A belated Merry Christmas to all and also my thanks to Jim and Dave for their above posts. Jim, I didn't go to Vietnam -- graduated HS in '72 when our ground involvement was pretty much over and...
Thanks, Michael. Have a wonderful Christmas yourself! My recollection is that you're a great source of level-headed and always gracious expertise here. Sailor, thanks, I was greatly impressed with...
UPDATE: I've been unofficially accepted into the National Cancer Institute study and am scheduled to have my first PSMA-PET/CT scan as a participant on December 21. Really impressive place. We...
Djin and Mumbo, thanks for your thoughts. Yes, it was pointed out to me that in a small number of cases, I think maybe 5%, the cancer cells are of a type that is not PSMA-avid...if that's the right...
Thanks very much to everyone. I'll let you all know what happens on November 28. If the scans are clean, I'm planning to participate in the study, which involves testing an investigational PSMA...
Hope everyone is doing well. I haven't posted here in a few years but see some familiar screen names still around. I'm about to turn 69 years of age and had an RP in early 2018 at Hopkins. Pathology...
I've never been a health food nut or even somebody who paid attention to diet and nutrition over the course of 64 years. Then, at 205 pounds (height 6'2") and feeling I needed to lose some weight, I...
Very interesting discussion, guys. Surgery versus radiation. Little did I know it was, like, the Eternal Question of prostate cancer. And my gosh, as I've also found out, the politics of this disease...
Thanks, guys, your responses really gave me the proverbial shot in the arm. To all those who served...in Vietnam or wherever: may God bless you!! To the Marines among you: Semper Fi!! To the rest of...
81GyGuy, I just read your entry. Can't tell you how much admiration and respect I have for the Vietnam vets. Didn't make the scene myself but knew some Marines who fought there. Believe me, they...
Thanks so much for the kind words and warm welcome, guys. Peter, I got a huge kick out of that imagery from Greek mythology! You give me waaaay too much credit, man! Everything I've learned has been...
Ted, in your shoes and knowing what I know now, I'd be looking very hard at the radiation/hormone option. I say this as a guy who biopsied at G-7 (the "unfavorable" 4-3 variant) but then got the...