ChrisR! I missed your email a couple years ago. I still have it open tho and I'll look for a note if you check in here. Sorry about missing you. Glad you're still in the clear. Merry Christmas and...
My yearly post. :) Here ‘s the link to the story: https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=35&m=4254167 Things remain pretty much the same. Got my PSA done a couple weeks ago with my...
Congratulations, clocknut! I agree with you about your primary physician. Mine is still very proud of himself every year for detecting something odd on my DRE at my physical when I was about to turn...
Well, I missed my 8th anniversary post because of COVID, but life continues to plow forward at breakneck pace. I was diagnosed with PCa at 42, but was pretty sure I had it a month or so before...
Almost 20 years ago now, I took a course in Family Law as part of a Master's Program. So many things that we discussed were in their infancy back then like reproductive rights of the divorced who...
This......
Tudpock, I didn't want to quote your whole post... I think the way it would work is if I wanted the information from my biological parents I would have to petition to unseal my adoption records. But...
...and it's for this reason that I elect to keep the doors shut, 142. Now, if it was a life and death situation for one of my kids, I guess I might reconsider and proceed differently. But I think I...
....and just to add, I would not support anything that would allow my biological parents to "unlock" the records on their end. They made their decision long ago and I guess I have consistently upheld...
I feel somewhat uniquely able to respond to this question. I'm adopted. Many a time have I wondered about my biological family and their medical history, at least when I was younger. Not knowing was...
Todd, you are one of the guys whose stories for us younger guys is both scary but in the best ways empowering. My stats and experiences were mild compared to yours yet your story and your fight have...
ChrisR!!! Dude! Send me an email so we can catch up. Hope you are well....
Amen, paulmerc... The "no data on radiation effects down the road for you guys..." is why I decided on surgery. To everyone else, it's really nice to see that all of you guys are still up to your old...
Well, it has now been 7 years since the slice and dice. At 41, being told you have PCa, is a major shock to the system. I'm sure it is a similar shock to other ages also, but this was something not...
I hope InTheShop isn't gone. He's a voice of reason and levity in a pool of people not willing to be that... Godspeed....
Head meet wall... The parameters of tests has long been an issue. Mine went from reporting thru Blue Cross as <.001 to <.1 thru Cigna... Scared the crapolli out of me. Turns out to be a non-issue....
Out of sight doesn't mean out of mind... Apropos to Wings' original post, I got a little weepy at Silent Night in church last night. I don't often go. As a kid it was a requirement. Silent Night was...
It's nice to see some familiar faces and some new ones too. And just to be very clear, the worst part really was the door knob locator device. 10 days of my pecker being tugged at prior to pCa was...
So, yet again I forgot my surgical anniversary. On 11/4/2011 @7am, I was on the operating table at Johns Hopkins. This 11/4/2017 slipped by without the slightest whiff or recollection of PCa. For...
So what I find interesting here is those commenting about the study of a decade ago and how it relates to this un-scientific poll... Despite most not having any real treatment regret, in EITHER poll,...
ChrisR and I have had discussions in emails a long time ago about our decisions to have surgery. We were almost identical in the reasoning behind the decisions too. We were both very early 40's,...
So far the Zombie Thread is still superior....
BillyBob, I appreciate all of your thoughtful responses to this old thread. If anyone took the time to read the whole thing I was one of the posters in on it at the beginning, so I appreciate that it...
So I see ChrisR's thread of old has been resurrected! Excellent. Maybe not... All of us have regrets. Maybe the most important thing for a G6 or low grade G7 to remember more than others is that you...
The size of the prostate determines the loss of length, imo. It's about the size of a walnut... an inch and a half... if it's enlarged, worse. The urethra passes thru the prostate and when the...
...I was told not to drink anything before leaving the hospital the day the catheter was removed, but then to drink as much as I could tolerate to flush any debris (clots and blood particles that...
...maybe ease up on the kegels for a bit??? I did mine religiously too, but more before surgery than after. Still did them a little after, but I found that relaxing was better. Can you "push" gently...
My uro is both a urologist and an oncologist at Hopkins. He suggested that surgery would be better for me too. I was 42. I consulted with another Hopkins onco before deciding on surgery. He was just...
Well, well, well... ChrisR! Excellent news. Been hovering around a bit more than usual trying to catch up with you. Send me an email when you get a minute....
Great news on the PC. Recovery in progress after surgery. Sounds good. I miss seeing your name when I check in here. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!...
I've been critical in the past of specific posters as far back as Casey. There are many occasions where the same "board elders" recite studies and statistics as tho they were/are the "experts." They...
Get the bone scan. I didn't have any of those tests scheduled, but I came back with only 3+3 Gleason 6 from the biopsy which went directly to Dr. Epstein. Had it been G7, I can't say what my...
I was referred to a urologist thru the system my general practitioner is part of. After being told that I was young and likely had an aggressive cancer, he sent me home with an antibiotic. I had a...
Once again, we've got a thread with a dedicated newbie where some held in high esteem on THIS site are overwhelming patient with their "narrow" expertise. Anyone who comes to this site is looking for...
Well, MrBaseball, I'm another 40something that sadly got a spot on this team of ours... 41 turned 42 about a month after diagnosis. Totally understand your emotions. I was there too. I actually got...
Frosty, I was diagnosed when I was 41. G6 confirmed upon ORP and pathology at Hopkins. I chose surgery. It wasn't an easy decision. But as part of the conversation with my urologist and an oncologist...
I find these studies very interesting. One reason is that it seems that any type of cancer more and more often is becoming a disease that is managed rather than cured. But to the curative end, the...
THIS! Get an expert at one of the big deal hospitals... Hopkins, Stanford, Rochester, Mayo, Sloan--- you get the idea. But still, prepare your body by exercising before the surgery - a month or more...
You shouldn't go into any surgical situation as though it's a breeze. An open or robotic radical - - - RADICAL - - - prostatectomy involves an area teeming with nerves and tissue, like the colon and...
Merely something else to be defeated. Onward always. ;) Best to you....
Kick @ss, Mel! Good news to hear. :wink:...
Cashless, you were/are G6? If that is accurate, you are one of only 3 or 4 people on this site that have had a recurrence even after SRT. Maybe I misread your original post, but you've had surgery...
Move the digits, man! Move that digit!!! Congrats. Praying for you, Mel....
Pullin' for ya, Mel. Glad there's improvement. Give it hell. :wink:...
Terrible turn of events. Determine to fight on, my friend....
Explore all the insurance you might have. Don't despair. Treatment will be paid for. Just get treatment....
I find it both ironic and appalling that two guys who act like doctors on this site, discussing studies and technical treatment data as though they are experts, are being so dismissive, basically...
F8 - You take some awesome pictures, man. Keep enjoying your remission. I've got a friend who's into eagles on Conowingo Dam in MD. Spent some of his SS on a really good DSLR and lenses. He's doing...
Well, I'm glad that many of the guys I remember are still around. I see that some of the same p!ssing contests are still going on, but with different actors. :smilewinkgrin: Some arguments never...
Ahhhh, shedding the bag... The Priests of the Inquisition have been thwarted yet again. Congratulations. Hoping that first pee after the torturous contraption was removed was simply blissful. :wink:...