Good idea, Break60. I could give him one of mine! They also said they'd give him some testosterone....
I'm another vote for Sarasota. We bought a house there in 2009. There is so much to do there, arts, food, and beaches. People call it the place in Florida for people who don't like Florida. I'd be...
My mistake, his lab test was 0.1. He agreed that the onc doc said it would be low now, and rise. SueCAll, my husband could have sex for at least a month when he began Lupron. He hasn't had a shot in...
My husband's initial PSA was in the twenties. He had 8.5 weeks of radiation and six months of Lupron. He still has a bit of Lupron left in his system. (Ask me how I know.) He just had his first PSA...
81GyGuy, my husband is a well trained psychiatrist/researcher/writer, so I wasn't kidding about staying awake in the afternoon. Luckily it's summer and his practice is slower because people go on...
My husband has three more days left of radiation to go, as his primary treatment. He has also had a combo of drugs including Lupron injections, finasteride, and maybe two alpha blockers to help him...
Your posts are the first I look for, David. We are all rooting for you, PabroCB...
I had forgotten about the radiation diet. So had he. We now have print outs of all the lovely bland Wonder Bread stuff. He loves the hottest peppers, so this will be a change. Thanks for all the...
It was his normal day to see the rad-onc and they went over everything. We'll see what happens. It will either get better, get worse or stay the same. Thanks, Guys!...
Any one ever have this complication? My husband said he had dry heaves in the middle of the night last night. As I said in the subject line, he had his second Lupron injection this past Thursday,...
My husband's and my internist is a well known prostate cancer researcher. He told me, and backed it up with data, that a man with a higher PSA does better in the long run with surgery. We aren't...
I was wrong, I didn't think diet could help. This study is all physicians, and at the end they say it needs to be repeated on men of different groups:...
BillyBob, come on. I ran surgery centers for a long time and consider many nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists as friends. You know that "MDA" is not a title accepted by physicians, it's used in...
I'm happy to read your reports. My husband has had all the gold markers, tattoos, and a planning meeting, but they delayed the actual radiation because of appointment timing issues. He begins in less...
Your story hit me hard, as I am a year older than your father. I'm so very sorry. Your dad has you, and I'm sure that gives him great joy. My heart goes out to your whole family....
Way to go, Andrew!...
Xanax has a kick to it. It works quickly, so it's good for panic attacks, but it clears your system quickly, and can make you more anxious. (Husband is a shrink and doesn't like it at all. I've never...
My husband has been on it for six weeks and is doing pretty well, so I hope you have the same good luck he's had....
DrBill, if you are concerned, request a 3T MRI test. It will visualize your prostate pretty well. I hope the guys above me are correct. It is good that you are paying attention because of family...
Sujay, do everything Tall Allen says. Best of luck to your father. By the way, you should begin getting PSA tests annually at 35-40. I'd vote for 35. I'm bugging my sons who are 36 and 42 to get...
I'm so sorry, I returned home tonight to find that the information was inaccurate. It's a much smaller tumor than 1 by 2 inches, must be centimeters. This is the problem with getting information...
I think it depends. What type of pathologist did the first tests? Do they work in a small community hospital and do all kinds of path, or do they work in a top ten teaching hospital, and only do...
She has been worried about my husband, and now her own father was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He was worked up at Johns Hopkins and has a bad case. (What seems to me.) I don't know all the...
My husband has only been on Lupron for a month. He will fight through anything to do his work. He doesn't exercise much, he writes, or sits and works. I got him a FitBit and we have a competition...
Thanks for this info, it sounds promising. We realize we are in it for the long haul. You are The Man!...
My husband is one month in on Lupron and he finished his Casodex. He occasionally gets a very mild hot flash, or he perceives them as chills, after a mild hot flash. They are quick, for him. He gets...
Boy, it's not just the doctors who have differing opinions, every friend we've spoken to has their own magic bullet cure. I was yelled at by a long time friend that we were doing it all wrong, and...
Sorry there is so much waiting at the VA. Too bad you couldn't go to Walter Reed or somewhere the big mucky mucks go, and get a good work up. How old are you? Do you have Medicare?...
Hamilton, are you staying in Boston or driving back home every day? A friend lives in Newport and he had RT in Providence, an hour away. He was sometimes too tired to drive home, and would nap at a...
Hamilton/NE-skier, my husband is being treated at MassGeneral. He saw a lot of docs. One urologist did his first biopsy and it came up negative. Second guy did a high tech biopsy, and it worked. Then...
At MassGeneral you meet with a committee of a urologist, a rad onc, and a medical oncologist. Everyone is in the room together presenting their treatment plan. I think this is done at most major...
My husband can not tolerate the thought of surgery. Funny, he has had his knee rebuilt a couple of times. Brachy was not recommended in his case, but we had already rejected it because our two year...
Steve, I defer to all things Tall Allen says. My husband's story is slightly different than yours, yet he's also a Gleason 6. Maybe. On guided biopsy, everything was found to be a 6, but he had a...
The longer a catheter is in the higher the risk for infection. Could you rent a hospital bed or install a hoist (may not be the correct word) in the ceiling to assist you? If you've had back issues...
CVC, if you are truly freaked out about your PSA, ask your doctor for a 3T MRI. You may have to pay for it because insurance may not cover the costs, but if it eases your mind, why not?...
Good point, Sheepguy. I was concerned that a resident read my husband's biopsy and maybe it should be sent to Johns Hopkins. Our internist assured us that the attending pathologist reads all the...
My husband chose radiation as his primary treatment. He also wanted to continue working, and hopefully radiation will allow him to do so. Some men report that they were able to do 8-9 weeks of...
Oh, Sweetie. I'm so sorry. My two cents: I think you should go to your primary care doc and get some antidepressants to tide you over. No shame, no problem. Take them for as long as you need. It will...
David, I'm new here, and yet I checked every day to see if you have an update. You have a lot of people pulling for you. Take care, Jane...
I've been wondering how you were doing. Good luck today!...
My husband of almost 40 years is 72, I'm almost 65. We have sex weekly, at least. I think he was unwilling to have any therapy, at first, because he didn't want to experience side effects. (He's a...
Could you have them send a lab request to a place near your home? I know we don't want to jump around to different labs, but there seems to be a problem here. You could have them fax an order to a...
My husband started hormones on Wednesday. He went for the Sunday paper on Saturday morning....
I have found this to be a good resource: https://www.health.harvard.edu/promotions/harvard-health-publications/the-annual-report-on-prostate-diseases-test?...
If only curing cancer were this easy, there would be none left in the world. Please find a physician you can trust and go from there....
Hi Easy, My husband has a similar, maybe a little worse, PC to yours. He's a year older than you are. He is healthy enough for surgery, but has chosen to have a combined treatment of hormones for six...
I saw this today and dug it out of the computer trash. Could this be a help in someone's decision making? http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/289114.php?tw Jane B....
We had a meeting with a medical oncologist, a radiation oncologist and a urological surgeon. Going before this committee is supposed to keep the doctors "honest". We brought our son, who is an older...
I am really impressed by Dr. D'Amico. There are interviews with him in the Harvard Prostate publications, I liked the info in them:...
Michael T, thanks for your suggestions, I really do appreciate them. I've asked my husband if he'd be interested in sending his slides to Hopkins, and he is not. As I said, he went to medical school...