Radiation - a journey

WOW...... not sure if I could handle all that.......... the best to you both......RICH

Partial Quote from Jetguy…. on a different thread… 7-24-07 I had my first post-treatment checkup today. Got the DRE from you-know-where and took blood for a PSA. DRE was normal and will learn the PSA in a week, or so.       Hey Bill ~ *Our Jetguy   Guess where we will be???    Right here waiting for an update to the 1 st post in this thread.        Special Hugs…. and Warm Thoughts….  from Lee & Buddy  

Dear Bill,   Your contribution to this forum is and has been selfless…     We talk about how we are all the same but different…   That goes with every aspect of this journey and with life in general.     You have left a huge imprint on this forum by sharing from your heart and soul throughout your journey.   We all have different things waiting for us when we return to our “new normal” routines after treatment/surgery.   There is nothing wrong with just sitting back and doing what you need to do to move forward.     The most important thing is “YOU”… and how you move forward…   I’m a firm believer that if the words don’t flow… it’s not time to post.   If you feel you “have” to post… it’s time to take a step back… and move onto a different stepping-stone.   There should never be a time where you feel you “have” to post… even if there’s that “gentle push” from you know who!!!!!    chirp~chirp~chirp   http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/mamabluebird1955/mamabluebird.jpg   I will respect where you are coming from and will realize that you will post when the time is right for you.   But ~ I will kindly ask that you update your “Radiation ~ a journey” periodically because this is “Your Journey” and we need to know where you are…   please!!   We won’t worry about you now that we know you may not be posting …. It’s when a member stops posting with no word ~ that makes me “nuts”… (your word fit perfectly here!!)     Heartfelt thank you for a well traveled journey and we thank you from our hearts to yours for allowing us all to travel with you.     Don’t hesitate to move forward…..   There’s a big “sky” out there and we are all under the same sun, moon, and the stars…   That will keep us close!   This is for you ~ our dear “special” friend….. http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/mamabluebird1955/Sky.jpg http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/mamabluebird1955/SkyPlane.jpg   Special thoughts as you continue moving forward… Hugs to you, Jan, and sweet William. We care about you and always will!!!! In Friendship ~ Lee & Buddy

hi Bill, I know exactly what you mean about posting because I do not come here on a daily basis anymore. Sometimes it's not even once a month, but I do think about everyone. We've seen people come and go, some to never return. Like Bluebird and Jim said, update when you can and say hi once in a while. take good care of yourself, kat

Well, I finally got the results of my first post treatment PSA and the results were outstanding. 1.9! My uro wanted a 2.5, or less and I'd have been ok with that, but this is much better.

Regards,

Bill

Hey Bill,

Yaaahooo!!! It worked... Great news buddy...

Jim

    Yea !   ~     Bill *Our Jetguy...   1st      PSA…    !!! ~~~ >>>   Woo ~ Hoo   <<< ~~~ !!!   Cause   for    celebration!!!!!   Definitely!!!       What a wonderful day it is ~ each and every-day ….     Enjoy it to the fullest.   Yippeeeee!!!!!! From   Lee & Buddy *      *      *      *      *       * The ultimate “goal”… we all strive for… Thank you for sharing ~ that your goal has been met…. It is very important to “all ”of us!   This is a way of positive feedback… A way of showing others Hope… and a way of Sharing.    J   Caring is Sharing ~   Thank You for Sharing   J     I take it you didn’t need a plane today to be flying high!!!!   You are tucked close ~ always…. Hugs to you, Jan, & William the younger!! In Friendship ~ Lee & Buddy

I am playing catch-up with people's journals and have also been lax about posting! Anyway, it is fantastic to hear your PSA results!! A big whoo-hoo!!!

Hey Bill,

Congrads on finishing! Man you and I are more alike than I ever thought. Did we catch the same afliction? I just can't come in here like I used to either. I don't understand it either and I hate myself for being like this! Whats up with dat? It doesn't make any sence.

Hang in there,

Youre old friend,

Pete

jetguy said...

Thanks for your kind words.  In fact Jim, I have been very busy - Tuesday was my second day off in 18 days.  I am meeting myself coming and going.  The company has bought a couple of new airplanes that I am eager to fly.  Guess I have another new one in me. 

For some reason I'm having trouble posting.  Don't know why - maybe I'm tired of all the emotion.  Beats me, but I feel bad not helping the newbies.  I sure got a lot of help when I was a newbie.

I'm off this week end for the first time in three weeks and looking forward to doing not much. 

Lee, William the Younger is doing well.  Nine and a half months old now.  What a great kid he is!  Having him five days a week is tiring for Jan, but she loves it.  Taking care of babies is her calling and she thinks she is lucky to get to do it once again.  Yesterday Jan and I took him out for his first ice cream.  We are not telling his parents!  I think they would not approve, but if granddad doesn't take his grandson out for an occasional ice cream the world is a poorer place.

Hey Jim,  Keep Your Mach Up!

Bill

Holding

Jet Pilot Bill,

My Texas company is flying me out to California next week to visit Family Tree Farm's Plumcot (incredible varieties of 75% plum-25% apricot hybrids) Plumcot operations in the San Joaquin Valley near Fresno.

I'll be thinking of you when I'm in the air over the Rockies, and again thinking of you and the Grand-kids when I'm kicking around the "family trees" just next door to the John Muir Wilderness Trail.

Your kindness and testimonies here are so appreciated. 
    Everyone takes a break now and then - even from labors of love!
         (Ms. Bluebird, I'll be leaving my computer in Texas for 4 days!) 
It is inspiring & comforting to witness such a team like you and so many others here stepping in when & where they can help most.

May God's Love be with you, your beautiful grand-children
          and your low numbers, always  - in the Son!

C^Cedar

Hi Folks,
As I read Bill's account of his radiation procedure and those of others I did not see anyone relate to the new HI Art Tomo Therapy equipment. It has a CT and IMRT incorporated into one device, no need for markers or ultra sound every visit.

Harry
Diagnosed 7/9/07 Gleason 3+3 PSA 4.8 Tc1
I begin my treatment in a few weeks