Michael_T, thanks for the great dialog! It could have happened just like that. Really made my day! Best, Luther PS, Ben Carson knifed me. Aurora, Colorado, Fox Theater on Colfax, August 14, 1964....
Logo, yes, she was born Nov 9, 1914 (would have been 101 on Monday) and the ideas she and team had for encryption during WWII including frequency hopping are the basis of our cool technologies for...
Ditto! As in this famous dialog from the classic American western movie. Hedley Lamar: Be still Taggart, my mind is aglow with whirling transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of...
LA, I had a similar issue. We used .1 as the trigger and when I hit that I planned SRT. I got another PSA test on the Friday before our scheduled live start on Monday and that number was .07, which...
David, thanks for the update. Hope you're not in the storm path and that you can rest and heal up. Look forward to your future posts. Best, Luther...
Hi Woody, you still have an excellent shot at solving this for a number of years using SRT to reset the PSA level to near zero. There are a number of PSA thresholds to start SRT and you've exceeded...
Paul, sorry just asked about your progress on another thread. Good to see things moving along nicely. Best, Luther...
Hi Allen, no fatigue from SRT, but again, yet. I also cleaned up my diet and thanks to the good folks at Costco and LaxAClear become extremely "consistent" in bowel (and bladder) prep. Not sure about...
Paul, thanks for the note. Looks like you're heading in the right direction and should reach zero before me! How the new hardware feeling? When do you activate? Best, Luther...
Hey Allen, thanks for the note. Like the three criteria you list. I did pull the 4.0 from my back pocket. The RO didn't ask for the PSA test at the midpoint or the end of SRT, that's all on me. I did...
Hi Rob, I received 25 sessions to the pelvic lymph nodes and prostatic fossa and 14 sessions to the prostate bed over the course of 39 total session and eight weeks. I had one small focus on a lymph...
Thanks Doug, I hope to someday get a PSA <.02. Congrats!...
Doug, do you have the same timeframe for potential resistance as HT or do you get a longer estimate? Also, did you have a scan before RP? Looks like I will reset the PSA rise trigger. Of course like...
Doug, thanks for the note. I've been following your progress and am heartened to see your PSA staying down. Do you have any symptoms from mets? Pain etc? Andrew, thanks, I asked for the 30 year SRT...
Phenom, I've now completed primary and secondary therapies and I won't be doing HT so I'll need to reach a point where a scan will show a hot spot that can be radiated. Don't know if that's 4.0 or 20...
Hi, just finished 39 sessions @ 1.8 for 70.2 total. And of course I got a PSA test 45 minutes after my last session. PSA results this early are not generally considered to be prognostic, yet. I've...
Dear HDHOG, Harry Callahan once said " a man's got to know his limitations." Any restrictions on beverages would negatively impact my QOL. So, I decided to start training my bladder by knowing my...
Thanks for posting this. I might be next in line and like you I'm hopeful for great new solutions in the coming years. I also believe that our primary and secondary treatments allow us to push the...
Hey Logo, I've blended your outlook that 'all is well until it isn't' with my adage 'expect a positive outcome' which, if you do the math, equals 12. And 12 is way above good. Thanks for the gentle...
Thanks yk, I read your SRT thread and made sure that I'd considered the SE's and the planning. I must be a world class nerd because I practiced lying flat for 10 minute intervals in advance of SRT....
Rob, you've got great psa numbers. Why the SRT thought? Yes, 3 months is standard and a better indicator but I like to look at trends and since I don't contribute much, I thought I could at least...
Marking days on your calendar? Reminds me of prison. Seems obsessive Andrew. Best, Luther 22/39...
Thanks Andrew, I now know why IMRT people post the number of treatments. 21/39 for me. The "everyday" treatment needs milestones....
Rob, nothing bad yet. Used one tab of Immodium yesterday for the first time. Haven't noticed any fatigue at this point. I've focused on bladder training since the RP and all is good there. No...
Hi, after 20 of 39 IMRT treatments, PSA is .05 on 5/22. No ADT. Last pre SRT PSA was .07 on 4/24. We used .1 as the trigger point for SRT which I hit on 3/27 and 4/3. Stayed on track for SRT even...
