July 9 - meeting with oncologist. He is pleased with the low numbers - <0.008 and say the prostate cancer is undetectable so I don't need another hormone shot until the numbers rise up again PSA...
My radiation was just the pelvic core area - not sure if lymph nodes in that area were targeted as well....
Hello again - the hormone shot is doing it's thing - no side effects at all - June 2018 blood work is - - PSA - <0.008 -free PSA - <0.01 - testosterone - <0.1 - free testosterone - n/a ..............
thanks for the support - and yes, I did update my signature to correct surgery date to 2009 - hugs, Tatt2man...
hiya - just got my May 7 PSA results - down to 0.030 with first hormone shot - next shot is in July. .. so a bit of a breather ... -thanks for your support. Tatt2man...
The meeting went well with the Oncologist - I did find out that the shot - Triptorelin - costs $1200.00 each - not for the 3 time prescription - thanks again to OHIP and my company's insurance...
thank you Jeff for your support. .. will update you after meeting with oncologist on monday... bracing for another winter storm - freezing rain and ice for 2 days ... bbbbrrrr... staying inside and...
Thanks one and all for your support and kind words - we appreciate it. Just got my Triptorelin prescription - one injection every 3 months - a year's worth - only $30.00 - that is with OHIP (Ontario...
Thanks for the wealth of information - sometimes with this journey it is hard to "see the forest for the trees", lets where you are in the forest or out on a busy highway.... (but I digress) :) My...
->Tall Allen - the pills are daily - the shot is once every 3 months - don't know what time span is yet .. we will get that info at the April 16 meeting.... ... still thinking about orchiectomy as...
Got a call from the Oncologist - he prescribed Bicalutamide 50mg and will be getting an injection of Triptorelin every 3 months. Cost wasn't as bad as I feared - only $64.00 bucks for both. Getting a...
Got the call back from Doctor. We are now monitoring the PSA monthly. Thanks for your support. Hugs, Tatt2man...
Hello: I got my 3 month PSA -April 1,2018 - not a happy camper... Here is how the numbers are going. ............................................................... July 2016 - <0.010 < 4.0 ug/L...
Just downloaded some of the information on my new blog https://date-with-a-deadline.blogspot.ca/ Take care, hugs, Tatt2man...
Hello again - saw the Oncologist again today - Monday, February 5 ( my 6-month follow-up) and he basically repeated what he said last time - they didn't get all the cancer and will work at slowing it...
BACK AGAIN - PART 3 - JANUARY 15, 2018 Sorry to say my new PSA IS 0.97 .............. 2016 JANUARY - PSA - <0.010 JULY - PSA - <0.010 DECEMBER - PSA -0.009 2017 JULY - PSA - 0.085 OCT 19 -PSA- 0.28...
Hello all.. thank you for your kind words and support. I learned long ago that different labs get different results. Another problem is the same lab may change their procedure range (rounding up and...
Hello again - put a post in last August when my PSA started to flucuate - not pleased - told family was still "negative" and within range... though I wasn't. Oncologist admitted they did not get all...
Thank you all for your kind words and support. The doctor's approach to the numbers are "too soon and too few to make a judgement - could be a glitch - could be an increase "- the next test in...
Hello all: Back again after a few years absence. Off to doctor tomorrow - july 31, 2017 - to discuss change in numbers. May be something - may be nothing. Listing numbers below to show the journey...
.... just going through some issues in my head after 5 years with PCa... added a new posting to my blog regarding "quality vs quantity of life " -...
Thank you again for all your kind words.... sorry - no new tattoos ... don't know if I have the mindset anymore to endure the work - biggest work was a pair of stylized angel's wings on my back -...
thank you guys - it was a rough year last year so I am pleased to start it off on a good note with my zero. -trying to put things in perspective after five years - wrote a blog entry about "waiting"...
Hello: I haven't been around for a while and from the addition of many new names - a good number won't know who I am... I was diagnosed and had surgery in 2009. Was in remission until cancer came...
Congrats on the low PSA - wishing you all the best for the year ahead... and coping with / dealing with the low T. hugs, Bronson...
congrats Andrew ( hopefully 70 seconds have passed....)...
congratulations Jim !...
Sonny - congrats on getting into the study - here's to the results you want - which benefit all of us ! Every day is a bonus especially if we are our own best advocates. hugs, Bronson...
Worried Guy, Cajun Jeff, Goodlife and Sonny, Clearwater Cowboy, and the many others attending GFMPH Rochester - here's to a great time for all - good weather - good food and new friendships and...
best wishes for your new career ! -does that mean you have a wood lathe for sale? hugs, Bronson...
congrats - here's to a lifetime of zero's !!...
great news Todd - you are certainly the Provenge -poster boy & rock star! congrats on your undetectable PSA was a boo boo) here is to many more years of zero's, Mandy and the kid(s) and you ... much...
Startech: you are in the zero club still !!! - PSA < 0.10 ( less than sign 0.10) and you are definitely less than that at 0.021 - there is no such thing as an absolute zero - congrats - you will love...
My condolences to his family and friends....
congrats on the good anniversary numbers - here's to a lifetime of them ! hugs, Bronson...
proscapt - my lab has changed over machines and now does 3 decimal points and the "<" less if it relates to the reading - my post RT readings are now at <0.010 .... - and to bertb - don't panic .....
Jeff: Thank you for: GFMPH; your humour/humor; kindness; understanding and statistical renderings regarding prostate cancer. You are the brass ring in this crazy merry-go-round, rollercoaster of a...
congrats !!! here's to a lifetime of zero's best wishes, hugs, Bronson...
Thank you for your love and support - unfortunately, the KAST art studio tour moved their dates back to last week in September - so won't be able to go to GFMPH - Rochester ( this year). wishing you...
Hello - just dropping in - saw my radiation oncologist yesterday who oversaw my radiation treatments at PRHC in 2013. He is pleased I am undetectable - PSA <0.010( he did not use the phrase "you are...
Todd and Mandy - sounds like you are having a cancer-free summer - congrats on the PSA and wishing you another 97 months plus - full of zero's and happiness, contentment and adventures ! hugs,...
I asked very specifically about what to do to prep for SRT - and the radiation oncologist's mantra was "full bladder - empty rectum". He even stopped to asked me (almost in a bullying tone) DO YOU...
James - congrats on getting through it - your bowels will improve in time - would recommend staying away from any spicey food for a while - and fatique will lift - or at least settle into an energy...
I feel that the main point has been missed by many of the posters...maybe if i rephrase the original poster's question as: "How do I find an urologist in the Boston area that I can be comfortable...
As an openly gay man I have dealt with straight doctors , gay doctors and gay-friendly doctors . As a gay man with PCa , I can say (in generic terms for public postings) that gay men have a different...
I am pleased with the reaction to the art show and their reaction to me being cured of cancer... ..and to those still wondering... I am still a male ... with all the boy bits intact (except for the...
Zufus - good to see your posting - keep kicking the SOB where it hurts - all the best, Bronson...
Very pleased with coverage of this weekend's event which includes my series of paintings done during my radiation treatments -...
Many thanks Lana and Todd. Todd - no worries - the feminine side of me had been suppressed and caused a great deal of depression and anger - but with that part of me out in the open - I am still ME -...
Had a chat with my Urologist - Surgeon, on May 21, 2014, who did my PCa surgery. He was left out of the loop when it came to my having radiation treatments. Attempted to discuss my alternative...