T3b Post-op. Next Steps.

Wife and I met 9/30 with our Urologist/Surgeon. Although pleased with the Post-op PSA result of <0.01, he doesn’t want to wait around for more PSAs, so I’m meeting with a Prostate Oncologist and a Radiation Oncologist on 10/8 to decide whether to start radiation therapy and which form, (adjuvant or wait for salvage) or to go all the way with NeoAdjuvant Combination therapy, in which we start HT (Lupron) for 2 months, then begin the radiation. I’m concerned about doing hormone therapy as I’ve read that there is a higher risk of heart attack for CAD patients taking the Lupron. Seems the testosterone is helpful in protecting the heart. That question will be at the top of my list. I’ll post again after the oncologist consults. Comments welcome.   BTW, UroDoc says I can go sailing, so on 10/17 I will be at Riverton NJ YC to race with my son and daughter-in-law on their J-22. Got to keep living!   All the best. Roger

Hi Opa, I don't have any knowledge of your situation to give you any thoughts/advice, but I did want to say thanks for the update. And to wish you well. Good luck with the sailing. I've never been able to understand why people would sail when outboard motors are available --- but it probably has to do with my being invited at 16 to go sailing with a friend, on a windy day, to find my job seemed to be hanging way out over the side of the boat to provide ballast to keep us somewhat upright. If I wasn't out far enough to suit the skipper he'd yell at me. I understood what it meant to be between the devil and the deep blue sea.

Keep us posted on PCa and your sailing.

Sheldon AKA Sleepless

Put about 14 of those J-22s on a starting line together, and things can get hairy. Back in the 80s we sailed a J-24 when my son was a teen-ager. Used to let him steer. (He went on to the Naval Academy, and was captain of the Navy Sailing Team, lettered 4 years.) When he asked me to come up and race, I told him my UroDoc would only let me lift 20 pounds. He replied, That's okay. You can steer. All the best. Roger