Hismones 05/14/26

"Undetectable," such a lovely word! Following my quarterly PSA/Testosterone blood test on Tuesday, I received news this morning that both were too low to measure (PSA <.01 and Testosterone <10). At diagnosis in 2024, PSA was 6.4 and Testosterone wasn't measured prior to treatment. My follow-up appointment will be Monday (5/18), but I asked to get the test results as soon as available. It's hard to believe that Tammy and I have been going through this awkward maze of symptoms and treatments for seventeen months and should be finishing the series at the end of June. I'm pretty certain I'll still be dealing with symptoms from the treatments for a while, but my body will hopefully work hard to heal itself. This week's results mean that the medication is still suppressing cancer activity, that the disease hasn't developed a workaround to grow despite the medication. Whether the medication and radiation have completely eradicated the disease will be revealed over time. I'll have quarterly blood tests for two years, if the numbers stay low, then semiannually for two years, and finally annually thereafter. Should the PSA measurement rise significantly along the way, I'll go back into some sort of treatment that could involve both radiation and medication again. But for now, we're moving toward completion with the hope that by sometime this fall, I'll begin to feel more normal, hoping that the new normal is much like the pre-treatment old normal! If there's anything different coming from Monday's appointment, I'll post. And thanks for coming along for the ride, praying along the way!