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Re: Palliative care- vs. treatments and options

Alan,
You might want to go to your local PC information/support group. I always find these meetings to be informative, uplifting & enjoyable.

You are alive 28 months after starting out from a not great prognosis and getting good response from the ADT. With aggresive treatment there is a reasonable chance you'll die of heart failure when you are 85 and not from PC. A fellow in our group started out at T4 14 years ago and is still alive.

You might think of trying an antidepressant. I know the lack of sex and having cancer does seem to be depressing after a while.

Re: Palliative care- vs. treatments and options

I am in the same position and wish i could say more to help. When i was diagnosed at age 58, i was told that i should look into hospice! I was never informed about the different med's, chemo etc. I have been on chemo and it has failed. I will be starting a new line of chemo in the coming weeks. Anti depressants have helped me so much. i feel great, but know that my body will only take so much. I really pushed for surgery and was told it was a waste of time and too expensive, now i wonder what if...... follow your instincts, they will guide you.

Re: Palliative care- vs. treatments and options

Thankyou everyone for your replies. To be honest I am not depressed at all. I certainly don't miss sex because I never think about it ever now. My wife greatly misses the passionate closeness. It's a terrible blow on a relationship that has always been so passionate. But like my wife says I am alive. I play golf, excercise daily, enjoy life etc. I was just going over in my head like Amador said if my treatment fails, and lets face it more times than not it does and like Amador I may say what if I had have tried radiation or something else............

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