David, just popped on for the first time in 2 years, and there was your name on the second post Glad to hear you're still with us. Hi to all the other oldtimers that are still here, hope you're doing...
Hi David, It's been over a year since I've logged on, glad to see you're still kicking. I'm still doing good, the beast hasn't reared it's head again since surgery, and I wish all the best for you...
USPSA matches, Single Stack and Production. Juried Art Shows....
Just checking in, I lurk here a lot but seldom post these days. Hit a milestone this year, 10 years of undetectable PSA tests since surgery back in '08. I see quite a few familiar names here and even...
Us hoomans were putting it in our bodies long before it was any of the others :P...
I'll be 59 this month, working full time, but retired from the USAF in 95. I'd like to retire at 62, but it's still a "wait and see" thing....
David, Glad to hear from you, I think about you every time I login here, which I have to admit is not as often as it once was, like you, I've become more of a lurker. Keep up the good fight, and I...
First round's on me! Just checking in, I seldom post anymore, but I lurk here at least weekly. So many new names, and so many that have faded away. Hope everyone is doing well, and best wishes for...
My doc guessed that it was a glitch in the test itself, machine calibration, bad reagent, or the operator. It gave me a scare, but the retest was back to undetectable....
Once again I've been blessed with an undetectable PSA test. Eight years now after starting with a PSA near 28 and RP as the only form of treatment needed. I'm not sure what I've done to be so lucky,...
I hope your New Year starts out better! On a side note, you mentioned your wife was recovering, but failed to mention if if was from her cut finger, or your Christmas dinner :D Cheers! Ralph...
Hello Guys and Gals, I haven't posted in quite a while, but I still lurk here several times a week. I had my 7 year PSA done, and thankfully it was still undetectable. Honestly, I sometimes feel...
Started with a Canon AE-1 Program, currently using a Nikon D90 with a 70-300mm lens along with several other lenses, a Macro and a few primes. I've also been spotted putting holes in defenseless...
Actually, the Gunner in my nickname comes from my years in the USAF as B-52 tailgunner :-) Cheers! Ralph...
and I get to renew my membership in the Zero Club. The first round's on me folks! Six years and counting.. And a big salute to all my fellow Vets on This day. Ralph...
for my latest PSA. I've managed to stay in the Zero Club for six years now, hoping to make it seven. In spite of the time that I've been in the Club, I still get on pins and needles waiting for the...
[quote="Somebody" my mid-life crisis was late in life too :-). ed[/quote] When I went thru my midlife crisis I told my wife I had to have either a hot red sports car or a hot redhead, and she could...
At age 48 I had a PSA of over 27, but somehow it hadn't spread anywhere else it seems. After surgery to remove the offending walnut, I've been blessed with an undetectable PSA for over 5 years now....
I've pretty much gone to lurker status myself, but I pop on at least weekly to see how things are going. Five years is a long time on any forum for me, but I guess I feel that I have a vested...
Hi Guys and Gals! Just thought I'd check in with a bit of good news. As of the 7th I'm have officially been in the Zero Club for 5 years. My latest PSA was again undetectable, and for a guy who...
Today was the funeral of a High School classmate of mine. At age 54, he died of advanced prostate cancer. I only learned that he was in the hospital two weeks ago when I made a service call to his...
The man to man support group in my area was informed that ACS support was being cut off nearly two months ago. While our group was not large, we had 10-12 men present at each meeting I attended....
'72 metallic green 4-door Ford Torino bought in '78 about a year after I went in the USAF. Family car with a 351 Windsor under the hood. Rolled a lot of miles on the thing and finally sold it on Guam...
Welcome to the corner of the world no one wants to be in. There's a lot of good info to be found here, but to a new comer it's like taking a sip from a fire hose. I suspect the surgery Devasted is...
Private pilot, VFR only, never got my instrument rating RC Aircraft (Tony, the 10 grand+ you spent wouldn't touch what I've spent over the years) Wildlife and Landscape photography (My wife and I do...
No lab change, so no idea what caused the blip. My surgeon says that I'll go to once a year PSA's after 5 years, so if November's comes back good, it'll be a yearly thing. I must say, I'm looking...
Hi All, Been a while since I've checked in but I still lurk here several times a week. Just got the latest PSA results, another undetectable, just a few months from 5 years since surgery. w00t! After...
My pet peeve is people who will practically burn rubber to pull out in front of you to drive in your lane, causing me to hit my brakes to keep from tail ending them, but once they get in front, they...
Interestingly enough, I don't get any ads on HW, just a blank area with the words "Advertisement" in letters almost too small to read. Running Windows 7 and IE9 with Norton Security Suite....
Other- Non-robotic laproscopic RP...
I recently remarried, and my wife was born and raised in St Martin parish, gonna see if she might want to head back down and visit. Baton Rouge is not too far away, so I might make my first GFMPH...
There is an article posted that talks about loss of penile length after RP or radiation treatment http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50367592/ns/health-mens_health/ What I found more interesting were the...
Survey taken, took about 8 mins. Interesting questions....
My last PSA test extends my Zero Club membership to four years now. One more year and the insurance companies will start talking to me again......
Although I don't eat nearly as much as I used to, I eat it because it tastes so darn good. Nothing like a rare steak cooked over charcoal......
Not to nitpick, but Donald Sutherland did star in the second (1978) version of body snatchers :smilewinkgrin: Honestly tho, I liked the 1956 version better.......
When I was in the USAF, I was a b-52 tail gunner, and I was born in 1959....
I didn't see any mention of cancer, just that he had minor prostate surgery for urinary retention....
I'm retired military also, and I did try to get Tricare to pay for my trimix, but Express Scripts, which handles Tricares prescriptions kicked it back and wouldn't pay. Best of luck, and if you can...
UPDATE Just got the results of another PSA test, it came back at <.014 again, so it appears the last test may have just been a "blip". Guess I can extend my Zero Club membership another 6 months....
Thanks for your replies guys. I plan on getting retested in a few weeks to see if this was indeed a "blip", which I am really hoping it was. Seeing that result was like a kick in the head, I think it...
After several years of PSA's below detection threshold, this month's shows a slight rise to .054. While still below the .1 mark, it is a rise that will most likely be a precursor to a larger number...
I've seen several cranes locally with the company name "Steel Erections" Maybe I could use their help :P...
I have so many things to be thankful for, I don't know where to start, but especially on my mind as we enter this holiday season are my brothers and sisters in our Armed Forces who are away from...
Thanks for the kind words guys, makes a fella feel really good. :) Terry-Yep will be e "tri-mix honeymoon" for sure, but after 3+ years, wee wiilie winky is starting to show signs of becoming a self...
Latest PSA test still undetectable, w00t! Please renew my membership in the Zero Club :) On a side note, I'm also getting married in less than 2 weeks, good news all around! Cheers! Ralph...
Congrats Steve, hope the proton therapy works well for you. You must live nearby, I'm in E-town :)...
Survey completed :)...
in the Zero club! (see sig) The sword of Damocles is still hanging after 2 1/2 years, and with the PSA I started out with, no one is happier than me. I don't post much these days, but I lurk here...
You can see my stats in my sig, PSA near 30 before surgery,no radiation, and still clear after 2.5 years. I seem to be in the minority however....