I cruse through the forum on ocassion and was saddened to read this, RIP 142....
Dr, put me on 20 mg daily and 100 mg on any game day. So far so good....
RO was happy, but I am a bit of a skeptic when it comes to Dr's. I seem to get straighter answers here on HW, go figure....
Bob & Jim, Thank you for the e-mails....
Had another follow up visit with my RO. PSA down to 1.81, thats good but the question I have: Is a drop from 2.12 to 1.81 in six months enough? Should I just be happy it is going down? Can anyone...
Atavan gets my vote....
Enjoying shooting is never a wrong reason. /community/emoticons/yeah.gif ...
Good luck Todd I'm right behind you. Date of Appointment 02 Jul 90 Retirement Date 04 Nov 15 Total Days 9256.00 Completed 1,235.59 Weeks 8649.12 Days 207,578.90 Hours 12,454,733.95 Minutes...
My original lab was Quest 3+3, Bostwick 3+4, MSK where treatment was done wanted to do their own read. Agreed with Bostwick 3+4 with minor difference as to percentage....
"oh thank God it's only prostate cancer, that's very curable" My answer is Your right....puase.....Until you get it....
Buddy Blank said... Yeah, I regret I "got" cancer. ^^^^This^^^^^...
My primary care Dr. is a very thorough and caring person but my two RO’s are a different story altogether. They booth are very thorough but I find them to be very cold people. My take is that they...
I have always been a bit rough around the edges but have become totally jagged around the edges now. I'm OK with family and friends, but coworkers both superior and subordinate have told me I am a...
Here is a link to my alternative means of marker placement. http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=35&m=2851516 ...
Had first post psa on 1/15. Down to 2.12 from 6.4....
$42,000 for a two fraction one day HDR treatment. $2,357 per treatment x 25 = $58,925 for IMRT. My cost $0 My insurance forced me to use a center of excellence or I would have had cost sharing. Go...
Thanks guys, and Andrew it took me a min to get the sink joke but I got it, lol....
I had a similar experience except I took enough Ativan to choke a horse, so nothing bothered me. Good thing my wife went with me because I was so stoned I couldn't drive home if I wanted to....
Is 2.12, should I be tap dancing or crying?...
I get my first post treatment test 1/15. We shal see what we see....
Well then, beats the hell out of me how they can do it....
My understanding is if they accept medicare they cannot charge you anymore than that, copays sure but thats not the same thing. I know with my health insurance the Dr's I use accept my insurance and...
I had HDR, I can't see it happening with a local....
Does he have much of a choice? "Balance billing is a controversial and sometimes illegal practice that takes place when doctors and other health-care providers receive a discounted payment from the...
Boxer briefs. http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=1045718...
Kurt, Pics sent....
Just make sure it's nice and full for the pat down....
My first post treatment psa test is mid January so it's to soon to worry if I even get worried. I'll let you know a week before the test....
Funny this topic comes up today. I started IMRT 10/15 and finished 11/18, I had to go to work today to get cleared by my company medical department and do a drug screen being a DOT designated "Safety...
Coffee didn't help me none....
Thanks, now this is stuck in my head. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFroMQlKiag Flashback to childhood....
Good news Andrew....
Day 25, same as day 1.....Uneventful. I'm done. Followup and PSA test 1/15/14. I think I will take another week or two off from work, why? Just because....
Day 24, same as day 1.....Uneventful. One more to go....
Peter, I'm the second appointment every day I get there at 8:00, in changing room by 8:05 and on the machine by 8:10. The guy before me I see for about 60 seconds by the lockers before I go in and...
Day 21, same as day 1.....Uneventful....
I've traveled around the block a time or two myself and have a degree from the school of hard knocks....
Woo Hoo!...
Day 20, same as day 1.....Uneventful....
Day 19, same as day 1.....Uneventful. 6 more to go....
And thats not to only one. http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/adult/prostate/clinical-trials/11-172...
It would be more sporting if you had to catch the Elk. Lol....
Send me some Elk for my smoker....
Nuclear, the reason I am only getting 25 is because I had HDR brachy prior to the IMRT. I agree with you, uneventful is GOOD!...
Day 18, same as day 1.....Uneventful....
Glad your doing good....
Nuclear hope you had a good B'day mine was 11/4 also....
I can't answer your insurance question but I can welcome you to the club no one wants to join....
Day 17, same as day 1.....Uneventful....
Always good to hear good news....