Here is a good website to compare your odds of cure for the major treatment paths. You have to determine your stage, low risk, intermediate, or high risk (risk of recurrence). So if you are...
Maybe pretend he has it, and start reading on prostate cancer now. Its a very dysfunctional industry and bad/incorrect information is constantly encountered, even from doctors. Maybe one of Dr....
PSA from 0.03 to 0.04 kinda seems not much. But im not an expert...
Hi all and thank you. I would totally go to Mayo Clinic except they don't take my insurance. I have just arrived in the area and need to set up new doctors and am wondering if anyone here might be...
When the machine was turned on, patient heard the sound of frying egg... https://coldfusion-guy.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-strange-case-of-killer-therac-25.html...
Mumbo.. not good at biology.. very good at software?...
Oh was the link messed up? Thanks....
... allowing body to attack and eat the cells. These I think were colon cancer cells though.. Anyone seen this? https://citizenfreepress.com/column-2/remarkable-breakthrough-in-cancer-research/...
Wings: Just FYI the thread starter here is not Everton. Maybe someone that posted to this thread? Or did you mistakenly post in this thread when you meant another?...
Yes, it's a close call.. Dropping all at once right on the spot is looking pretty attractive....
Might need help interperating this paper, but... The paper is only 5-6 years old and seems to say hyperbaric Ox helps as an adjuvant to RT.Seems they also reference some previous prospective studies?...
OP...the text below supports what Halbert was saying above. About creating expensive CO2. For decades, researchers have tested different ways of increasing the amount of oxygen in tumors, said Eric...
Well, if you code on a treadmill, you just drop on the spot......
Well, today I transferred my Planet Fitness membership from Lancaster to Reisterstown road, Balto. It is pretty close to the radiation table I will be jumping on. Plan is to go to the gym an hour or...
Yes, this goes along with the oxygen post. Today I moved my Planet Fitness account from Lancaster to Reisterstown road, Balto. Very close to the radiation table. Plan is to go to gym an hour or so...
Guys, i very much appreciate and value your experience and knowledge. You have been in this terrible place far longer than I. I also think you are brave. But.. JNF: Cause it doesn’t work that way. If...
Also, if it is generally accepted that increasing the oxygen level in a patient before RT is a good thing, how come when you go to the Radiation doctors office, they don't slap a mask on you for 15...
Have RT coming up and am trying to investigate radio sensitizers. I don't want to take anything that is still under controversy. Looking for things that basically could/will help, but pretty much...
I would think SOMEBODY must have tried this before. How can I be the first one. Hasn't anyone bought a small oxygen tank and a mask of some sort? Along with exersize just before RT?...
Somebody mentioned using Nitroglycerine patches to increase oxygen delivery...
What is the current thinking about doing some type of oxygen therapy during radiation treatments? Is it beneficial or detrimental to the effect of the radiation? Is there a do-it-yourself method?...
I know there are men on this forum that are smarter than any doc I have seen. Mumbo centralPAdude halbert DjinTonic Thanks so much for your responses. I really appreciate your help. I will continue...
Thanks halbert. So you are in the camp of ... anything that has been punched out will be weak, or maybe not mature enough to move themselves out of the way of the radiation field. Does they body have...
Thank you central PA... (I am currently just south of lancaster) My question is on the probabilities that PCa cells have been pushed out, and if so, the chances that they travel? Probabilities that...
Hi mumbo. Thanks for chiming in. Yes the one positive is that i didn’t have the median lobe problem. My pee performance has improved!...
Hi, Is Plan B still viable? Plan B was to do Greenlight, External radiation, Brachy. There are several papers on this path. Its not new. My current urologist, after the cystoscope, announces, you...
News like this lifts my spirits also. keep it coming please....
Is there certain types of PCa that show up more on MRIs than others? I often hear of lesions that are completely not seen. I talked to one Radiation Oncologist. He said he has had guys that he knew...
I had a 6mo lupron shot in march.. I kind of have a question i guess.. My dad, who died of PCa, had his testicles removed at the end. I remember talking to him on the phone and he said how remarkable...
Did you hear about the mathematician who’s afraid of negative numbers? He’ll stop at nothing to avoid them. A plateau is the highest form of flattery. I used to think the brain was the most important...
50ml sounds nice and low. Maybe due to a fairly experienced surgeon....
JNF has me thinking.. I read a book called The Cancer Code. It described a whole new theory of cancer that i had not heard. It is now thought that mets are thrown off much earlier. But the first mets...
Thanks. Keep it coming.....
Hi All and thanks for reading, As I understand, there are two difficulties faced by the surgeon during a Radical Prostatectomy (RP). One is that there is some blood loss, about 200ml more or less as...
So, how long do you think it would take for Lupron to affect the PSA levels? Is it like a few days type of thing, or a few weeks, or a few months? Same question for Testosterone....
... I'm starting to think computers cause bad things to happen to prostates......
Thats off the hook. Lol Its kind of an accordian sound but also like a souped up harmonica....
I just pulled up images. It looks odd. But i guess there are lots of instruments where you blow and play. Trumpets, trombones, etc...
Shop called Liberty Bellows in Philthy Delphia...
Here is the link to the accordian we got my dad. He died of PCa as well as my step father. But this is a demo video, and the girl who is playing it is freaking awesome.....
Your friend.. I do not unfortunately play an instrument. Although I do own an accordian that my dad gave me. He played. But I do admire those who can play music. gh...
Hello Mr. Fauntleroy. Lupron was administered about an hour after MRI was complete. I also called the biopsy people and asked... did you guys note prostate volume? Yes... So new prostate volume data...
What an awesome guitar. I've never heard of a Magic Mystery Oil guitar....
Hi Pratoman, I did an internet search and ... thought I came up with an old healingwell forum post of you asking the same question... your prostate had gotten smaller. Maybe I need to look that up...
So.. the biopsy needles went here... 4 in Left Posterior Distal 4 in Left Anterior Distal 5 in Right Posterior Distal 5 in Right Anterior Distal 6 in Left Posterior Proximal 5 in Left Anterior...
Sorry to hear of your troubles. I hope you get better. Sometimes I read articles from a guy named Chris Woolams. CancerActive is the website. Lots of tips on all types of cancer fighting things you...
(calling pratoman?) Feb 2021: MRI shows prostate at 41cc. Dec 2021: Biopsy shows 2 of 40 cores with G(4+3) March3 2022: New MRI done to get targeting information on PCa. Also 6 mo Lupron after MRI....
I keep bumping into links and articles that talk about too much estrogen (and estradiol? Im not a chemist) as causal to PCa. As the man ages, his testosterone drops... then estrogen in a relative...
Oh thats good news. Hope it continues!...
Thanks Paul...