This event has changed my life ! I have met some of the finest men and women I have ever known. I have learned more about PC than I could learn from reading 10 books. Great food, great fun, and...
We can talk about all this during the weekend at GFMPH. Look forward to meeting you....
Mel, Have to get in line to wish you well and echo what so many have said. If any one can make it through Rehab and come out walking, it will be you. You may remember that I have a little experience...
Jim and Karen, I echo the feelings and sentiments of my HW and GFMPH brothers and sisters. Will be praying for you. Louisiana won't be he same if you guys can't make it. We have had so many good...
Mrs G and I will be there wed. Some time and depart Sun. Can't wait to see all my GFMPH friends. Hope to see some new faces this year. Come on guys. You won't believe how neat it is. Tell your...
We have talked about this before. I view it all as a time thing. If I got 3 years out of surgery, can get 3 + years out of radiation, and another 3+ years out of RT, I get at least 10 years with a...
Was quite surprised this morning. At the GFMPH gathering I stated I had a .08 in July test. I have doing 3 month tests for 77 months. I opened my 9/29 test this morning. It was a .05 ! Woo Hoo ! I am...
David, My thoughts and prayers are with you guys. Goodlife...
Tell your cousin to hold on to something when he pees. Much like an RP, he will pee a lot of blood and junk. If he is squeamish, might tend to faint or something....
Congrats ! Just married my baby off last month. I saw your post, and said to myself, wow, I thought Mel was married. We are checking into a cottage at Owls Head right on the coast on 10/15, and...
Alf, Haven't heard from you in a while. I check in about weekly, so I may have missed. We were in about the same era of treatment, and I always enjoyed your posts. Glad to hear things are well. As a...
Maybe he's on HW ..........
I would only add that you are the final decision maker on what meds you take. Just because he wrote you a script for a statin doesn't mean you have to take it. The new accepted level is 200. They...
Fantastic Jerry ! Glad to hear the good news. Goodlife...
PCWarrior, I also take Gabapenten, which is synthesized in the kidney. I am taking 1800 mg a day and apparently can take more if needed. Not sure any medication stops all the symptoms, but the...
After having a radical prostatectomy it took me 8 mos. to regain continence. Three years later I had IGRT, and I slowly digressed to pretty bad incontinence. Pretty good at night, and in the morning....
R.I.P Bob. Will certainly miss that sharp wit, and off the wall humor. Once in a while he would play the guitar a little. There are some posters on here that I forget about after they haven't posted...
Whoops, I didn't check the post date. No I haven't heard anything from or about him . Goodlife...
I would say, and not crudely, to just lay there and let him figure it out. As teenagers or whenever, we had to figure some things out. It was exciting then, and will be exciting now. May not be the...
Thanks for the memories Tony. He was a class act who got dealt a bad hand. Never heard a whine or a whimper, or a negative post. Also thanks for reminding me of the great advances in PC treatment...
Call me crazy, but I got up off the table, wiped as much KY as I could off my bum, and went back to work. I thought no maybe the work just took my mind off of the biopsy, and any pain or discomfort I...
Peter, Thanks for your frank account. I have been considering an AUS, but accounts like yours and others make me realize that I don't really have it too bad. Unless I can get a zero leak guarantee, I...
Oh, and one more fact, 73.5 % of men over 80 have frontal baldness, and 57 % of women are affected with it. Roughly the same percent of men will have prostate cancer, and I haven't digested the woman...
I can only say this about these apparent links to PC. I saw a link concerning the length if the index finger I saw a link concerning testosterone levels I saw a link about genetic predispositions I...
Kristine, Paul really is a lucky man. I never meant to imply that you shouldn't keep an eye on the docs, because you are just one patient out of hundreds. I guess what I was trying to say is that you...
Kristine, Could I suggest that you need to relax a little, I say that for you personally. You are on a website full of guys and gals who do care and watch every step the medical folks take. It is my...
Kristine, You are pretty deep with this discussion, so I'll leave it at that. Don't know much about CTC or Pet Scan. You made a comment about perfusion being low, and an ejection fraction of 50 %. I...
Great news Paul and Kristine, It is so neat to put faces to names. Hoping and praying that Paul is on the home stretch. Goodlife...
Rope on a tree ? I will not thank thee !...
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To moderators of HW, A virus entered our blog It is a nasty dog Makes men who are normally sane, Write words that are quite inane. So it is with great fearing and dread, I ask you to put a lock on...
I commented on the GFMPH Post about minutes from Baton Rouge, and it has disappeared from my screen. Where did it go ? Goodlife...
Sounds like a good report. Not sure what the the 1 % change was from biopsy to biopsy. The PSA was 68 % higher, but certainly not a runaway freight train. Wish you the best in the coming months....
As a charter member of the elite GFMPH organization, I add my approval of the minutes, I add my thanks to the secretary for their diligence, and my thanks to the multitude of hands that worked...
Bill, Sometimes an enlarged prostate can cause pressure on the bladder and the bladder sphincter and cause urgency, but I would say that generally urgency is not a big complaint of PC guys. First of...
Ray, Sorry to hear you will not make it. We will miss you. Glad to hear you are working again I think. Goodlife...
Susan There are days when many of us take PC for granted. We know that death is a possibility, but many of us think it will not be us. Your account causes me to sober up, and realize that this is a...
Great news Mel. My last PSA came in at .06. It is just letting me know there is a little pocket of PC somewhere, but really slow. Not complaining, just curious, and as my friend Sonny says, choking...
Todd, Love your post about being ticked at the guys complaining about things that may be annoyances to them, but compared to dying from PC, don't mean poop. Glad you continue to do well. If I could...
I would just add that U of M has an excellent cancer center as well. They will be able to discuss all of the modalities. You are getting great advice, but try not to overthink it. Most treatments are...
In the past several months I have been having some numbness and tingling in my feet. In researching neuropathy, I found several references to possible side effects of radiation. I had IGRT about 3...
I think you made a wise choice. The earlier the better according to a Stephenson study. I did it, had no real problems. It does seem to affect continence for me any way, but if I can beat this...
Hello and Good Evening, So, I am brand new to this forum. So, here I go..... My Father has just been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and I am his caregiver. I am actually not in shock as much as utter...
Ray, Fantastic ! Have not heard a lot since last GFMPH. But this post makes up for a lot. So pleased to hear the progress. I take little tidbits from each of you guys and file it away in my potential...
Way to go Todd ! You continue to inspire me and my fight. We must never, never give up. I understand what your oncologist is saying. The .05 means something is still producing s little PSA. We'll...
Jerry, Really sorry to hear of the bump. I guess we can continue to be thankful for the vacations in life, and get back to work. I happen to believe that your story is a G9 story. I never expect to...
Sue, Don't give up. Find a second or third opinion. Go to a major Cancer center. In today's cancer world, their are so many options, some mainstream, some not. Our friend Todd (todd1963), who you see...
Firstly, I decided on surgery because of my Gleason 9. Being able to get an accurate Gleason, and knowing if it was contained seemed to be important to me. Surgery is the only way to get a conclusive...
My first biopsy I had because he felt a nodule, came back with a few atypical cells, and some "pre-cancerous" cells. I cracked to the doctor, are all cells pre-cancerous before they become cancerous...
No bull. It is top of the line. Scan before every session, solution planned, ok'd by radiologist, and then zapped. You should have few side effects. Goodlife...