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Posted 10/1/2012 12:39 AM (GMT 0)

One of my friends emailed me this to me:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/09/30/prostate-cancer-treatments/1588101/

 

Posted 10/1/2012 1:06 AM (GMT 0)
Wow. May we all enjoy such fortune.
Posted 10/1/2012 1:09 AM (GMT 0)
Great story.  This is the stuff we all want to hear, but....

"He gave up his beloved red meat, and began an exercise routine he still follows three days a week, including 200 sit-ups, 200 push-ups, 1.5 miles on a treadmill and 5 miles on a recumbent bike. "

I looked at his picture.....I'm not buying the 200 sit-up or push-ups.....LOL

Post Edited (ChrisR) : 9/30/2012 7:57:07 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 10/1/2012 1:33 AM (GMT 0)
ChrisR,

After zooming in on the picture, I agree with you on the situps. Typo perhaps --- I have a rough time doing 20-30 pushups.

JL

Posted 10/1/2012 2:40 AM (GMT 0)
great story, jerry. even though it doesnt work that way for you, me and many others, i love reading a good pc sucess story. thanks for sharing this piece

david
Posted 10/1/2012 3:33 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for sharing this, my dad was dx'd with pc at 65 and just turned 81 and is in great shape, I plan on following in his footsteps.
Posted 10/1/2012 3:35 AM (GMT 0)
Yes, this was a great story. What I can't believe is 2 1/2 years no cancer growth after the Provenge treatment. He must have been on the clinical side which helped get this drug approved. Husband had procedure in December and January (3 sessions every two weeks for three cycles). No cancer growth until July, when is absolutely mushroomed on skull, ribs, backbone and hip, from tiny spot's to full blow out, some pain with certain movements. Now on taxotere, PSA coming down from 196.81 in July 2012, will hope it will go into somewhat of a remission and then onto the oral medication. Have been battling this disease since diagnosed in 1999 at age 55.
Posted 10/1/2012 12:39 PM (GMT 0)
Hi guys. Jim lives in my backyard. I met him and shared the meetings with oir representatives with him while in d.c. He runs an us too group in Olympia. Super nice guy. There are lots of treatments out there to buy us months and year. Jim is a prime example of that

Post Edited (living1963) : 10/1/2012 6:43:21 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 10/1/2012 12:49 PM (GMT 0)
These are the stories I like to hear.
And if I can get 20+ years... Situps and push ups here I come.....
1. 2. 3. 4......
Posted 10/1/2012 2:35 PM (GMT 0)
That's it!  I'm moving to the State of Washington...there seems to be a trend here....
Posted 10/1/2012 3:51 PM (GMT 0)
You know guys it really is all about believing and some day science will reveal that. No smoke here!
Posted 10/1/2012 4:35 PM (GMT 0)
David,
It really is a good story. I find it ironic that you would say it doesn't work for you Jerry and others when you have not done any of the things Jim has done. You should never say it does not work. Sometimes you just need to believe. Do not crush hope. Hoope and faith are all we have.
Posted 10/1/2012 4:50 PM (GMT 0)
Well there is one more thing we have and we all here have it don't we…… or we wouldn't be here and I don't mean PCA. Aloha
Posted 10/1/2012 5:17 PM (GMT 0)
Logoslidat....you lost me. Help a brother out please
Posted 10/1/2012 6:48 PM (GMT 0)
I don't want to speak for logoskidat but I "think" he is saying that we all have hope.
Posted 10/1/2012 7:13 PM (GMT 0)
Aloha doesn't just mean hello or goodby. It has developed into that from movies , TV, lidat, { pidgin english for "like that" or etc} When Hawaiians would meet or leave each other in the past and even today, the wise ones, would say Aloha, or I recognize the spirit of god within you. My source for this knowledge comes from a biography called The Betrayal of Liliuokalani, by Helan G Allen. It has been confirmed to me by several " Kapuna" { elderly Hawaiian women versed in the history, folklore and legends of Old Hawaii. Most public elementary schools have at least one, Kapuna, who share there knowledge with the Keiki { children }. In my post I used it as goodby and its, to me, ultimate meaning Love…
Aloha, Logo
Posted 10/1/2012 7:27 PM (GMT 0)
That is truly wonderful. Where is the like button
Posted 10/1/2012 9:46 PM (GMT 0)
I know you guys weren't being mean about the 200 sit ups and Jim's weight. I just know when I'm his age I want to look like Jim, in a boat on a lake instead of the alternative. Do you think the treatments could possibly play a part in weight gain?

Logo, thanks for Aloha definition. Darc and I will be in Oahu and Kauai in a month for our 28th anniversary and to renew our vows with Rev. Lauren Buck Medeiros, Punahou School Chaplain on the beach. 'Can't wait! We are supposed to email a brief paragraph to Rev. about past and future and I've been struggling with what to say. I guess you could say you've given me "HOPE!" Thanks bra!

                                                                                   ALOHA 

Posted 10/2/2012 1:18 AM (GMT 0)
living1963, you hit the button, no worries!

EagleKeeper, no struggle, speak your heart… congrats on 28 years and to many, many more. You will love it here. See "Blue Hawaii" and "Descendants" before you come, prime the pump, so to speak.
Posted 10/2/2012 2:06 PM (GMT 0)
Wow this is a great story! Thanks for posting it Jerry L.

Hang it there guys - all you Prostate Cancer Warriors- science is catching up to this beast!

logoslidat - I never knew that about Aloha - thanks for enlightening us.

EagleKeeper - congrats on your 28 years! May you and Darc grow old on the same pillow.

Hugs

Bud

We will beat this crap!
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