Hi All, I have not been posting or commenting for a while as I feel that I risk being out of date with all the lastest options as it is so long since I had surgery (July 2009) and SRT (May 2010)....
Halbert, I understand the distance aspect, but Germany, for example, has a special flying "ambulance" for moving patients long distances. Alf Should be a photo of the interior here - hopefully the...
Halbert, I'm surprised that you indicate that there is no inter-State arrangement cover the example you give of people in NYC needing beds, but the spare beds being in Denver. I live in Europe, the...
I'll preface this reply with the information that my father was a doctor in the British Army during the Spanish 'flu epidemic. And in 1919 he caught Spanish flu himself; he was looked after in a...
Dogdays, I think that's the answer. For over seven years I was going every six months to the same place in Amsterdam, somewhere where my Urologist and RT department were on opposite sides of the...
Thanks for the replies Tim G: I asked her to check and she said it was 0.03 and not <0.03. I'll check if it's a new/different machine. I feel that the problem may have been caused by the difference...
I've been away from HW for so long and indeed been in the zero club for so long that I've hardly thought about PCa for rather a long time and have therefore slightly lost touch with what the latest...
Hi there, Sorry you're not down to zero like you wanted to be. I too did not get down to zero after my surgery back in 2009 in Amsterdam! But the urology team were worried that that might be the case...
Hi David, As I am taking a break from writing Christmas cards to surf the net, this would seem like an excellent opportunity to wish you all the best at this time. Season's Greetings! Alf....
David, Boy! Replying to you and thinking about your situation, as is so often the case, while drinking a cup of tea! I just had a look at the spec for a Lincoln Continental Black Label Edition: Not...
David, So glad to here from you. I think of you. Alf...
Where I am in the Netherlands it's late afternoon. About this time ten years ago I was dressed and getting ready to leave the hospital in Amsterdam where I had had a RALP the day before. I'm still...
I live in the Netherlands and am often surprised at how people will discuss all sorts of fairly intimate issues in public places where you can easily overhear what they are saying. I have also been...
Thanks for the replies guys, especially those from David and - dare I say it - other "old veterans"....
I had my first blood test on 23 March 2009. Result on 3 April, when PSA was 8.6 Not quite at the big anniversary yet though as my first biopsy was on 20th April 2009 and the diagnosis with PCa was...
Here's some indications of how far I've moved on. I've become such an infrequent visitor to HW that, when I tried to log in to post an update I discovered I had forgotten my user name (and for the...
Hi all, Just giving this old thread a little "Bump", but also wondering if the info in it is now out of date, given I put this list together many years ago, and I would not want it to be giving...
David, My very best wishes for 2019. Take care Alf...
Firstly Welcome Mumbo, I'm not a regular poster at HW anymore, as it is now nearly 10 (yes TEN) years since I was diagnosed and RALPed in Amsterdam. (I'm a Brit that lives in the Netherlands). But...
JP. Welcome. Ask your doc about it. Sounds likje a cop out, but you could almost say that on HW, the number one Rule round here for all problems, complaints, aches, discomfort, pain etc (regardless...
David. I know how one of your concerns over the years has been the amount of radiaiton that has been blasted at you especially your jaw. I thus started to think of you when I read the following news...
David, As ever I read your updates, and wince. And then I try and work out whether I should reply or not, or offer a suggestion, or crack a joke, or mention someone I know that's also struggling with...
I just saw an item on Dutch TV news this evening about a new study by Dutch researchers that suggests almost all cancer meds coukld be over priced. I've found a summary (in English - see link) of the...
Back again. Whatever the problem with the site was yesterday that stopped me finding the begining of this thread it has sorted itself out, so I was able to read it. Most of it makes sense, but I...
Hi folks I have not been bumping anything myself any more for, as previously commented by me here, I feel that it was written so long ago that it may no longer be accurate enough in certain respects...
Thanks for the replies. And I clearly tempted providence with my optimistic report, as I've just had three sleepless nights in a row due to my bladder thinking it wants me to empty it every hour....
Alf checking in. If I needed any evidence that I have ceased to be too bothered about my post-surgery and post-SRT situation, then it's possibly the fact that I completely forgot to post anything on...
Surgery in 2009 and SRT in 2010. Not been diagnosed with proctitis, but have had very different BMs since then, and suffered from the need to make sure that I know where the nearest bathroom is all...
“Happy New Year!” a bit late, but, as I rarely come to HW these days, I will still say it. I wanted to mention a diet, but not in the context of any kind of magic food that can help prevent or cure...
Wow David your list of troubles is getting to be too long to comprehend. I hardly know how to respond! All I can say is that you are regularly in my thoughts, and I hope you can enjoy the holidays in...
Hi David, I've been away from HW for months, so it was typical that you should be reporting in to let us know that your woes have worsened when I popped back. I never know what to suggest for you so,...
Climacturia is about more ejaculating urine when you orgasm. I rarely suffer from this. My problem is straightforward dribbling when something "sexy" happens, or when I think about "stuff" and what...
Yup defintely suffer from leakage and seepage. No problems after surgery, but then after SRT things gradually got worse over the years. SRT was in 2010. I've had to wear a pad day and night for...
Not sure if the drugs concerned are called the same in the USA as in the UK, but this news on the BBC looks promising for those that could benefit. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40131381 I've yet to...
I enjoyed nearly all his films. I know a number of people didn't think he was the best Bond, but ther Bond of the books is not much like the Bond as vreated in the films. I recall that him saying...
Thanks for the update David, I know that certain shaking issues can be resolved with a certain treatment. But I know what the rules are at HW about mentioning some products, products which may be...
A consignment of Viagra has been stolen The police are looking for a gang of hardened criminals. When they're caught, they'll get a stiff sentence. Happy Easter too. Alf...
Update. Saw my GP this morning It's good News My PSA is fine. She had asked the lab to give her actual reading which was 0.005. This does beg the question though as to why this lab does not give you...
I'm not as cross with the ambiguity of the result, as I am with the fact that what was meant to be a simpler way of doing it has turned out to be harder. It was not the GP that said: "I can't tell if...
This was meant to be a post to report with my latest PSA results. (And with an altered signature) However, I don't know for certain what my PSA is!!! So there's something else to report. A year ago...
Prior to my surgery I was offered a chance to take part in a trial and declined. In my case, however, it was not a trial for a new treatment for the cancer, but a trial for a new idea for helping to...
Posts like this make me realise how loing ago my SRT was. (2010) With me it was very much about having things the same everyday, and thus also the same as they were during the original set-up CT...
David, I think we've got to the point with you that one can say: Who knows what will happen next! Best Wishes, as always, and Happy New Year! Alf...
The idea that Testosterone can help defeat PCa is a strange twist to the PCa story. I saw this article:...
I am not a fan of pain David, so terribly concerned about what you had to go through. Hope it at least provides some answers. Otherwise I hope you enjoy the trip to Bermuda. I always fancied a visit,...
Lookimng forward to another 8 years and another 25,000 posts, hopefully posts full of good news! Alf...
This sounds very odd. I too hope it's a lab error of some sort, as like Jeff it's given me more than a touch of PSA anxiety. Alf...
I say old chap, you seem to be in a spot of bother again, or do I mean still. I am having a good old cup of tea as I type. I raise my cup to you! I'll come at this tangentially: I hope the Vit B...
Just saw the story reported on the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/37551842/hollywood-actor-ben-stiller-reveals-he-had-prostate-cancer-but-is-now-cancer-free This report, like others,...
David Wow, are you being patient. Any thoughts about changing your name to Job. As ever I feel frustrated that I can't make a suggestion for you that will solve even one aspect of your trials and...