I, too, am so sorry. Word fail me but his story truly does matter, and thank you for sharing it. May God hold Jeff and you and your family in the palm of His hands....
Another member of the choir, here! Got my first ever PSA test at age 53, as part of routine blood work, and even that test was almost accidentally a part of an unscheduled check-up that my PCP did...
This is the kind of pedantic nonsense up with which I will not put!...
Logged back on to say: I approve of this message! Way to go and thanks, Slapshot!!...
I'm gonna buy me a dog And name him Nesmith RIP (ETA for those who don't know the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSJC-YDcS80)...
Wow, that was a bizarre turn of thread and rather a cold welcome from a few of us to a new poster admitting he's scared and anxious. Valbares, please do take heart from the many members here who...
Good luck GM! See you soon!...
Joe, here's who I met with--all of whom I had plenty of confidence in and good to great degrees of comfort: DFCI: Paul Nguyen, RO; Hmisha Beltran, MO; Adam Kibel, Uro MGH: Jason Efstathiou, RO;...
Excellent tidings! and a little jealous of your T score, too :)...
Great news, Wings!!...
Joe, welcome. Sorry you're here but glad you found us. I too was diagnosed by a Uro in suburban Boston. He was straightforward in recommending I investigate all my options, while making plain his...
Kevin, Another heartfelt welcome from me. Truly, the club no guy wants to join, but here we all be. I was about your age when I got the news 16 or so months ago, and I understand the strong desire to...
Words indeed fail, but may God hold you and Darrell in the palm of his hand....
Cyclone, thank you for sharing this news. As a relatively newer member, I didn't interact much with Michael but I remembered that he had posted a thoughtful reply to a question I'd posted last year...
Thanks Tim, I hadn't heard this. Loved reading Arctic Dreams many moons ago. RIP indeed....
Excellent advice you're received so far. I might also suggest getting some adhesives for attaching the Foley Catheter tube to your thigh. I think they gave me just one extra when I was sent home the...
Good new, congrats Vince! And thanks to Dijon, I've learned something today! Sorry, gotta go and ketchup on some work. cheers, Bill...
Awesome and hopeful news, especially for a one-sided-nerve-left kind of guy like me! Thanks Reltnie!...
Great news, great name! Go Blue!...
Good stuff (massive understatement), thanks!...
I will take it, but won't rush to be first in line. "I don't know what kind of soldier I'm gonna make, but I want you guys to know that if we ever get into really heavy combat, I'll be behind you....
Nite, You're doing the right thing for sure. I had much higher PSA numbers and no BPH, but also got a pre-biopsy mpMRI that showed Pirads 4 -- so all that data for me softened the ground somewhat for...
My RP was initially scheduled for late afternoon (a time I wasn't comfortable with) but Covid cleared the OR schedule and they changed me to first thing on a Monday. I arrived at the hospital at 5:30...
THumbs up emoji! đź‘Ť...
Awesome pattern, indeed!! Congrats to you, and condolences to your uro....
Awesome news! Now I, also diagnosed at 53, will keep your track record in mind as I head in for my check 6-months post-RP! Keep it up!! All the best...
The podcast is available to all on the Apple podcast or Overcast apps, and perhaps other podcast sources. Sorry about the Globe paywall but the audio podcast is great by itself....
Haven’t posted in a while but thought this piece by Mark Shanahan (and the associated podcast) in the Boston Globe today was worth sharing with you guys. I hope the link works:...
That’s an awesome test result!...
Ocean, I’m glad you’re feeling somewhat better. I don’t have any personal experience with the issues you’re facing but with those complexities in the mix, that to me is all the more reason to call...
Thanks guys!...
I wouldn’t hesitate to call. I had RP surgery about 6 weeks ago and I reached out off-hours a few times to the urologist on call for symptom that had me concerned about an infection - and I certainly...
In the short time I’ve been a member of this choir, I’ve used my new story to tell every guy I can about how a lucky, unscheduled blood test that happened to include a PSA test (for the first time in...
I agree we need a LIKE button. Hear, hear (or is it here, here?), and thanks just is not enough. But nonetheless, thank you to each and every veteran on this forum and everywhere, in perpetuity....
Fred, another voice of welcome here, from a relatively recent new member of this piss-poor club; Pun intended. And of course, just kidding, the club here is awesome and has helped me enormously—it’s...
Cyclone, thanks. I’ve been remiss in checking in, and am grateful for your kind note that gives me the opportunity to do so. I continue to count myself lucky, at 6+ weeks past surgery. Pretty much...
Fantastic news halbert!...
Thanks guys, counting my blessings, I am for sure. Best wishes to all!...
By way of update, I went ahead and had my RALP three days ago and just got a call from my surgeon with the pathology results: Gleason 4+3 with 90% pattern 4, but thankfully negative margins, and no...
Thanks guys. Trying not to be too wigged out when PC veterans regard my stats as scary...just kidding, I’m not fooling myself. I know it’s a serious case, which is why I had been viewing my surgery...
Thanks Djin. I'm at Dx plus 2 months now but mid-May obviously would put me close to 4 months. That said, I'm assuming (perhaps incorrectly?) that a shot of Lupron would be expected to more or less...
So after many weeks of research and meetings, I settled on surgery as my primary treatment. RP surgery scheduled for April 6. Enter Covid 19. But I am still on the surgery schedule for April 6 --...
Thanks for this thread. Definitely wasn't on my radar screen, but then my radar screen was mercifully empty until the past few months....anyway, thanks!...
Good news is great news!...
Thanks Djin. I would be happy if this thinking holds up!...
Manich, I’m very sorry about the loss of your brother....
Thanks guys (and Halbert, I hope your brother doesn't have to join the club!). I will continue to noodle through this and do my due diligence -- and had already set up some additional RO/MO appts to...
Well, that was an interesting and tortuous couple weeks... Bone and CT scans each showed suspicious lesions, but in different places. Oh crap... Axumin PET scan finally conducted this week with a...
My thanks to all who've posted on this thread. I'm grateful to read your thoughts and experiences, which will undoubtedly help me/us navigate the coming weeks. I suspect that once the diagnostic...
Thanks very much, gentlemen. Really appreciate your thoughts, and that link to the ACS articles, which I’m absorbing now. Now, I just need to see if I can persuade my wife that we’re better off...