On Apr 07, 2011 4:42 AM dianegarmstrong wrote:
I have joined this board to reply to YOU. My husband's prostate cancer, which spread to his bones one year ago, caused unbelievable pain in January. Terrible. We had our February meeting with his oncologist (a prostate cancer specialist) in early February to ask for help. The doctor spoke the magic words: "There should be no pain." He put my husband on a protocol that absoluted eradicated ALL pain to this day: Percocet (two every six hours, including midnight), and Fentanyl patches (one 100 mcg patch and one 50 mcg patch) every three days. My husband has no pain, even though his cancer is spreading. I am endlessly grateful for this help. Good luck to you and your husband!
DGA
Thank you so much for answering, Diane. I agree that he should not have to tolerate any pain. He is currently taking one Percocet 10-325 (whatever that means) every three hours. That seems to hold him, although he can tell when it is getting close to time for the next dose and is eager for it.
He had Fentanyl patches several years ago - good to know that they can be combined with the Percocet. Our oncologist does not like giving "narcotics" too early because Rich might get "addicted" -- who cares, he only has about a year or less anyway. The doctor tried to keep Rich on ibuprofen for at least a week longer than he should have. I am going to have to keep on the oncologist's case to make sure that he doesn't try cut back the meds more than they should for complete pain relief.
May I stay in touch with other questions about meds? I'd really appreciate it.
Good luck to you and your husband too.
deb