Rose,
I had a RP in Jan and pre-op psa of 17. 6 weeks after surgey my psa went up to 25 and a recheck one week later by the same lab was up to 30. I was started on Casodex for 6 weeks and in 10 days the psa was down to 20 and another referral to MD Anderson 2 weeks later I started Lupron injections. We waited only one month to start IMRT and I got to get an extra dose (37 treatments) and really didn't have any bad side effects except for chronic diarrhea and depression. 6 weeks after IMRT my psa was up to 35. I have been on Casodex and Lupron continuously since July and my psa was down to 4.0 in Nov. I have repeated another bone scan 2 weeks ago and still clear of metastasis to bone at least. All I am told is that I have "cancer" somewhere in the body and nobody knows where>>> So I live each day to the fullest I can, I drink Xango, Pomegrante juice and take 4000mg Vit D each day and hope that someday I can get rid of the last of the cancer.
Albert Pugh