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Posted 2/28/2010 4:55 AM (GMT 0)
Hi all,


Have read some of the posts up here. I just wanted to share with you a really useful resource which i've just read, and its given me a lot more comfort on my chosen treatment. I have PSA 5 , gleason score 7, and my doctor has suggested I have surgery. I know that there are a number of treatment options, and I wasn't sure whether I had been recommended the best treatment. I was going to get a second opinion, but I read this book instead, and it answered a lot of the questions I had. It talks about the pros and cons of each treatment and backs it up with the statistics, and I havn't found something with this detail anywhere else. Its also written for patients - so really easy to understand.

The only downside is that the book does not talk about cyberknife or proton therapy, but these are really new treatments, so there is probably not enough stats on how these compare to other treatments anyway.



Based on the information I read in this book, i've decided to go ahead with surgery, and am waiting on my operation date.



This guide has just come out and has all the latests stats and data available on the established treatments available (both surgical and non-surgical). You can get it at:



Hope it helps you too!



Dave.

Dave, first, welcome to the forum. As you can see, you have attracted some skepticism as to your intents. The reason is we have people coming on here, posting for the first time and spamming us with something to sell, and we do not tolerate dirty rotten spammers very well, hence your reception so far. I am gonna assume you are straight forward in your intent. I am editing out the link to the book, for now, as it is practice here to not allow any first time posters to link to anything that may be commercial until we get to know them better and can better decide their intents. So, thanks for the post, thanks for sharing your information with us, stick around and post a few times, get to know the guys and let them get to know you, and then we'll see about getting that book link back into the conversation, ok? Hope you do stay and participate, sharing your particular experience with us. Thanks, James C.

Post Edited By Moderator (James C.) : 2/28/2010 7:11:13 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 2/28/2010 7:24 AM (GMT 0)
MODERATOR, YOUR ATTENTION IS REQUIRED.

Gotta love it -- first post and we have a sales pitch -- doesn't pass my smell test

Mel

Posted 2/28/2010 9:36 AM (GMT 0)

And all for the low,low introductory price of only $17-00. Who moved the rock that allowed escape of another lowlife.

Bill

Posted 2/28/2010 10:58 AM (GMT 0)
That is quite pitchy looking you need to reply back to disspell the possible appearance of this post. Even though myself and others heavily endorse Dr. Strums book- A Primer on Prostate Cancer-which does cover all treatments and doesn't seem biased. I would also tell anybody getting any major treatment to get muliple opinions and for alot of reasons, the ones you would not find in books for example:

Through the interview processes with various doctors using various protocols, you can ask alot of questions and maybe see, feel, smell possible bias, agenda and truthfulness, sincerity, compassion, etc.....Those can never come through the same as in person and face to face. Depending upon whom you see, might hear and witness something that you never knew about from a book or other patients and you may need to verify it thereafter using internet and searching, could also make a big difference in ones particular case, this medical issue is more individualized than it seems outright.

Good nose Mel and Billy...the smell test although unscientific is computed through a well built computer (called the brain). LOL  (I got giggle bites too)

Post Edited (zufus) : 2/28/2010 4:02:13 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 2/28/2010 1:28 PM (GMT 0)
- such a tease - no mention of name of wonderful book nor of the doctor in his posting - just the website - and only US$17.00 - if you buy one now do you get an extra book free with only the cost of shipping? -
- it is terrible that we have to distrust so many statements that might be sincere - but in fact aren't.
- I only used my shamwow for a month and it is gathering dust somewhere in the house...
BRONSON

-p.s. I admit I did go to the link - I am a product of my media-saturation upbringing -
Posted 2/28/2010 1:54 PM (GMT 0)
I agree that this post does not pass the test of sincerity on all levels. I too took at look at the site and the excerpts appear to be a compilation of articles that we all have read at some time or another.

It took me about 2 minutes to find the following link that probably is just as easy to read and is much more inclusive because it addresses options that are stated as not being contained in the book;

http://www.prostate-cancer.org/pcricms/node/141

Those of us who have been through the PCa maze and are trying to assist those just beginning their trips are duty bound to protect them from folks like this poster.

IMHO,

Sonny
Posted 2/28/2010 3:18 PM (GMT 0)
Where I come from, a rat always smells like a rat, no matter what clothes it wears.
Posted 2/28/2010 7:00 PM (GMT 0)

Interesting that even on the site, no author is mentioned.

LOL

Mel

Posted 2/28/2010 7:14 PM (GMT 0)
Concerning helpfultools and aids in making treatment decisions, I did find the Nexcura Prostate Cancer Profiler Tool very helpful. I'm sure they are other website decision tools that are just as helpful, perhaps others can post their favorites as well to help the newcomers.
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