Michael's Wife

Just a quick update. We still haven't figured where the insurance company got the info re: a "recent" PSA result of 1.5. That said, DH has definitely been remiss in follow up. The only records we...

Well, so the plot thickens ... Between moving, changing doctors, transferring records, etc., it seems that there are no recent PSA test results at all (which, of course, raises the question of what...

Michael_T, I hope that's the case! We'll be trying to round up all of his records first thing tomorrow....

Unfortunately, I lost the signature info in my profile somewhere along the line in the last few years ... I think his original PSA was around 4 or so. Immediately after the brachytherapy it was much...

Thanks, Greenhope! I had my follow up echo last week and everything looks great. I was given the okay to do a few shallow dives last weekend and can go back to diving as normal at the end of this...

I agree with you, Greenhope. I had relatively minor DCS (decompression sickness) symptoms over the years but they got worse as time went on and I eventually ended up in a hyperbaric chamber,...

Already had a C6 :cool: so my husband got a 1990 ZR-1 and spent the first three months of his recovery restoring it. (Not that it needed heavy duty restoring; it only had 1300 miles on it!). Now that...

Wonderful news! I had a wide smile as I read this. My husband has a LeMans Blue Lingenfelter in the garage, and right after his treatment in December we got him a Christmas present of a meticulously...

We'll be thinking of you both tomorrow. All our best ... Ellen...

As Tony says, knowledge does help. I feel like I went through all the stages in those first weeks after my husband's diagnosis, but reverted back into anger on the day of his surgery. Cancer just...

We know exactly how you feel. After my husband's diagnosis we forced ourselves to slow down and not rush to a decision as we came to realize his cancer was considered "low risk." Similarly, you have...

Sorry I'm late to this thread, Julie, and sorry to hear of this latest turn of events. I know the waiting has got to be very hard. You and you're husband will be in our thoughts and prayers....

Glad to hear all is going well, Johnny. My hubby passed the 3-month point a few days ago, so hopefully the radiation is on the downswing now. I figure he must be feeling pretty good as he told me to...

When you figure how many needles they use, I guess it's not too surprising that there's a fair amount of soreness afterward. It seemed to ease pretty quickly with Michael; hope it goes as easily in...

Understand completely! (And I should have noticed that!) :smile: On another note, do remember that your body needs to have time to heal and recover from the procedure and deal with the radiation...

from Julie: "If I remember correctly, Mike's Wife (Ellen's) husband and my husband both had "traditionally" Brachytherapy where the seeds are left in." Yes, that's correct, Julie. Sorry for the delay...

If you have essentially eliminated the prostate through radioactive seeding, I'm not sure why you would want to have surgery afterward to remove it. Your options for treatment afterward are...

All my best to you and your wife. It sounds like you are doing all the right things. I know a bit of what your wife must be going through as I, too, lost my first husband. It's pretty scary stuff,...

Wonderful news! Great way to start out the new year. :yeah:...

I just read this the other day (hadn't been aware of it before) and I thought it might be news to some other folks as well: Based on the Agent Orange Act of 1991, the Department of Veterans Affairs...

Welcome! We found everything at Fairfax great; everything very efficient and the people very nice. It's only about 10 miles from us ... a bit more of a hike for you from Waldorf....

Over time I've noticed that most who post on this forum have much lower percentages on positive samples from the biopsy. My husband had three out of twelve that were positive and they were all pretty...

My husband experienced no problems in the first month since Brachytherapy. He was told that urinary problems are significantly more common after seeding in men who have urinary problems beforehand....

Happy New Year, Julie! It's been just about a month since my husband's brachytherapy and he's doing great. Outside of the side effects from the pills he was on post-implantation and a few days with...

Well, whoever said the radiation would slow him down and make him tire more easily never met my husband. :eyes: (Actually, it was his doctor who told him that..) Ever since he stopped the...