ADT and SRT Journey Part 3

Congratulations, John! Love to hear that.

And congrats to you too, Mike!
BTW, you sure your total Gy isn't 68.4? That would be exactly 1.8 Gy per fraction.

Saipan Paradise said...
Congratulations, John! Love to hear that.

Boy oh boy, me too - still a member of the zero club - hope I never get kicked out!

Congrats Mike for graduating from radiation 'class', I still remember the techs that took good care of me.

lol Gary!!

Progressing, one day at a time and before you know it you’ll be on the other side!

Mike

LifeCointosses said...
23 of 28 2.5 Gy IGIMRT today with SpaceOar, everything has gone well no real side effects until today when walking to dressing room with armful of clothes my scrub pants fell to my ankles in full waiting room. Thank god for underwear.

Thank god you had a SpaceOar so you could paddle away into the stratosphere!

Skypilot56 said...
Life, well at least you gave people in the waiting room something to talk about! LOL John great news on staying undetectable and Mike congrats on finishing up and as I have mentioned to you guys how close you become to people during those 7 to 8 weeks truly becomes a new family I'm going down next week to Rochester meeting up with some of those people for a relay for life at the hope lodge where I stayed last winter. Great to hear guys getting undetectable psa's lets keep it going and hope it gives encouragement to the guys that are starting down this journey! Have a great day!

Larry

Larry,I agree that foxhole comrades connection is pretty special. I imagine that is greatly amplified in a residential setting. The group in the waiting room is pretty stable based on appointments, so my live performance yesterday was among friends, we and staff had a good laugh, which is never a bad thing. Since I have been riding my motorcycle to appointments some of this group, a few far sicker have asked for rides around the parking having never ridden on a bike before. Sunglasses hide my tears at their ordeal and still grabbing life experiences, like the sun and wind on their faces with a smile. This morning a 70 year old women with metastatic breast cancer with an IV wouldn’t take no for an answer, it took a while for staff and her family to prepare her, I rode my Harley Trike today, because Friday’s are popular ride days, before anybody gets their panties in a wad about safety ;). The look on her face in the mirror just stopped time for me.

Post Edited (LifeCointosses) : 6/22/2018 9:01:09 AM (GMT-6)

Good Morning! Been reading thru some of the current postings and seeing that guys have been asking questions about SRT so thot I would update this thread. Was back down in Rochester this week for a fund raiser for the hope lodge where I stayed last winter, 8 guys and some wife's that were in hope lodge at the same time was able to attend so we had a nice reunion. We talked a lot about our side effects of course everybody was experiencing some kind of effect the guys that were and are still on Lupron are experiencing more as would be expected. But so far all 8 of us are undetectable and that was great news! We all talked about how much less we worry about what's going on in the world but instead concentrate on living for today and spending time with family. One of the guys wife said that isn't it nice to wake up in the morning like a child and wonder what are we going to do today? It was just so good to see everyone some of our technicians and doctors came over from the mayo and went in the dunk tank you can be sure we made everyone of them get wet!! For the guys that are just starting your SRT treatment you will see when your done that you make new friends with your fellow patients going thru treatment and your techs. A lot of us have made friends here on HW also and appreciate the wisdom, comfort, and support that we get here! My hope is that looking thru the 3 pages of this thread you can also find the same and a little humor also! Have a great 4th everyone!!!

Hi P34... that's pretty common to get your Lupron and then around 2 months you start your SRT some RO's like to start within a month. At this stage of your treatment you should be dealing mainly with your RO as your Urologist has done his job and is now kinda on the side lines. That's why I started this thread last Dec when I started my journey so I could draw off from other guys that were going thru this or had gone thru it. I hope it helps you as much as it has helped me and lots of other guys we have a great group here with lots of knowledge and experience! Wishing you the best in your treatment and keep us in the loop as to how it's going.

Larry

Good luck P34. My first PSA after surgery was .40. That was some bad news. I got the six month Lupron shot and then started SRT about 3 weeks later.

Glad to see this thread continuing. Your descriptions of your experiences with ADT & SRT leave me feeling prepared. Had Lupron shot 4/30, no lingering issues other than occasional night sweats, fortunately. Was scheduled for RT tomorrow but delayed because, the RO nurse said last Friday, “they” (physicists? RO?) had not completed the plan. Now supposed to begin Tuesday if the plan is ready. Guess I’d rather be delayed than have the plan radiate the wrong parts.
Good luck P34 — lots of good information on these threads.

Progressing, I can’t second what Larry said regarding exercise enough. I’ve been an avid cyclist since my surgery in 2012 and I credit it with how well I’ve done so far regarding ADT/SRT. I started with casodex in February and Lupron on March 6th and just finished up my SRT on June 20th and other then the top of my bald head getting sweaty from time to time I really can’t complain about the triple play of treatment.

Mike

Good luck Progressing