Mumbo, great post! Jim...
Into, we get your shock and feelings of uncertainty. But please don't jump to any conclusions. You will get some pretty good info from your biopsy results and we can help you interpret this and...
Jason, I understand your disappointment but at least you have gotten yourself educated and done a ton of homework so you should be confident in your decision. When the time comes we have a lot of...
Garzie, yeah...reaching out with an email was certainly an option that could have been taken. However, at least one of the Lyme mods did take part in the mod discussion and did not express any...
Dear Lyme Forum Members: First of all, I hope you will forgive a post from another outside-Lyme mod; I'm not locking anything and I come in peace. Secondly, my sincere sympathy to those of you who...
As noted, Dr. Scholz has a clear bias for radiation over surgery. Having said that, many of our members over the years have been successfully treated by his practice (Drs. Scholz and Lam). I have...
Jack, congratulations on the latest test result. Your new testing interval sounds perfectly reasonable and I wish you many more undetectables. Jim...
Amen, bro. Jim...
Retired, undetectable and still breathing. Now that's the kind of triple play we love to hear about. Congrats. Jim...
Thanks for your comments. Re some of the questions you have raised: 1. He doesn't know his prostate size but his doc characterizes it as "normal". He has no known history of BPH and no BPH symptoms....
Hi Folks: My daughter's father-in-law was recently diagnosed with PCa and has reached out to me for advice. I'm pretty sure what I want to tell him but am seeking your collective wisdom as well. Here...
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40269901/alonzo-mourning-had-prostate-removed-urges-checks-men ...
81, I'm so glad you continue posting as it adds interest, variety and spice to our forum. Plus, even if some don't like your Friday jokes, you stimulate the other jokes that follow. I organize a...
Exactly!!! Jim...
Hello Jason and welcome back but sorry you had to come back. Some men do very well with AS with a diagnosis such as yours so I certainly won't say "no". My personal make-up would not permit me the...
PJ, welcome to Healing Well and I'm truly sorry you are having these issues. Like many of the other posters, I strongly encourage you to seek out the advice of radiation doctors. HDR Brachy seems...
Yeah, and it's not just prostate cures. There are fake Kelly Clarkson images/videos for fake weight loss drugs. Unfortunately many people fall for this crap and the scammers get rich. Facebook and...
Hello Agent. I'll just echo the responses you have received and suggest you ignore your GP and find a medical oncologist with experience treating prostate cancer. And...good luck to you! Jim...
At least you didn't lose your sense of humor! Hope the COVID passes quickly as it did with most of us who were vaccinated. Jim P.S. To Steve - Let's see Ken's answer but I'll be amazed if he isn't...
Congrats, Dewayne. Glad things are going so well. Jim...
JC, don't worry too much about what the urologist's office had to say. That's a sales pitch many of us have heard. You are getting the best standard of care for your situation. Settle in, embrace it...
Dallas, I reached out to Ziggy with the hope that he will check in on your thread and share his knowledge. Even if he doesn't, may I suggest you go to our search function and type in Ziggy9. That...
Hello Dallas and welcome. We have a member here, Ziggy9, who used TFT to treat his cancer. Ziggy doesn't post much here anymore so it's unlikely he will see your post. His treatment was about 15...
Prato, that's wonderful news of course! Congrats! Once a year for you now should be fine. If you get nervous in between you can always throw in an extra. Jim...
OK...waiting for your good news post!!! Jim...
I just banned the previous poster and their IP address but left the post up just for grins. 81gy, now see what you started! LOL Jim...
If anyone would like to send a card to his wife, Peggy, just drop me an email as I have the home address in SC. Jim...
So sorry to hear this. Like many of you, even though I never met David personally, I felt as if I knew him through his many posts and occasional emails. David had a really rough time with PCa and a...
Ken, here is an interesting back and forth on the diet published in Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-almost-everything-dean-ornish-says-about-nutrition-is-wrong/...
Hi Zeke and welcome. While I personally don’t have experience with your treatment situation there are many guys here who do. We are all here to support you. I wish you the best. Jim...
Lookin' good, Windsor. Congrats! Jim...
JC, I understand your frustration and it's reasonable. Having said that, I agree with Halbert. Why not just call IU Simon and get going with the treatment center that is more likely to be taking care...
Sela, it's not likely caused by different labs. It could be that hubby had an infection that cleared up on its' own and now the PSA has returned to normal. Or, and I hate to bring this up, this could...
Larry, I can hardly add to the excellent post that Mumbo just made. Yeah, IU Simon is excellent and they should be able to handle this. Tell your urologist not to bother with "another urologist that...
Larry, hello and welcome to our forum. Yeah, you got a bit of a tough diagnosis but fortunately you are in a era where modern treatment is likely to give you many more years with us. As Mumbo said,...
Ash, thanks for the uplifting message. Best of luck to you in the future. Jim...
Kwoo, even though the PSMA was clean there is obviously something going on. Have you discussed the situation thoroughly with a RO? Some might suggest getting radiation to the prostate now rather than...
I only take it "as needed". This will give me an incentive to need it more... Jim...
Idog, I don't think you should worry but as Terry said - be vigilant. Test in 6 months anyway. Since you are using the regular (non-sensitive) test the change could be miniscule, e.g. 1.49 to 1.51...
Mel, I've been away and just noticed your post. Sorry about your additional issues but I don't have anything to share other than to welcome you back and wish you the best. Jim...
Congratulations! This looks really good. Are you having any SE's or is everything normal? Jim...
Gold Horse, glad to hear from you and I'm especially happy to hear that you continue to do well. Re the site...yeah, the new owners had some missteps as they tried to make some technical changes....
JR, I have a friend who had LDR Brachy with Dr. Kurtzman and was very pleased. He is highly experienced and specializes in LDR Brachy with Palladium seeds. It appears you have chosen well. Your stats...
Jack, that's pretty consistent with what other PCa patients have said here over the years. I recall lots of comments about how he was generous with his time and personally interacted with folks. Out...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/02/24/jonathan-epstein-leaves-johns-hopkins/ Will be interesting to see if he retires or, as Mattam suggests, moves on to another center of excellence....
Hal, no better words were ever spoken on our forum. So glad for your treatment success and congrats on your upcoming retirement. Freedom is great as well. All the best, Jim...
This thread is a little old but I wanted to share something here. I had my very first visit today with a cardiologist. Fortunately I'm not having any heart issues but wanted to establish a...
Hello Arthur and welcome to our forum. You seem to be pretty level headed about this and that will serve you well as you continue your voyage. I agree with the others that waiting until late May for...
Boomer!!!! So happy for you. Congrats! Jim...
This is just a tad misleading. While it is true that the seed shell will remain in your prostate, the radioactivity will dissipate reasonably quickly so that within a year it will be essentially...