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Posted 4/9/2010 2:45 AM (GMT 0)
Bronson,
That is good news to start the spring season. Keep it up.
Posted 4/9/2010 2:58 AM (GMT 0)

Hi Bronson,

Its a great relief to get that first zero!  It frees up a part of the brain to think about something else.  Welcome to the club, hope your stay here is always.  Cheers, but do you have anything north of the border worth drinking that you can't see through?  Congratulations on all of your good news.

Dan

Posted 4/9/2010 8:54 AM (GMT 0)
Ed and Dan - thanks for the support - when I first posted my stats, I got a lot of "oh, I,m so sorry.." when they saw the gleason level 7 and stage 3 cancer... there were a few who had similar stats who had to go onto radiation and such.... so the sword of damocles had been hanging over my head these last five months ..

.. had a great sleep last night - woke up early with no nightmares ( what a concept!)

... will be writing up a "good anti-cancer food shopping list" from the information I found in "Challenging Prostate Cancer - nutrition, exercise and you" - a great book from Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

..you can download the book/pamphlet from
www.prostatecentre.ca

-they even have a segment on your nutrition during your type of treatment -

wishing you all the best.
happy hugs
BRONSON
Posted 4/9/2010 12:05 PM (GMT 0)
Bronson,

Nobody knows the feeling of relief and happiness for a "zero" like the guys around here.
Congratulations!

Steve
Posted 4/9/2010 12:30 PM (GMT 0)
Bronson, congratulations on this important milestone...glad to have you as a member of this club!!

I do have a question though about your next check-up. I noticed that your final staging was the same as my husband's - T3a with EPE. Your post states that you won't be seeing the doctor again for 6 months. In my husband's case, because of the EPE, the urologist wanted PSA checks every 3 months for the first two years. Our doctor didn't see John every 3 months - just did a PSA test. Is your doctor saying that you won't need another PSA test for 6 months or just that you won't need to see him/her for 6 months?

Regardless, wonderful news - it's what we all like to hear.

sephie & john
Posted 4/9/2010 4:04 PM (GMT 0)
Steve, Sephie and John

- thanks for your support -

To Sephie - My urologist/surgeon wants a PSA test in 6 months and I see him shortly after that - with copies going to my family doctor.
It all depends on the approach of the doctor and what they see during the operation and the description of the pathology report ( not just the numbers).
Also - my first PSA was 17 weeks after the operation - so any bouncing around of PSA numbers and half-lifes, etc. were probably very stable then...

Wishing you all the best.
hugs
BRONSON
Posted 4/9/2010 4:59 PM (GMT 0)
Super news! Keep those zeros rolling in!

Take care,
Jake
Posted 4/9/2010 5:25 PM (GMT 0)
Bronson, Wonderful news! What I needed to hear going out on the weekend.  Wife and I are going to make a day of it Sat. in the park. We'll toast you with a glass of Ice Tea. Hero
Posted 4/9/2010 5:43 PM (GMT 0)
Jake and Hero - many thanks for your support - finalized postcard mailer for artshow in town this July.. and off to my first day of work since the operation - the garden centre is one of the exhibitors in the"love of gardening" show ...

horticultural hugs
BRONSON
Posted 4/11/2010 1:04 PM (GMT 0)
 

I noticed on your signature last week that you had psa test on the 8th...just noticed that you got your results and they great - congratulations!

P.S I also had a look on your website and you do some really beautiful work.

P.S.S I miss the land of mounties and canuks - BC was my home for two yrs.

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