YK, great news! Congrats. Nice to see success. Best, Luther...
John, well done to complete the IMRT journey! I had a bad lymph node as well which helped my decision to get started with IMRT at .1. I wanted a PSA reading right at the start of radiation and of...
BD, congrats on completion! Looks like you got almost 4 years between RP and IMRT. If I'm reading correctly you didn't go the ADT route. When will you get the first post SRT PSA result? Best, Luther...
Aussie, I'm just underway with SRT. Today was 2 of 39. The Truebeam took a dive and I got to find out if I could stay in position for fifty minutes while the repair was made. Good news, no extra...
Sorry, I meant to say that in my case the dr. didn't see any problem in the nerves and was able to spare them and didn't think that we left anything around the nerves. I'm guessing they error on the...
Hey Kelly, I don't have any studies etc. but did ask dr. and was told that the nerves weren't generally an issue and if he missed anything it was near the bladder neck. I'm not sure what they see...
Kelly, I chose to not have ADT. The radiation oncologist didn't have compelling data to show an ADT advantage in my case. So my data will be based on SRT only. The 50-80% odds are the ones I'm...
Logo, thanks, look forward to providing data along the way and like you said, my current data supports each of our paths. I wish I had a clone to act as the control group. Let me know if you come...
Logo, Luther was the name we gave one of my basketball teamates. It wasn't really his name either, but at 6'4 he couldn't dunk cleanly and therefore it seemed appropriate. I can't dunk cleanly now so...
Logo, this is great stuff! Especially for me since I'm trying to craft a dodgey theory that primary therapy pushes the timeline forward and therefore moves the BCR goalpost and all other dates well...
Logo, thanks for the update. You had a nice run to .14. Wish I had that mileage post RP, but as we know, it may vary. I'm playing the home version of the doubling time game (show) except for some SRT...
Mel, sounds like a reasonable second career, helping your fellow man and such. I once acted as an enabler for my dear departed friend Beebop The Raisin. Logo joined that conversation and there was...
Logo. Thanks for update. Always enjoy your posts. Good to see there's an active group of translators just in case. Barbara Billingsley's famous translation scene certainly was a forerunner to the...
BD, good to see your progress. Hope to achieve uneventful as well! Thanks, Luther...
Thanks Prato, that one small focus <1mm on a lymph node plays a big part. Neither the urologist or the radiation oncologist could provide any comparable data for single node small focus, so I'm off...
Yk - good points on prep. I have a mapping session coming up and I've kicked off my SRT training. No worries on the full bladder but I have some concerns about maintaining a consistent bowel. The...
Hello, I joined this forum shortly after my RP in August 2013 with the intent that even if I didn't have any unique insights into prostate cancer and treatments that I could at least provide an...
Hi Arangel14, I took my first test 27 days after rp. Scored a less than great .11 which prompted the "how much time do I have" talk with uro/surgeon. Looking back that seems way over the top. Anyway,...
Thanks Andrew, I value your insight and enjoy your blog. Luther...
Hi, just an update on my PSA trend 15 months post RP. Pushed the anniversary visit with my urologist out another 10 weeks given the stability of PSA at around .06. I wanted to have a current PSA...
Thanks HCV, my comment about jagged edge recovery was only to describe ED. Can't wait to fully recover in that area! Your post was very helpful and encouraging. I've been planning to consider SRT if...
HCV, Great post, thanks for the update. Have similar stats and share your points completely. I had RP 6 weeks after biopsy as you did and I was downgraded from 4+3 to 3+4, which was great. I'm also...
Thanks Question, Glad you posted an update on the sling. And well done to drop 50. Sounds like you're ready to enjoy well deserved success from both accomplishments! Let me explain the current...
Thanks Carl, I'll head there today. Appreciate the lead. Luther...
Thanks John, I tried pomegranate juice but it didn't take for me even though I eat raw broccoli daily. Was just going to look for another form of pomegranate. Tried the seeds from Costco as well....