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Posted 2/5/2015 7:00 PM (GMT 0)
turn  have now surpassed 3 years since my surgery and I want to thank my brothers on this site that helped me make the 3 years that stressed me out so much.  I got my annual check up from Dattoli 10 days ago and all looked good and PSA was .00743 or less then .01 that we all covet.  While speeding home 10 days ago a state trooper stopped me doing 75 in a 55 and I told him I was guilty but he could give a ticket for a million dollars as my doctor just told me I will still cancer free. He went back and just stood as his car while I dug for my Insurance card.  He came back and said Jeffrey slow the hell down and then shook my hand and said congratulations.

The news of my PSA holding below the magical number after being off hormones for almost 18 months is the first time I have been reasonably confident that I have been cured.  I celebrate this for 6 more months until my next test but after several years I now have a bounce to my step.  Hormones suck, ED sucks but even worse after you are off Hormones and actually think about sex.  Regardless I will continue to improve in that department.

turn  My only recommendation is NEVER GIVE UP to this ****** Disease.  For the last 3 years this has been my demon but fellows keep your chin up.

Thank Your and Prayers for all that continue our battle.

Jeff Liggett

 

Posted 2/5/2015 7:34 PM (GMT 0)
Jeff - thanks for the update.... Hoping you have many more zeros.
Posted 2/5/2015 7:38 PM (GMT 0)
Congratulations Jeff! Great to hear and cudos to the Police Officer!

Cheers, Doug
Posted 2/5/2015 7:44 PM (GMT 0)
Great News!!! Wishing you a lifetime of ZEROS!!!
Rick
Posted 2/5/2015 7:56 PM (GMT 0)
Congratulations!!!

and that trooper is a credit to his uniform.

Andrew
Posted 2/5/2015 8:03 PM (GMT 0)
Congratulations, both to you and to the sympathetic trooper.
Posted 2/6/2015 1:04 AM (GMT 0)
Inspirational! Congratulations!. And hats off to the cop
Posted 2/6/2015 2:05 AM (GMT 0)
Wow - beating cancer and a ticket all in a day. Fantastic!

Don
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Age 61 @ DX, 62 Now
DRE: enlarged w/"ridge"
Pre-Op PSA: 6.8
Biopsy: 5 of 14 positive, 12%(3+3),11%(3+3),20%(4+3),5%(3+3),4%(3+3)
da Vinci: 10/17/2014 Both Nerves Spared
Cath: 17 days
Post-Op Path:
Histologic Type: Adenocarcinoma
77gr - 4.5cm x 4.7cm X 4.2cm - 10-20% Involved by tumor
Largest module: 1.6cm Bilateral Lobes
Gleason Grade: 3+3=6 (down from a 4+3=7 in biopsy)
TNM Staging: pT2c pN0 cM0
EPE: Absent, SMI: Absent
Margins: uninvolved, Lymph Nodes all benign
Bladder Neck Negative for Carcinoma
Perineural Invasion - present, Vascular Invasion - present
PSAs: (Roche ECLIA Meth.):
01/22/15 - <0.1 (Three Month test!!!)
Posted 2/6/2015 2:57 AM (GMT 0)
Jeff, that is fantastic to hear. Maybe you should think about buying a Power Ball ticket for the Saturday drawing. 300+ million and your lucky streak is on a roll. Don't mess with fate/destiny, go buy the ticket.

May you have many more years of zeroes,

Sonny
Posted 2/6/2015 3:07 AM (GMT 0)
Fantastic news. Congrats!

-Gedman
Posted 2/6/2015 3:16 AM (GMT 0)
That my friend is an amazing story, especially with an aggressive cancer. I will remember that story next time I get a ticket. Any tips you can share, outside of treatment, that you feel contributed to this success story. Diet , attitude etc.
Posted 2/6/2015 3:59 AM (GMT 0)
While on Hormones I ate very little red meat. But then I became anemic and my sugar went through the roof. As of the last year I try to be on the treadmill 2 miles every other day but eat most everything but desserts.  I am still carrying 20 extra pounds from the hormones but I do not drink or smoke so I little weight no longer bothers this ex football player.  I try and laugh every day. tongue

I am a big believer in Dattoli care.  I had surgery at Mayo and they were not prepared at the time to do HT and Radiation at the same time.  I believer Dattoli cured me now.

Posted 2/6/2015 4:14 AM (GMT 0)
Great report! Very good to hear this!
Posted 2/6/2015 2:23 PM (GMT 0)
Congrats Jeff ! :-) That was cool what the officer did.


Don
Posted 2/6/2015 3:53 PM (GMT 0)
I think it was mostly attitude, now get back on the road and Gym.
Posted 2/6/2015 4:01 PM (GMT 0)
Congrats. Zero can be such a sweet number!
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