Home hospice is one of the most challenging life decisions a spouse can take on. God bless you for stepping up, I hope you have a strong support network and reach out for grief counseling when the...
Start with the basics: https://www.pcf.org/patient-resources/living-prostate-cancer/exercise-prostate-cancer/...
Yup, corporations, government, and citizens chose to become a consumer driven economy that doesn't produce much of what we consume. Our standard of living exists, as it does today, from being...
Thank you for sharing your detailed story and decision tree, it is helpful for me. Our initial treatment paths were similar including reasons for not doing Seeds. Most humbling by far was the...
Nadir +2.0 doesn’t apply in my situation or others with low PSA and high risk, 2.7 was the highest my PSA ever got. That’s the challenge for my team on when to call it and start ADT. the discussion...
Thanks for the reply, I will have to look at path report for involvement, I remember from my cancer treatment team conference that the G4 was small in one core and I have a small prostate. When I...
Started 16 months ADT in March 2018, Started RT in June 2018. Undectable with 3 months testing until 12/19 test. Tested yearly Back to 6 month testing now....
Had my latest URO visit. My PSA was 0.1, normally a good thing. PSA has been rising from <01 to now .1 steady small increases since stopping ADT. When talking about this I asked, since I'm in a group...
Msn.com is full of click bait misleading headlines that look official. They are Ad traps. and shouldn't be clicked on....
I’m 3 years post radiation, no surgery. Past year I have had drips at random times and wake up damp occasionally. The sudden urgency is frustrating, I haven’t lost control yet but close a few times....
Thanks, I used new topic option, didn’t realize I had to use mCode tag to hyperlink instead of it being automatic....
Thanks, may I ask how, maybe it’s an Apple IPad thing that stopped me....
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/09/the-challenge-of-finding-new-tools-to-fight-prostate-cancer/?comments=1 Sorry, for some reason it won’t paste as a hyperlink....
True dat... Applies too much of the pseudo clever passive aggressive junk some post. She drives it, you fix it. Shared joy, how cool is that these days....
After reading social media and here I’m not so sure we haven’t entered another dark ages wrapped in social media....
Duck do you have a link to them saying that? I'd love to read it. Thanks, I appreciate it.[/quote] As I thought it’s the normal don’t go to a hospital unless you need to, delay elective visits It’s...
As a blanket statement that’s just ignorant, doubt they would say that for liability reasons alone....
My blood draw is next week. Last 4 month Lupron shot one year ago, My Uro medical group also canceled all follow up appointments if I’m in good shape results wise just an email saying...
Some radio hosts are “suggesting” drinking Tonic water because it contains quinine. Probably tastes better than fish tank chemicals, most likely just as useless....
Were you "put out", or just numbed?[/quote] Just numbed the only pain was the numbing shots. From my experience I don’t see the reason to be put out, maybe some Dr don’t give the choice. After...
when I had RT in 2018 my RO strongly recommended SpaceOar. After researching and reading available papers at the time I agreed. If you go to SpaceOar.com there is a patient search for Doctors...
so you lived in LA and visited San Francisco like 25 years ago and you're telling me 2-3 San Franciscans want out? I've heard one in three San Franciscans are gay but two in three "wanting out" is a...
Maybe they will stop crapping on the sidewalks, nah.. was that necessary? Yes it was, just left there on business it’s disgusting look it up...
Maybe they will stop crapping on the sidewalks, nah. Major difference is we know what it is and how fast it can spread. China and other Asian countries had to adjust in real-time when days mattered....
Those who have had it done will know how women feel during OBGYN exams. A mix of South Park humor with the SaceOar gel procedure. Got the tattoos also. Nothing really hurt but my pride....
All these grizzled old men, walked uphill both ways to school in blizzards with unsplinted broken legs. Very entertaining....
I wouldn’t want a surgeon with 15RP experience doing my surgery, unless in your area that’s the only surgeon available. Maybe that sounds selfish but it’s my body and one shot to have a successful...
The cost varies greatly and seems to be a profit center for some Doctors. My 6 months shots were $2200 each my copay was 20%. This is when given under Medicare Part B billing. Same shot, same HMO...
Or on the other hand as several posted, relax enjoy the holiday and great results. talk with your Dr but be prepared for a funny look....
If you end up with a new Corvette, boat, and RV then in Florida you are just another snowbird ;) After the initial shock wears off and a new routine starts to flow then it can easily turn into a...
Rocky, I didn't expect to read a post like this today. As others have posted, your simple powerful message of grace touched me. I hope I can use your journey as a blueprint when my time comes to do...
Was it uphill both ways? :)...
Elevated insulin levels are fallout from the FDA and Food council declaring high carb low fat completely safe and most healthy way to eat. I would point out it’s the same FDA and Food council who...
I think you hit the nail on the head as to food studies having conflicting results, not analyzing exposure in daily lives and on/in the food we eat. Put stale dirty gas in your car it breaks down....
For me the first 6 month shot wasn’t bad, though I had done 3 months of heavy exercise to prepare for a Cardiac ablation, my second one, those knock the crap out of me for about 4 months. Plus had RT...
[quote="We_Davis"]I welcome the concern and good advice from all of you. I am very angry, all of the time. I think about how they tricked me into this, all of the time. I don’t know if this anger is...
You haven’t shared details on your disease or your age, your posts have been about side effects only. I’m sure you have noticed from responses that you are preaching to the choir. All cancer...
Aint that the truth!...
I developed trigger finger on my right ring finger about 14 months in. My Dr recommend those squeeze strengthing balls. It's not completely gone but 80%, if I don't keep up with the exercises it...
Then there is TOFI, thin on the outside fat on the inside with low BMI. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9588440...
I had 28 session hypfractionated, no clue what machine other than big, the rapid arc machinery could have been pulled by donkey's in the next room :). Setup every session took longer than treatment....
I get uncomfortable when patients who never operated, studied, or have any experience with the machines used since IMRT was created , make statement like that. Gives newcomers unneeded worry about...
0.00 on a checking account statement bad... 0.0 on a psa report... happy dance, congrats. I see my Uro next week, my last 4 month shot was 4/1/19 undetectable still but kinda meaningless. If any...
We are talking different timelines with diet vs medical treatment. Did 20+ years of diet have a relationship to cancer and other diseases, pretty clear it does. Do radical diet changes after...
I'm not sure that opinion article says what you think it does. Where are the quotes by Dr Fung factually incorrect?...
Anything written on the business insider website is suspect. Most written as clickbait. I also wondered what to call ADT, ended up just saying chemo as a shortcut in those conversations that are...
So then my PSA reduction after one month of Degarelix from 9.3 to 2.4 was not nearly as effective. ;-([/quote] NOOO, you missed the important point in several posts that everyone's reduction curve...
You could ask your urologist about taking OTC Phenazopyridine like azo. Works well for the symptoms you describe, but not a cure. Cipro is one of a few antibiotics that work in the Prostate,...
Reading the abstract, a third of the patients were treated prior to 1997, the RT/ADT arm were far older, average ADT duration 4 to 9 months. This is the last line in Abstract note the word “OR” “we...
Vic, no one is going to yell at you so playing the victim is not necessary. It’s your body and you place your bets. Good luck with your treatment decisions, let us know how it goes. Do remember the...