My PSA went from 1.6 in August to 2.8 in early October to 16.6 last week. Not really what we were looking for on the PSA, but the Alkaline Phosphotase (bone indicator) dropped to 43. Kind of a mixed bag of results. We are still working with the Enzymes and Ketoconazole, but we have 2 months of increase so it is time to review once more. The initial thought for this month is to raise the dosage of Keto and Hydrocortisone to the maximum dose, which we are doing. This still may be a temporary solution if next months PSA continues to rise. We had been discussing consulting with some doctors in Los Angeles that are strictly Prostate Oncologists. Very impressive credentials and experience. We decided that we should contact them and see when we could get an appointment. They had a cancellation for Wednesday November 17th and we were able to get travel arrangements made. So here we are. I will meet with Dr. Lam of Prostate Oncology, Inc tomorrow. At some point I will consult with Dr. Scholz, as well. These are names that many with Prostate Cancer or in the arena of the treatment of Prostate Cancer would know. Teresa and I hope for some additional options explained to us and also to deal with oncologists who are very informed and educated about our options, now and down the road. As many of you who read here and also David Emerson’s excellent blog, “The Big C” know, the options for us seem to be amazingly few when compared to the large number of men diagnosed with Prostate Cancer annually. A group associated with Prostate Oncologist, Inc that was formed to bring awareness, and hopefully funding, to Prostate Cancer Research and Prevention is BlueSeptember. I have also added a link on the right side to this group. I will be sure to share my experience with this appointment as soon as possible and hope that I will be able to pass on information to any who fight the same battle. Talk to you soon!
B.
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