I had all my treatment (so far) at SCCA and UWMC. My urologist/surgeon was Dr William Ellis, my radiation oncologist for SRT was Dr Kenneth Russell and my Medical Oncologist was Dr Robert Bruce...
It's been an interesting 3 months. I did SRT which is now finished. I got my second ( and last) shot of Lupron on April 30th. My mother passed away on Mother's Day (I know she's laughing somewhere as...
Welcome back, but I am really sorry that you have to be here again. After my surgery, night time incontinence cleared up first, but it took awhile. As I remember, I was finally consistently dry...
That's the kind of news I want to see since I just completed SRT! Hope the good results continue. Good luck! John...
Chaplain After my surgery between the leaking and the pain sneezes were an adventure. It got better with time. You will too I'm sure. Good luck and keep us posted. John...
Congrats Greg! There will be good days and bad days over the next few weeks but the general trend will be good. Keep walking and take care of yourself. I look forward to seeing the path report. John...
Greg, You'll do great! Make sure that you walk--it really helps. Good Luck! John...
My wife and I have been both cancer patients and caregivers and we both agree that the caregiver role is more difficult. Bless you all and happy Mothers Day. John...
Thanks for the replies. Allen, no music yet but I am sure that the NSA can track me more effectively now. I told my urologist when he planted the markers to make sure that he didn't disturb the...
I finished SRT yesterday afternoon--38 sessions! I had Calypso markers and had both the prostate bed and pelvic lymph nodes included. I'm also on Lupron for at least 6 months and Casodex, which I...
I just finished SRT yesterday. As I had a "suspicious" lymph node back when I did surgery in 2011, I agreed to have my pelvic nodes included. They got 50+ gy. I don't know if it was the skill of the...
I had two bladder tumors removed in the past 30 years so I've had a lot of scopes. It's not pleasant but certainly not that bad. Uncomfortable but not painful. I always have irritation afterward...
Thanks for all the responses! Zytiga wasn't discussed. It didn't occur to me to ask and Dr Montgomery didn't mention it. When I took Zytiga during the study I had some issues with my liver numbers....
As I'm AB, I hope that's true! John...
I'm just finishing SRT this week. I'm also on HT. The fatigue is there but not debilitating. I tried to work during this but found at the half way point that I was working 7 days to try to keep up....
Hello all, I've been following the board for a long time and finally decided to jump in. My stats are below (I hope). I'm currently finishing up SRT (38 treatments) and on HT. It's an interesting...
Bob, this is my first post (I'll be making a longer one of my own later) but Dr Ellis has been my urologist since 2001. I've been very happy with his care. He did my surgery in 2010 and is very...