Dad's having a hard time

I've not posted in a while about my Dad, mainly because there hadn't been much change in how he was doing. A few weeks ago they elected to stop the chemotherapy because it was no longer pushing his PSA downward and he has all along suffered such severe side-effects.

This past week, they did both a bone scan and tissue scan. Everything is stable, meaning the cancer has not advanced any more. The tissue scan came back completely clear; the "hot spots" on his bones are pretty much the same, except for a small increase in the chest area.

But, he is have a difficult time post-therapy. They are weaning him off Prednisone, which he had been on for the duration of the therapy (since January). The Prednisone withdrawal has caused his already severe fatigue to become even worse. He sounded very weak today.

At the cancer center, he ran into an acquaintance who also had severe fatigue with Taxotere. It took a couple of months to rebound from it. I hope that proves true with my Dad, that there is a light at the end of the tunnel here. It has already been such a long struggle.

My current work project is a short one - about a month - after which I think I'll carve out some time to go back to Chicago again.