Get another membership card ready...
Except for the nagging surgery exit wound--the one they pulled the prostate through--
my wife and I were thrilled to learn today ==2 days shy of 8 weeks after surgery--that
my PSA was "less than 0.1" The head of pathology at my local hospital personally handed me the report and gave me a bear hug!
Congrats to HERO and the veteran members who provided lots of "hand holding."
merry christmas to all...
Mbshine
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AGE 62 ANGEL FIRE, NM
DX 7/08
EMAIL:
[email protected] pls put “Healing Well” in subject
psa HAD GONE FROM 1.7 TO 4.3 IN THREE YEARS...DIGITAL AND ULTRA SOUND EXAM SHOWED NO ENLARGEMENT.
BIOPSY SHOWED 2 OF 12 CORES POSITIVE.
TWO TUMORS SHOWED GLEASON 4+3 AND 3+4
NO INDICATION OF ESCAPE FROM CAPSULE OR METASTASIS
STARTED CONSULTATIONS AT SLOAN KETTERING 8/09
DR GUILLONNEAU SAID NO SURGERY UNLESS MASSIVE WEIGHT LOSS.
AT DX 333 LBS, SLEEP APNEA, AND HIGH BP
BARIATRIC SURGERY RECOMMENDED.
LAP BAND SURGERY IN EL PASO, TX 1/23/09
10/1/09 276 LBS, TRIGLYC AND CHOL NORMAL, NO SIGNS OF SLEEP APNEA, ONE BP RX REMOVED AND OTHERS CUT DOSAGE IN HALF;
STARTED QUARTERLY ZOLODEX BY TAOS,NM UROLOGIST, WHO TRAINED AT MSKCC, INJECTIONS AND CASODEX 50MG DAILY 9/08
Laproscopic done 10/19/09 Dr. Bertrand Guillonneau
NYC Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jackson pratt drain removed surgery plus 1 day.
Catheter out 9th day
One heavy duty pad first day without catheter.
PATH REPORT 10/29/09 MSKCC DR VICTOR REUTER
GLEASONS CAN NOT BE DETERMINED, HORMONES DRIED PROSTATE
NO SIGN OF ANY CANCER ESCAPING PROSTATE, OR AT MARGIN
NO SIGN OF ANY CANCER IN ONE LYMPH NODE REMOVED
PROGNOSIS EXCELLENT. PSA IN ONE MONTH
THEN SIX MONTHS
THEN ONCE A YEAR OR MORE
ONE VISIT PER YEAR FOR LIFE
12/15/09 first post op PSA= less than 0.1
Eight weeks after surgery one light pad per day,
Often it stays dry the whole day.
Continuing wound problem, oozing *****
Substance.
Surgery wound has gotten worse and is now
Infected. Antibiotics, 2 catscans, blood
Work, going to wound clinic every 48 hours.
Yup, probably more info than you need to know….otherwise
Feeling strong and active.