DAVID, remember its those who has the strength and courage to keep going that seems to be challenged in this life and yuo certainly seem to be one of those two.....Now your dear wife is the other....
Oh Purgatory, it has been for me for the past year and a half but thankfully i am back on this site again and hopefully renew my positive energy. Treatment went well but not out of woods as yet....
Caring Wife! Just after putting in a very stressful year, yes with a similar complaint and only for my dear wife who is caring i would have never survived the pressure. Thankfully one year further on...
BillyMac said... CJD, Can't help with your problem but I see that you are located in Ireland. I know there is a rather renowned large glass factory in Eire, (Antrim, I believe). Is that where you...
welcome to the club. Exactly one year ago yesterday, 'Valentine's Day, i fell from ladder and while that was bad enough worse was to come at the end of my medical visits for my injuries. My doctor...
Im so glad to have discovered this forum. Since last May i have got so much support for all my woes in realting to my diagnosis of pc. every step of the journey so far has left me with a scar BUT...
four weeks after radiation therapy. still having sleepless nights and up four/five times bursting to go to toilet only not being able to go except for the leak between going from the bed to the...
David, great to see yourname back on the forum again. I was looking for you last week when i was under so much rpessure coming up to my final radiotherapy treatment. I just dont know what came over...
thank you everybody. will keep yo all informed. CJD...
thanks to you all guys, i am now only four days away from the end of my treatment. side effects not improving but psycologically i am. it's great to gett feedback to remind me that there are others...
Hi Guys, Happy New Year and hope that 2012 will be a better one than 2011 for all of you and ME. I like to be ahead of the possi in general and now that i am on my 32nd day of r.therapy and have five...
Excellent way of celebrating my 60th birthday and on my 32nd day of radiatherapy. What more can i ask for at this stage of seniority? It has given me the best laugh of 2011. Here's to many more...
P.....S OFF I DONT FIND DAT FUNNY...
Oh so many thanks to you all, Purgatory you have been my icon right from the start Knotreel taking what you have said on board Full tit - the name has just given me a laugh and taking your thoughts...
I'm on my 25th day out of 37 radiation therapy sessions. Mostly going well but my God, nobody ever warned me about the waterworks problems that may happen. At least twice a aweek i am darned by...
sincere thaks to everyone. thanks moderator I now undertand yur role - was confused over word up to now. Guys its great to know that i am not alone on that zapper table. i can now look at it as being...
Just to let you know that i am now 9 days into my radiotherapy and while it was wonderful the first week i am having major problems with my bladder from the time i hop up onto the table and complete...
Hi Friends, Its me once again. Ijust took a break from the site for the past few weeks because I was just so fed up worrying about what was going to be the next step of my journey. Well next Wed 9th...
Joko great to hear that you have one full week of treatment. i have been turned down for brachttherapy due to being unsuitable so i now look forward to next stage which is like yours. i came home...
David, While I am still strugglilng on my ht and awaiting next appointment it is good to tune ito this forum and se eyour name popping up once again. Best of luck with your promotional interview on...
David, delighted to see that you have landed another issue to occupy your mind. After all you deserve a break into stardom. you bring light to the end of tunnel for me to date and this is just...
Casey, what can i say other than to let you know that you and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers this week-end. I may not be the most religious person in the world but have got very...
Oh for God's sake (if there is one!) are you ever going to get a break? Here i am wondering is this what is before me over the next number of years, etc. BUT i am conscious of not feeling too sorry...
ya know Tony, Im not a very religious person, or so i thought, but now i actually realise i am very spiritual and spend more time than i thought with 'the man above'. Imagine, it took your msg to...
Hi Tony, Just reminding you to relax and thank god that you have such a wonderful neice who is prepared to give of herself for others. She will bring much happiness in tomorrow's experience. Be proud...
tony, im believer of where there is life there is hope. even tho the topic may be a bit off on this forum for specialisation but thank god that there are people like your niece who takes time to...
oh guys, thanks for your own pma it has helped me to fit into another new part of my journey of PC. its nice to know that there is someone on the other end of the line to listen to me when i need it...
Purgatory, great news that you are getting the best of the best when it comes to your particular diagnosis. It makes little 'wimps' like me sit up and realise that i cannot expect the impossible. i...
Went off so positive yesterday morning to my ur. for next stage of my process for propsoed Brachytherapy - so down when he identified my prostate as being too enlarged to carry out the process at...
good to see you bak on forum purgatory. was wondering had all those grouches got to you and tha tyou had given up going on site. keep up the comments because i for one is benefitting greatly, from...
Ah Purgatory, you are the best tonic i ever used. For me at the beginning stages of my journey in PC I hope that i will always find an answer to my fears, hopes and anxieties just by clickinginto...
when i joined this forum a few short weeks ago some names stuck out when i was trying to get a start on linking in with other PC professionals!!!!!!!Being strong in faith I thought that 'Purgatory'...
Welcome on board to the most informative site that i have jsut recently found also. Like you, it is a journey that we msut be positive about. Only a few weeks ago i found out that i had PC but to my...
hanks James C - you ain't a champion for nothing!. just cant believe how helpful people on this forum are even in my time of distress and anxiety. It's great to be able to have a laugh at myself when...
stats not at my door step yet. need to go back to local gp and then i can get my little diary up and running fo rall to see. i am not as quick as the rest of you on anything just yet. even the...
GOT MRI RESULTS TWO DAYS AGO. AS YOU ALL STATED MRI NOTHING DIFFERENT SHOWED UP. NEXT STEP IS SEEDS - EVEN THO MY WONDERFUL UROLGIIST TOLD ME TO GO HOME THINK about THE VARIOUS OPTIONS AND THE ONE...
thanks everybody for your help. will report back after tuesday. nerves are taking over at this point but i will do waht is recommended by so many of you warriors - think positive and take one step at...
aybe a stupid question but how do ye all have the stats that ye show at end of comments. I havent got anything like that. Is this something i get form y visit to uroligst on tuesday for my second...
Can anybody give me a list of questions that i will understand the answers to when i meet my uroligist for result of mri on tuesday next. I have read the sites and picked out information that i can...
Can naybody give me a list of questions that i will understand the answers to when i meet my uroligist for result of mri on tuesday next. I have read the sites and picked out information that i can...
oh thanks for all this advice. I know i ahve a lot to learn but at the same time to tune into your good selves who has been there, still there, etc. is a great source of comfort for the unknown path...
I have been recently diagnosed with prostate cancer and I am up in a heap to say the least! I am 59 years old. On 5 th april my psa was 7.3, jumped from 4.3 two years ago. No signs of anything amiss...