Prostate cancer with bone mets

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Hi all

I was hoping someone could help me out with this one. So here in general is my

dilemma.

I am 59 in good health except cancer. I was (diagnosed) Dx in Dec 2006 with

stage 4 prostate cancer (pca) gleason 9 at 80% of prostate being cancerous. I

have bone mets on several spinal vertebrae, collarbone, stereos, hip bones, and

others. Very aggressive PSA = 9.5

I was put on androgen deprivation therapy (adt) on jan 2007. I failed adt on

feb 2008 with a psa of 17.

I started Prostesol and other supplements and herbs in feb 2008. The Prostesol

started to fail in Oct 2009 with a PSA of 100.

Normal PSA is <4. A PSA of 100 is very bad. My Psa was 165 and I went onto chemo

(Taxotere) and ADT. I started these on Nov 2008. We all know where chemo leads

us and that is a permanent location underground.

When I was first Dx in dec 2006 I was given two years to live. The term was '

with a status of your disease most men with your cancer type will be dead within

2 years ..... '. I feel lucky to have beaten it by at least a year as I should

have been dead by Dec 2008. If I didn't go on Prostesol and supplements I

probably would have been dead by 2008.

So I have failed adt and I failed prostesol and I am on chemo in an attempt to

stay alive. Chemo should give me another year or two. But I plan on being around

for a long time.

Thanks in advance.

Steve