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Posted 1/27/2022 6:06 PM (GMT 0)
jennings is a NY Times writer who chronicled his prostate cancer journey around the time i was beginning treatment. as i recall, he went into surgery a G7 and came out a G9. surgery failed and he had SRT and ADT. i really related to his lupron depression and the way he talks about his life. he really has a way with words!

i think some of you may enjoy his columns.

https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/jennings/
Posted 1/27/2022 6:59 PM (GMT 0)
Apparently he sketches, he's published some of his sketch books.
Still kicking as of December 2020.

Dana Jennings Sketches

also
Apparently his PCa kicked back up that same year. I don't have a subscription to NYTIMES, but here's a link if you do.

Dana Jennings Update
Posted 1/27/2022 7:30 PM (GMT 0)

alephnull said...
Apparently he sketches, he's published some of his sketch books.
Still kicking as of December 2020.

Dana Jennings Sketches

also
Apparently his PCa kicked back up that same year. I don't have a subscription to NYTIMES, but here's a link if you do.

Dana Jennings Update

thank you!
Posted 1/27/2022 8:37 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the info and the links.

Question about Lupron: does knowing about the side effects contribute to your noticing them more? Is there a line between reading about the SE and knowing too much? I ask because my husband is getting his first Lupron shot today and he can be kind of suggestible, if that's the word I mean. I worry about depression.
Posted 1/27/2022 8:56 PM (GMT 0)

Melaine said...
Thanks for the info and the links.

Question about Lupron: does knowing about the side effects contribute to your noticing them more? Is there a line between reading about the SE and knowing too much? I ask because my husband is getting his first Lupron shot today and he can be kind of suggestible, if that's the word I mean. I worry about depression.

that's a hard question to answer because it's hard not to know about the SEs of lupron. for me at first thought i had escaped the worst of it -- ie, i was the exception -- which was not the case
Posted 1/31/2022 4:25 PM (GMT 0)
Melaine,
My hot flashes came a few months into taking Lupron. They kind of surprised me.
The other side effects(memory,fatigue) took awhile, basically for my T level to bottom out.
Posted 1/31/2022 7:51 PM (GMT 0)
Dana Jennings was diagnosed with G9 PC around the same time that I was. I followed his articles for a time and I have wondered what he has been up to since. So, thanks for posting this.

His story back in 2009 touched me in several ways...including a story about losing his dog while going through the early days of his PC diagnosis and treatments. I remember too vividly being diagnosed, having surgery, and realizing that with my gleason 9 and pathology that this wasn't going away. And on top of that, we had to say goodbye to our dog while I was healing.

This article of his was the first time I realized that others were dealing with similar things to what I was dealing with...

https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/life-lessons-from-the-family-dog/

In the last 12 years+ I have used this exact line from the article when my friends and/or family members have to say goodbye to their dog: "Good dogs – and most dogs are good dogs – are canine candles that briefly blaze and shine, illuminating our lives."
Posted 1/31/2022 9:26 PM (GMT 0)
Melanie, its a tough question, everyone has a different psyche makup. But i get what you mean, i too am subject to what i guess i would call the "power of suggestion", i can only speak for myself, i didnt notice anything that wasn't there. I was VERY apprehensive about ADT because i knew so much from hanging around here. In fact i was in tears when i got my first shot.
But i didnt experience anything that wasn't really there, in fact it took about a month before i started to actually feel the side effects.

The other side of what you are talking about, re your husband is that maybe its possible that he is expecting all these side effects so if he doesnt experience all of them, he may be happy, or pleasantly surprised rather than depressed.

All you can do is continue to be supportive, which you have been all along, at a truly amazing level. He is lucky to have you as his partner and advocate.
Posted 1/31/2022 10:31 PM (GMT 0)

Jerry L. said...
Dana Jennings was diagnosed with G9 PC around the same time that I was. I followed his articles for a time and I have wondered what he has been up to since. So, thanks for posting this.

His story back in 2009 touched me in several ways...including a story about losing his dog while going through the early days of his PC diagnosis and treatments. I remember too vividly being diagnosed, having surgery, and realizing that with my gleason 9 and pathology that this wasn't going away. And on top of that, we had to say goodbye to our dog while I was healing.

This article of his was the first time I realized that others were dealing with similar things to what I was dealing with...

https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/life-lessons-from-the-family-dog/

In the last 12 years+ I have used this exact line from the article when my friends and/or family members have to say goodbye to their dog: "Good dogs – and most dogs are good dogs – are canine candles that briefly blaze and shine, illuminating our lives."

thanks for jogging my memory. i love that. i had an old dog then and i have an old dog now
Posted 2/1/2022 7:07 AM (GMT 0)
You are all so helpful. Thank you for your insights.

Prato, I appreciate your saying that. But believe me: he puts up with a $&@7 of a lot from me so I’m not sure how lucky he is.
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