It wasn't me, honest! Bill...
Thanks Allen, I'm happy to say everything is alot better now. I'll try and do better with terms/etc but once again feel free to correct me if It's not right. I understand the impact it may have on...
Thank you Gemlin, I finished the 45 treatments earlier this year. I have since put my priorities to getting my stamina back and living life vs. being worried about what might happen. Recently I have...
I started my 9 week treatment today with 45 visits scheduled just before I start work. It will be 180 cgy dose with a machine called Varian Rapid Arc Triology model. Pretty well routine with nothing...
This is pretty good news Allen. I worry about things like that in my situation, g5-4, 6 of 12 with high core volume and clean scans, psa of only 10. I'm at the 1 year mark post sbrt and adt and plan...
Hang in there Andrew. Bill...
Wow, I'm amazed at the detailed opinions here on this thread. It reminds me of when I was trying to figure out what to do myself. The conclusion I came to was due to scar tissue adhering to the...
Hope you'all get to the bottom of it, ER's are one of my least favourite places......
Glad to here a success store with the VA. I have yet to win one with them. As for the "not so good personal thoughts", those things cross my mind more often than I like. Remind yourself of the...
You'all have a tough situation and like I've been told by veteran members, it's a wild ride. Being in the blue collar world and a 20 year military vet, tough situations are not uncommon. For some...
Having joined this forum 8/15 I realize I say thank you over and over again. Your dx is much more serious than mine, g 5-4, 6 cores up to 90%. Pretty much like Jerry. What I really want to say is I...
Great news, apologies for the late reply. Suffice to say life has been getting in the way. I'm very happy for you and hope for continued improvement! Bill /community/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif ...
Thank you for the comment Andrew. As the years go by Memorial Day is often confused with Veterans Day. I also visited the Vietnam Memorial when delivering my car to be shipped to England, prior to a...
Just wanted to update the notion a veteran may qualify for a disability rating for prostate cancer. I am a gulf war vet and was told yesterday it has to be "Service Connected" in order to get...
No hard and fast rules. No concurrence between specialties about treatment. Random hypothetical percentages of this and that. Everywhere I turned for research/info fueled my skepticism of the whole...
My condolences for your dx. Pretty hard pill to swallow to find your in the top 3% here. Prato is right on the money about no hard and fast rules for treatment. I'm also a G9(5-4) but my scans...
It sucks to have to pay the bills and fight also. Hang in there, keep moving forward, and know we want the best outcome for you. Regards, Bill...
My condolences, you of all people are acutely aware of how serious this disease is. Just remember after this cancer knocks you down you have to get back up and dust yourself off. Your friend will be...
Thanks for the comment Purgatory. I know I'm not as bad off as alot of people here and do count my blessings of a job I like, a family that likes to spend time with us and of course Carol, my wife...
Great news about doing things to redirect your focus. I'm about two weeks into rt and past 30 days of Casodex and the first three months on a 2 year stretch of Lupron . It has been a wild ride as I...
Just a quick update before I start my day. I'm 4 treatments down and 41 to go with my rt. So far so good. The techs seem pretty careful when setting me up on the table. My lower back is handling that...
I don't know any of that stuff although I should having Irish origins, and listening to my father ramble for what seemed like hours in my youth. All were not appropriate for general consumption...
Thank you for at least considering to being a part of the pc blog. I have thought of turning it off myself a few times as well. Usually after I disagree with advice or choose to not consider it;...
I'm a pretty new member also and although past the initial shock of what may be ahead you have been given some great advice. The 30 days of Cipro is the real deal and will rule out prostatitis....
Thanks Redwing, how are the odds for 2 5-4 g9's moving forward about the same way?. I understand I am in the 3% of the class but my gosh, I would so much rather be average right now. I say so what, I...
The doctor is saying 2 years on Lupron with injections every 4 months. Does that count?...
Thanks for the support, I will get the tatoo's when scanned for treatment positioning. I went outside and admired a sky I have only seen in south Texas and started feeling better. The backgound blue...
So after a wait that felt like an eternity to me, we finally head to the clinic to get the markers installed that will be used to triangulate/aim the radiation beam. I was caught by surprise by my...
57, but hindsight symptoms of unexplained fatigue 2 years prior to dx....
Thank you Andrew, whilst I struggle, you show me a bright ray of hope between dark skies......
So I had routine blood work for med refills. PSA was 7.4 and took Cipro for a month hoping for prostatitis. No such luck as it was still 7.4 after the 30 day regimin of antibiotics. Accepted the...
Many thanks for your words of encouragement Andrew. As I begin my journey I see you as an example of how we should respect each other. I would think moving into a place where you would consider being...
Thank you; as with others, I couldn't begin to comment in any way that would be helpful, except to give a bended knee to Native....
I think this is a pretty abstract observation with what I call the "what if" situation. After 20 years of regimented lifestyle in the Air Force I learned that without the proverbial crystal ball to...
Great info about something I've been fearful of even considering. I'm not well versed on all the details of pc but it helps to read candid comments about this subject. Obviously just starting my...
Jerry thanks for taking the time to elaborate the difficulties of getting through the shear volume of information and then making sense of it, and then understanding what applies to you personally....
Thank you'all for responding. Since signing up to HW the support given to me personally has been exceptionally positive and informative. As all of us here, I have a few unique circumstances that have...
First of all, yes my mind is made up, thank goodness. I'm determined to not look back and second guess if I should have asked other people for opinions or thoughts on alternative treatments. Dr Wong...
So I get what your saying with my limited understanding that for brachy seeds are put directly into the prostate for a higher dose of radiation. It was mentioned that not being an option but I don't...
So Carol and I did our treatment team meeting today. It was pretty cool to have the different specialties together and I made it a point to bring up the lack of consensus they have on treatment...
Thanks Allen and Fairwind, I'm just getting pretty nervous about the 9th and the treatment team meeting. My doctors are assigned to the San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC) and although...
I do have a question as I near my meeting with the treatment team 9Sep15. Looking at my biopsy report we got a copy of, all 6 cores on the right side are scored 5-4= 9, then the first two are 80%...
Thanks Jerry, all the support is great and appreciated. I do have a question as I near my meeting with the treatment team 9Sep15. Looking at my biopsy report we got a copy of, all 6 cores on the...
Thanks for that, it's exactly how I see the massive amount of information out there. No way to really pull it together to get a conclusive direction to take. I have another week before meeting with...
I'll ask about that when we go in on the 12th of September. I did a CT scan with contrast that was negative as well as a bone scan that was negative. For all intents and purposes I'm asymptomatic,...
I did register at NCCN last night and found a maze of info. Might take some time to find relative info to my individual circumstances....
The resident I spoke to twice was unwilling to stage it without more information. She was recommending surgery though and certainly that would produce another biopsy (more information for staging). I...
Really don't want to be here but I think I need to do this. I looked through alot of the sticky notes and found that my feverish surfing has resulted in picking a few things up, and alot more I had...