Well one thing good can be said...it works. Miller's PSA is 0.1 after only one shot.
However, Most of the new school on this treatment says it should be intermittent...stopped when the PSA is low enough (which it is) and restarted when it rises again to 20 or so ng/dl. Miller's current doctor wants to keep him on the therapy. However his cholesterol has risen to 273 from normal and his sugar is elevated as well. There is diabetes in his family. The possibility of heart attack and/or stroke is much increased. Osteoporosis increases, muscle wasting increases, ad infinitum for side effects - and serious ones at that. Not to mention ED, gynecomasty, teeth falling out due to bone loss etc etc.etc.
Miller's doctor, a felon, YES a FELON, who was convicted of overusing this drug and scamming patients and insurance companies, has shown absolutely no concern about any of these side effects..that they might kill him.
I firmly believe he wants us to keep going there so he can admisinster the shot and collect a fee for that service, not giving a hoot about what it does to the patient over time. All these effects are just a month after receiving his first injection. What quality of life is there for patients who live on this drug?
I have a hard time being civil to this man. Be that as it may, I made an appointment with a medical oncologist at Harry Gray cancer center here in Hartford. I dont feel he needs to drive all the way to yale new haven for oncology.
Miller is happy happy with the PSA news and doesn't seem to comprehend the necessity of treating the "whole" individual. i.e. Trips to the gym, watching sugar intake, lowering cholesterol intake, monitoring blood pressure etc, etc, etc.
And as he is an easy going sort he hates to leave his FELON friend, but I say good riddance. This man does not use due dilligence. If he had he would have treated this condition BEFORE it spread instead of waiting 4 months to treat him .
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