April 2024 Blood Test

This is a copy from my CaringBridge post.

Hi all.  Thankfully this is a boring update as I just got news that my PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen), which is my cancer marker, continues to hold steady.  My PSA is "undetectable" and remains at 0.03, praise Jesus!  My red blood cell counts continue to remain a bit low which means mild anemia, but my oncologist assures me that it is due to the medication (Nubeqa) I take.

I remain blessed and thankful.  I know they have diagnosed me as terminal, but God is bigger than a diagnosis and I know that you all are praying for me, and I can't tell you how much that means to me/us.  Buying time is good and I am thankful.

I remain on a medical leave of absence, standing and sitting continue to be my biggest problems along with crazy, embarrassing sweating.  They told me that killing my testosterone could give me "socially unacceptable" sweating, I have that day and night and it's horrendous.  My energy is good some days but other days it is debilitating where I can't move - for those that know me, you know how frustrating that is for me.  My pain doctor has prescribed me a "pain patch" called Buprenorphine which means I can take less Oxycodone.  I was excited about this as I thought it was "lower impact", but Heater told me it's a derivative of morphine.  Regardless, I am just happy that it's helping. 

Anyway, thank you all for the prayers!  I appreciate those who reach out and I am thankful that I get to spend time with many of you.  Hopefully you only see me on this site every 3 months as that means I am continuing to buy time and that Nubeqa is still working. 

An important aside...I lost two great friends since the last update - Bernie Santiago (triple negative breast cancer) and "Prostate" Kenner (metastatic prostate cancer).  These two were rocks for me and they were two that would consistently check on me and my health and we'd share treatments, discuss our fears, pray for each other and virtually hold each other.  I miss them both tremendously :(.  

I love you all!  
Jason (and Heater!)