It's been a year since the treatments started. 4+5 in all cores, 8.5 PSA, no spread detected. I was scared out of my mind but many of you came to my rescue giving me examples of others with similar...
Urologist says he doesn't know. He gave me an antibiotic and something like benadryl. He said it might be the Casodex and the only way to check is to stop it. I started it at the same time as the...
Hi All, I had my Lupron shot last Tuesday, February 10. On Saturday February 14, I felt that I was developing a fever. I took aspirin on Sunday and Monday and Monday night had severe shivering and a...
Thanks John. I'll be sure to get the Casodex....
Thanks Don. The radiation oncology people at Duke say that there is a very large window after hormone therapy begins to start radiation. I think my local doctor said eight weeks. Continued luck to...
I changed my diet the day that I was diagnosed, starting to eat lots of fish and veggies and soon adding supplements. I've since dropped the vitamin E and the selenium. I just read the farm grown...
Thanks Tim and David. You're great. Notice my new signature. Duke reduced the 5+5 core to a 4+5 and all of the 5+4's to 4+5's. Boy am I grasping at straws :-) but 4+5 looks so much better...to me....
I don't feel alone as I'm thinking about starting hormone therapy tomorrow. You're all with me. The urologist is squeezing me in between "procedures" because I insisted on tomorrow. I've made my...
Bob, as always thanks. You are an inspiration to all of us high high-risk guys. You are doing it and will continue in good health, God willing. I will definitely ask about ADT3 as opposed to Lupron...
Thanks, guys. All the best to you. Thanks for the advice, John. I've been "talking" weight training for a while, knowing what the therapy will do. I'll start today, along with more work on the...
It was a long drive to Duke. I think I was hoping for some really promising clinical trial. I didn't find it. They just offered a round of chemo along with your choice of treatment. I didn't see that...
Hi Dale, Just email me your address and I'll put one in an envelope for you. Mike...
The bracelets have arrived. I'll send them out on Monday. Anyone else want one? Mike...
Thanks, Tony. I love you, too. Mike...
They are light blue plastic. Send me an email. Mike...
Hi Tony, I catch your drift and agree. Be well, friend....
Mike "should be seen quickly in our multidisciplinary clinic. There he will be seen by a team of physicians including a urologist, radiation oncologist, and medical oncologist and presented with all...
Hi Don, I'd like to know more about how you made your decision. My email address is in my profile, if you'd prefer emailing me. Thanks. Mike...
Thanks, John. Here's the signature...if it works....
The urologist talked about the treatment options, not giving me any more information than I could have gotten from other sources. Nothing seemed to be specific to my case. He said if I chose surgery,...
Hi Dale, All that concern is having a good effect on me. I'm calmer and more accepting of where I am now. I agree with you. Your connections to higher powers, whether God or nature or the Dalai Lama...
Paul - Hi. I'm near Harrisonburg, VA across the mountain from Charlottesville and the University of Virginia. Swim - Thanks for the encouragement. I'll be going to one of the cancer centers for a...
Congratulations, Tony. Much love, Mike...
Go get 'em, Todd....
I just got advice online from a respected doctor that I go to one of the major cancer centers in the US, such as Johns Hopkins or Duke, for a second opinion. Will my Blue Cross handle that, do you...
I will. Thanks....
Thanks, David. I sent for the book and will read it through as soon as it arrives. Dr. Myers is just over the mountain from me so I'll see if he will give me some personal advice. From what I've...
Age is one month shy of 65. PSA was 8.6 and a couple of months later 12, although I misunderstood :-) the doctors instructions about ejaculations and acted like a bunny in heat. That may have given a...
Thanks again, everyone. Each and every post is making this more bearable for me. I don't know what I would do without you....
Thanks, Billy. I've got a little boy in Israel, turning 16 next month, whom I'm willing to fight this for. He would be devastated if I weren't here for him for the next few years....
Thanks, Bill. I got the report on my own and don't see the doctor until Friday. If there is really some life left in me and some treatment options to prolong it, I want to be armed with as many...
Thanks, guys. I'll try....
Thanks, David....
Here's the pathology report. A. Prostate, left base: Prostatic Adenocarcinoma, Gleason grade 4+4=8, involving 2 of 2 cores and 80% of tissue B. Prostate, left mid: Prostatic Adenocarcinoma, Gleason...
I guess I get all that information at the meeting on Friday. I hope waiting a week isn't too long. What do you mean by DD?...
Thanks, David. So should I be asking him for a recommendation for an oncologist consultation?...
Hi Aspen4, I'm just weeks into this and I'm already on a roller-coaster, going from the depths of depression, crying and screaming to God for help and then calming myself and hoping for years of...
Thanks, Tony. Will do Peace. Mike...
Thanks David. The support I got last night was incredible. I felt so much better as I was reading and responding to posts. There is a lot of love and caring here. Mike...
One bit of good news. I don't get to speak with the oncologist until Friday so I can't post a signature yet. My PSA was about 8.6 and I was told that my Gleason scores were 8, 9 and 10. What can I...
Hi all, I haven't gotten that far in my research. I would think that it would be beneficial in every case to take the darn thing out. Don't cancer cells keep spreading from it or is it (the prostate)...
Hi Aspen4, I'm really new here. I need much more reassurance than I can give but I'm one more member of the "family" for you. Hang in there. Best wishes. Mike...
And thanks again, Tony. I sent for the book and will check your other recommendations tomorrow. Love you all....
Thanks, James. Everyone has been great. Good-nite all....
I don't even know the outcome of my bone scan, taken last week. The urologist hasn't explained things yet. Will he suggest an oncologist, should I bring it up or do I look in the Yellow Pages? That...
I think my PSA was 8.6. Then the doctor wanted to do it again a month later and said not to have any ejaculations for three days before. I figured that was to raise the PSA so I decided to act like a...
I shopped in Greenville, had electronics competitions for my students there and went to Beth Israel synagogue for a few years....
Hi Rob/Zufus Thanks for the encouragement. I'm looking for some hope that I'll be around for a little while longer. You're giving me that and reason to fight. Thanks and thanks all for the welcome...
Hi Tudpock, Could you send that info about the urology group in Northern Virginia. Thanks. Mike...
Thanks again, Richard. It was good talking to you too. Mike...