Docetaxel - success stories?

Hi Sussex20, please feel free to read my profile regarding Docetaxel and my side effects from a few years ago.

Hope my experience helps.

Best regards 

Thank you that is really helpful - and most importantly, hopeful. 

Hi Sussex

Hubby has just finished 6 cycles of docetaxel along with taking his monthly Firmagon injections.  Read his profile.  If you want any other info then private message me.

Ginny

Thanks Ginny. That's helpful. I'm taking chemo as I type. I have read your husbands profile. The only other thing I was wondering was how did he get on with the  accompanying steroids?

Thanks

Hi Sussex

He had to take 5 tablets of prednisone the morning before, the morning of chemo and the morning after, 15 in total each cycle.  

He was not given any for the rest of the 3 weeks.  Are you taking them daily?

Ginny

Lots of meds during chemo, yes side affects not pleasant but tended to be short lived 

I’ve now been three years psa undetectable 

That is good news and encouraging to hear.

Hi there, my husband recently finished this chemo, he only had 5 cycles instead of six. Went really well and he didn’t suffer to much, his Gleason score went from 110 down to 5.5!!!!!

Hi Sussex20, I think the side effects vary considerably. I am 50 years old. I was diagnosed in March 22 as stage 4 Gleason 5+4=9 with mets to to rib and pelvis and a PSA of 16. I was started on 28 days of Bicalutamide with a 3 monthly prostap injection soon after. Docetaxel started 8th April ( with daily prednisolone) and dexamethacone day before/of/after chemo. Day following chemo self inject with lipegfilgrastim (stimulates white blood cell production). I have suffered fatigue, the occasional muscle and bone pains (due to the lipegfilgrastim) and sleep issues. I have continued to work. I have found that regular exercise, good diet, hydration, regular temp testing and being very aware of anything “not quite right” has meant that I can keep in top of it. I have had 5 sessions out of 6 so far and PSA is down to 0.43 so seems to be working alongside the ADT. 

Thanks all. After one cycle the side effects were rashes, fatigue and some constipation and stomach pain. I found I improved once I finished the course of lipegfilgrastim. However it is all manageable. My latest bloods look ok and it is probably early days to see anything dramatic with my PSA. I start my next cycle on Tuesday 5th July.