Newt's Chronicles

Thanks Allen.

Captain's Log...Star Date 124/120...T-41...20/23.

So, there it is...Hormone Therapy, DONE!, HDRBRT, DONE!, and only 3 EBRT sessions left to do, then it's DONE...DONE...DONE.

Then what? Dr Morton says "See ya in November". Really? So that's how it ends? No instant treatment validation...no "You're Cured, so go and live the rest of your life without worry".

Geeze...that seems pretty friggin' anticlimactic.

I still feel like I've cheated in my treatment somehow, even though I have a few "mild" SE's. Somehow, I keep thinking the prostate TAX MAN is gonna come and AUDIT me, and find me guilty of some little thing, with a stiff penalty.


I guess I need to plan my new Chronicles "POST TREATMENT" thread.

Maybe I'll title it "WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT"


Newt out...er, almost out anyways!

Thanks Michael. I'm trying to pick a."Crack open.the bubbly" point, but I don't know what that looks like yet.
Last night was the 1st night in 3 months that I didn't have hot flashes and night sweats while I was sleeping so maybe...just maybe Mr T is waking up.

I assume the cloaking device has now been activated on your prostate and for all intents and purposes, while it might still be there, you'll never see or hear of it again.

Congrats on finishing. To go with the Olympics starting up, radiation is a marathon, while surgery is like running the 400 meters--neither a sprint nor a distance race.

Hi fellow forumites. Just popped in for a brief update. 6 month PSA test came back today. Oct 2016 was 0.10 and Apr 2017 came back 0.073, so still looking for the nadr, and heading in the right direction.

Hope you all are doing fine!

Newt

Hi Allen. Been off it since September 2016. Only had the 1 four-month dose.

My T levels are back to normal.

Thanks Allen. I agree. My T levels returned back in November 2016. Other then some lower bowel inflamation that I try to control with diet, and of course an enlarged prostate, by all accounts I am doing well.

Thanks Tennisplayer. If u want to read something real and funny, search for my "Perils of Pokemon Go" post.
Be forewarned not to be drinking coffee when you read it, as coffee stains are hard to get off computer monitors and hot coffee burns when it comes out your nose.

Hi team. Short update - Last PSA was 31 Oct 2018. PSA is down to 0.050 now. The Doc put me on 1-year protocol now. Last week, we found an issue with my wife. Large mass in the area where her ovaries are supposed to be. On a fast track to Princess Margaret Hospital.

Hope you are all doing well.

Newt

Great PSA number.

Sorry to hear about your wife, hopefully they can get that taken care of soon.

Andrew