Celebrating another milestone - the end of treatment, the beginning of recovery!

Good for you, Redwing57!

As always....and inspiring and heartfelt post. Best of luck on your hopefully permanent HT vacation!!

Hope your T levels recover quickly for you...and as you said, just go out and enjoy every day you've been given!! Each and every day is a blessing...treat it as such!

Good luck and please keep us informed!

Jordan

Congratulations Redwing! May your testosterone recovery be fast and fun!
SC

All the best

Hello Redwing57,

Celebrating your good news --- great milestone reached in your treatment plan --- time to receive a gold trophy, as you run this victory lap around the track ---

Great way to celebrate, bringing the cake in for all the fellows at your work --- I especially commend you for sharing your story with them, and emphasizing the importance of due diligence in their health, the role of the PSA test, getting a physical, and so forth ---

We have to keep working together like this --- fellow to fellow --- sharing our collective health stories with our brothers, nephews, male cousins, sons, old high school classmates, fellows in the neighborhood, former college roommates, our golf partners, our fishing and hunting buddies, our poker club members, our work colleagues --- the fellows at the coffee shop, the bowling alley, the corner pub, the barber shop, the golf & country club --- wherever they are, wherever we go ---

So, Brother Redwing57 --- you served the cake today, celebrated a milestone --- but more importantly, encouraged your friends and work colleagues to be VIGILANT in their own health --- for that, I commend you!

Celebrate your treatment milestone, and your contributions to the brotherhood, Redwing57 !

All my best,
"Iowa State Cyclone Fan"

Thanks for all the kind comments, guys. Y'all are the best.

Here's a picture of the cake - not too fancy, but good enough! i.imgur.com/MkZzbNH.jpg

Tall one, I'll push for the testosterone check too. I'm not sure my med onc is planning it, but I will ask for it. It will be interesting to see how the number progresses (hopefully!) each quarter. I'll be looking for the next milestone when it finally gets back above 50, at least.

Jack, you're right, we met in Dec 2013. I'd just started on HT back then. Wow, time does fly. That cruise was so timely, it still seems like just yesterday. Even though I was pretty much cabin-bound the first 3 days, it sure was fun anyway.

ISU - one reason I did it is exactly what you're mentioning. We guys are terrible about seeing doctors, we're too tough, too macho, can't admit weakness to the tribe. Our women are so much better about it. They talk to doctors, they talk to each other, they talk to media! That's one reason breast cancer has such a high profile even though the numbers are so similar with prostate cancer. We do need to talk to each other about health issues, at some level. It has to be ok.

I've had a couple people come and go in my lab, so I wasn't sure how many I've mentioned my PCa to. One of the guys came up after I spoke, and thanked me for sharing my situation. He's african-american, and lost his father to PCa 6 years ago. He said he has been monitoring, and I commended him for it. PCa occurs at a higher rate the african-american demographic.

So thanks again. I feel blessed in very many ways!

Jerry

Congrats Redwing

I am close behind you. My last shot will be in June. Hope your T rebounds rapidly and will have a couple of cold ones in your honor tonight.

Carl

Redwing
What a great milestone. Really happy for you.
I hope you keep us up to date on your continued zeroes for PSA and your rising T. Enjoy it!
Bryan

New to the game I need to read all the positive I can 16 months on Lupron completed IMRT on 3/7/16. Doctor said I may never get of Lupron. my hope is to watch members like you and then decide on my own the course I should take. PSA .23 June 16 will be my 4th shot if I take it. Keep us posted RED WING.
Oh by the way Drafted in 1971 five of my best friends that I served with in the ARMY came to my Daughters Wedding to support me as they care about my journey.

Great news redwing…absolutely!

All you guys are in my prayers.I am happy for you.

Red,
Congrats on serving your sentence, and welcome back to the world. Yeah, 3 years is a long time for a young man but you will fell better and "IT" will come back! It took me probably 11/2 years but at your age it may be sooner..
My psa is no longer undetectable, but like you, as long as it stays under 2 all is good since radiation supposedly left some normal cells. Anyway, congratulations for staying the course. and hosting the 9's..
Bill