Robert
Thistlewhite and Shelby live in Nevada, USA. He was 60 when he was diagnosed on
August 27, 2004. His initial PSA was 333.0 ng/ml, his Gleason Score was 8 or 9
and he was staged T4. His choice of treatment was ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy).
Here is his story.
Upon receiving the PSA Count of 333 I was also informed
of a compression Fracture of the Spine at T11 with Tumor involvement. I was told
I had Metastatic Prostate Cancer and within two and a half weeks was undergoing
Spinal Surgery to remove the Tumor, T11 vertebrae and two ribs.
I have
been on Lupron for the past three plus years, Zometa for the past two years and
was on Casodex for approximately one and a half years. My PSA dropped to a low
of 7 and then went to 10 where it stayed until October of last year when it jumped
to 14. They stopped the Casodex and after a Cat Scan and Bone Scan I went through
three weeks of Radiation to relieve the pain generating down my left leg from
a tumor on the pelvis.
I am now going to be starting a regimen of Ketoconozole
and Hydrocortisone along with the Lupron and Zometa as the PSA in continuing to
rise. It was at 25.8 on December 10th. I will be having another PSA taken in a
week just prior to starting the Ketoconozole to get a base line reading.
I
feel good and am still working and am active with volunteering and with my Children
and Grandchildren. I look forward to conversing with others. I have always tried
to find the humor in most everything. There are also very few people who know
me who don't know what I have and what I am going through. I have always felt
that the more people who know the larger your support group is.
Thank you
for letting me impart my story on your website.
Robert
Thistlewhite
Robert
reports that his PSA is 2.6 ng/ml.
On
the same regimen, Robert's PSA is still 2.6 ng/ml.
Robert's e-mail
address is: rthistlewh@dslextreme.com
