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Your trials and tribulations are heart wrenching to say the least. You have had more than your fair share.
Who is to say you should/of could/of done anything more.
Hang in there as best you can.
Best wishes to you and yours.
Don O.
Bill; As Don says, you have gone through plenty of adversity to date. Hopefully that will soon subside for you. Treatment/side effects for this disease are often worse than the disease other than treatment won't kill you.
After the Lupron wears off, you should get a better idea how the radiation treatment worked. .04 is really good but some of that may be from the Lupron also. Having been through both treatments (minus the Lupron) I can equate with some of your issues. I was very fortunate not to have any side effects from the radiation and so far, - ten plus years post, have none yet. PSA holding around the .1 area. So, hang in there, things can still improve. My lowest number was a .07 so I don't think there is a zero. A nice steady low number is what to hope for when everything settles down and the Lupron effect is gone. Jon.
