eliminate prostate cancer completely, it often extends life for many years. By reducing testosterone levels, hormone therapy can shrink a prostate tumor and its metastases and slow further progression of the cancer..."
http://www.harvardprostateknowledge.org/hormone-therapy-for-prostate-cancer
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This article is a little bit complicated, but maybe Zuri can decipher for you??
Long Term Progression-Free Survival in a Patient with Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer under Low Dose Intermittent Androgen Deprivation Therapy with Bicalutamide Only
"...Therapy was changed to bicalutamide 50 mg once daily when it became available in 2001. Restaging examinations with bone scintigraphy in June 1997 and June 2004 as well as magnetic resonance imaging in August 1998 did not reveal any signs of progression...
Therefore, we state that androgen deprivation with bicalutamide 50 mg only might be justified as long as full patient compliance is assured..."
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/criu/2015/928787/
So- it's important that your DH take these pills as his MD prescribes them, IMO.
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One more on the pills:
What Is Bicalutamide?
http://www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/bicalutamide
I'm sure your DH's Md has told him all info about the drug and what can be expected, but theses articles can help you, Niner, IMO. :hug:
:rose:
YESorNO said:I'm sure your DH's Md has told him all info about the drug and what can be expected, but theses articles can help you, Niner, IMO.
:hug:
YESorNO said:tell your DH I'm "cooking" a frozen pizza tonight
GigiG said:Niner, I hope you read this!
Zuri said:Another set of very interesting articles. I have to say, I can always depend on you to get the best articles out there and I am always learning something.
The one study you asked if I could help decipher was a study done on one patient in Germany that had undergone a prostatectomy and was taking only the chemo agent as a form of treatment. Interesting study, but unfortunately N/A here.
I really hope this drug can get to working fast, hot flashes and all! I am hoping it will help him feel better overall and the bone pain will diminish some. One of the things to be mindful of Niner is that your DH's bones are fragile and even a minor trip or fall can result in a broken bone.
I know you both have been dealing with testing and hospitalization over the last 4 months, but someone was obviously figuring this out and did the right tests, got you all to the right Doctor etc. Patients with a complicated medical history and a lot going on sometimes take more time to get through to the nitty gritty because there is so much to rule out. I am so relieved that you saw whoever you saw that had a clue on what to look for at this stage and kept digging until they had a diagnosis. It is so easy to go off on different tangents only to realize that what you thought might be the issue was not the issue at all.
Sometimes all it takes is a good doctor to refer you to a specialist when their work up is showing nothing glaringly wrong. The specialist then becomes like a dog with a bone and leaves no stone unturned, trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together. In medicine, we call this zebras because it is neither black or white, it is both. (Mixed metaphors I know).
It sounds as though you have had the right doctors working on behalf of your DH's care and I hope they continue to include you in every discussion and every step of his treatment. We are here for you and as you proceed on this journey, just know we are here for you. If you care to share here or privately, I am anxious to know what the MRI shows. They need to get you in sooner than later so they can have a complete picture. Tell them your WS SB friends want stat results.
Has anyone here heard about this indie short film loosely based on Jodi Arias' story? (I say Jodi Arias' story because it is clearly about her and not Travis.) It's called "Chandelier," from the song by Sia, which is the main part of the soundtrack.
http://nobudge.com/main/chandelier
I know they were trying to be creative and that they admit to taking creative license, but I found it offensive that they portrayed Jodi as a sweet, insecure young woman who just wanted to please, and Travis as an emotional bully. I watched this interview with the main actors and the director, and they seemed quite proud that advance audiences felt sympathy for Jodi... WTH?
interview:
[video=youtube;TRR6W65fajI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRR6W65fajI[/video]