Hi Michael and a warm welcome to the forum, which is very user friendly, if ever you have an issue just click on, forum help, I have never heard of anyone with 4 cancer types I am so sorry to hear this, It must be  tough getting a diagnosis like this, PS I have terminal cancer, so have some idea. Great news with the Katruda and that your still with us, though I have not heard of katruda I am happy it's working so well for you and continues to do so. A little about me 58yo retired, partner of 18 years but not married 3 kids, 7 grandkids No 8 in July from England, best wishes Eddie

Sorry to also hear about your cancer? hope its in check? Well, like I said partnered for 37, iam 71 years old and the other 75. Weve been in the Rohnert Park area for about 33 years and love it. Its a little expensive but youll not find a place with better weather... Yes indeed lucky in love and in health also considering my age. No kids iam sorry to say, i would have liked to have had children but it just wasnt in the cards for me. Nice to hear about your family, congrats. Are they close by? Well enjoy your week and dont let anything get you down, life is just to damn short, yes..

Hi 707Floyd, sorry about the delay, had a long weekend away with my closest friends, I know we see distances slightly different, my son is about 2 hours away which is a long way for us and my girls are 20 and 2 minutes away, all my kids are in their mid 30s. Rohnert Park sounds perfect, I live in Doncaster in the county of Yorkshire, founded about 2000 years ago by the Romans, Floyd, is it ok to call you that, never been one to worry, though always had health problems, I have had a good life and hopefully some more to come. I have advanced prostate cancer, with lots of mets, treatment so far has given good results, though my cancer is now adapting to my treatment, I still have plan B C and D, Tell me where does a guy from a beautiful place with perfect weather go on holiday too, and yes life is too short, so don't waste it, Eddie

Hello there Eddiel: I didnt realize you were so far away, my town is in the state of California, USA and is 50 miles north of San Fransisco in the wine country. I also have prostrate cancer and that seems to be the one there working on now. BTW, Floyd is my middle name feel free to call me by my first name, Michael. Holiday you say, lol, its been a long time since ive been on any kind of holiday. When we were younger we were fortunate to see many Plays and Concerts in our area, well in the city. We dont get out that often anymore, were lucky to have friends who come to visit us. You also are truly fortunate to have your family so close, thats very special. Well thats it for now, today is shopping day for food, makes me hunger thinking about it. Is your appetite good? Do you eat well? What are some of the kinds of food that you like over there? Talk soon. Michael

Hi Michael, just checked we are 5286 miles apart, so unlikely i will be popping round. can I ask how are they treating your prostate cancer and why this one before the others. No holidays, I'm guessing they are not your thing, We don't  do holidays as such we do weekends or visit family or friends, lounging on a beach all day does no appeal, and my health limits me as well so 2-3 days is my limit Hope you enjoy/enjoyed your shopping. Michael I don't know if you have anything similar over there, but we have an allotment, a patch of land you rent from your council ours is about 960 square yards and we can grow nearly all our veg and half our fruit, we have chickens too and with my youngest daughter being a livestock farmer. we do very little food shopping, As you probably know there are times when you just don't feel like eating, usually 1 or 2 days a week, but we like salads, stir fry's, homemade soups, stews and pasta and we make lots of sauces and pickles. We do eat out as well and have restaurants from all over the world to choose from. Eddie

Hi Michael, just checked we are 5286 miles apart, so unlikely i will be popping round. can I ask how are they treating your prostate cancer and why this one before the others. No holidays, I'm guessing they are not your thing, We don't  do holidays as such we do weekends or visit family or friends, lounging on a beach all day does no appeal, and my health limits me as well so 2-3 days is my limit Hope you enjoy/enjoyed your shopping. Michael I don't know if you have anything similar over there, but we have an allotment, a patch of land you rent from your council ours is about 960 square yards and we can grow nearly all our veg and half our fruit, we have chickens too and with my youngest daughter being a livestock farmer. we do very little food shopping, As you probably know there are times when you just don't feel like eating, usually 1 or 2 days a week, but we like salads, stir fry's, homemade soups, stews and pasta and we make lots of sauces and pickles. We do eat out as well and have restaurants from all over the world to choose from. Eddie

Hello there Eddie, you asked how they were treating my prostate cancer and why it first. Well they have me on some cancer drug that I get from a special pharmacy and along with that they have me taking prednisone. They make me feel weird and sometimes irritable but ive had no other side effects so iam lucky. My lung cancer is in check, thanks to the Keytruda and so is the brain. Not sure whats going on with the bone cancer but i know iam sore ALL the time. So its the prostrate they are working on, I really dont know much and dont think they do either. They gave me 1 to 1 1/2 years to live and its now been 4 1/2.

 Sounds like a nice place where you live. Iam afraid i dont have much of a green thumb and only thing I grow are some wildflowers and I grow my own pot as its legal in this state. Its been very hot here, heat wave so we finally broke down and had central air put in, wow, what a difference. Weve been in our home over 30 years, needs some work but were happy here, Sonoma County is very pretty. Well, thats it for now, feel free to ask me whatever youd like??

Hi  Michael, it's good to hear from you, thank you for the information, prednisone is used here usually with docetaxel with very good results and I have to agree the side effects have been kind to you, but we deserve a little luck sometimes, and I think your right I think there's a lot of guesswork with cancer treatment though great to hear yours is going well, which I'm happy to say mine is also, on diagnosis I was told 8 years, a year later 4 years and recently at last 5 more years, doesn't exactly fill you with confidence does it, though lately It's been good news, treatment is working well but my cancer which is castrate resistant is adapting to my hormone therapy, but plenty more tools in the toolbox. Michael my hometown is industrial so not pretty but good people, we are allowed to grow 2 pot plants which could be useful one day, we don't need air con and we are having an unusually cool wet summer, though good to hear you have central air we have enough to cope with without cooking in the heat, on a happy note to end my youngest daughter gave birth to my 8th grandchild on the 30th of June a beautiful girl called Mandy, best wishes.

Eddie

Hi Michael, sorry it's been a while since we've been in touch, though considering our health issues it's to be expected. I hope you are well my friend and look forward to catching up soon, my best wishes to you and your partner, take care.

Eddie