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livinadream Veteran Member Date Joined Apr 2008 Total Posts : 1382	Posted 4/19/2010 5:08 PM (GMT -6)
	Well I am still not a member of the zero club, even though I am the president. I did however have a great PSA test friday. After being off hormones for 8 months it came back at .16. I am happy as can be. I hope that it stays around that range for a few more years. My other manhood abilities are starting to wake up and get active. Thank God for hormone treatment and thank God we can get off of it to. peace to all Dale My PSA at diagnosis was 16.3 age 47 (current) http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/dalechildress My gleason score from prostate was 4+5=9 and from the lymph nodes (3 positive) was 4+4=8 I had 44 IMRT's Casodex Currently on Lupron I go to The Cancer Treatment Center of America Married with two kids latest PSA 5-27-08 0.11 PSA July 24th, 2008 is 0.04 PSA Dec 16th, 2008 is .016 PSA Mar 30th, 2009 is .02 PSA July 28th 2009 is .01 PSA OCt 15th 2009 is .11 PSA Jan 15th 2010 is .13 PSA April 16th of 2010 is .16 Testosterone keeps rising, the current number is 156, up from 57 in May T level dropped to 37 Mar 30th, 2009 cancer in 4 of 6 cores 92% 80% 37% 28% Back to Top

goodlife Veteran Member Date Joined May 2009 Total Posts : 2692	Posted 4/19/2010 5:16 PM (GMT -6)
	Way to go Dale. It is so good to see guys hold off this beast. Goodlife Age 58, PSA 4.47 Biopsy - 2/12 cores , Gleason 4 + 5 = 9 Da Vinci, Cleveland Clinic 4/14/09 Nerves spared, but carved up a little. 0/23 lymph nodes involved pT3a NO MX Catheter and 2 stints in ureters for 2 weeks . Neg Margins, bladder neck negative Living the Good Life, cancer free 6 week PSA <.03 3 month PSA <.01 (different lab) 5 month PSA <.03 (undetectable) 6 Month PSA <.01 1 pad a day, no progress on ED. Trimix injection No pads, 1/1/10, 9 month PSA < .01 1 year psa (364 days) .01 Back to Top

60Michael Veteran Member Date Joined Jan 2009 Total Posts : 2243	Posted 4/19/2010 5:44 PM (GMT -6)
	Good to hear Dale, especially since some of us might need HT on down the road. Also good to hear some of those manly functions ar returning. That somehow reassures me, a little. Michael Dx with PCA 12/08 2 out of 12 cores positive 4.5 psa 59 yo when diagnosed, 61 yo 2010 Robotic surgery 5/09 Atlanta, Ga Catheter out after 10 days Gleason upgraded to 3+5, volume less than 10% 2 pads per day, 1 depends but getting better, started ED tx 7/17, slow go Post op dx of neuropathy T2C left lateral and left posterior margins involved 3 months psa.01, 6 month psa.4, 6 1/2 month psa.5 Starting IMRT on 1/18/10, Completed 39 tx at 72 gys on 3/12/10 Great family and friends Michael Back to Top

skeener Regular Member Date Joined Dec 2009 Total Posts : 214	Posted 4/19/2010 6:03 PM (GMT -6)
	Dale - Nice to read that you are feeling so good. Your positive attitude is inspiring!! Skeener Age: 63 Biopsy: May 09 showed 2 of 12 cores positive for prostate cancer -- 1 at 5% and 1 at 25%. Cancer indicated as non aggressive. Gleason Score: 3+3. RRP on Oct 23/09 in London, Ontario. Excellent surgeon. 7 Weeks Post Op - The fears I had about bad things about the operation and recovery did not materialise except of course ED!!. Otherwise, everything went very smoothly. Incontinence not a problem. Wear a pad when out just in case. Pain was never a problem. Pathology: Unremarkable First followup PSA and Visit: Feb 11/10 - 0.0. Next PSA May Next doctor's visit in 6 months Back to Top

Purgatory Elite Member Date Joined Oct 2008 Total Posts : 25393	Posted 4/19/2010 6:05 PM (GMT -6)
	Dale - great news - way to go - glad you are still getting the break you need away from the HT drugs. And may your manly parts just pop up for you and get back into the game! David in SC Age: 57, 56 dx, PSA: 7/07 5.8, 7/08 12.3, 9/08 14.5, 10/08 16.3 3rd Biopsy: 9/08 - 7/7 Positive, 40-90% Cancer, Gleason 4+3 Open RP: 11/08, Rht nerves saved, 4 days in hospt, on catheters for 63 days, 5th one out 1/09 Path Rpt: Gleason 3+4, pT2c, 42g, 20% cancer, 1 pos margin Incontinence: 1 Month ED: Non issue at any point post surgery, no problem post SRT Post Surgery PSA: 2/09 .05,5/09 .1, 6/09 .11. 8/09 .16 Post SRT PSA: 1/10 .12, 4/8 .04 Latest: 7/9 met 2 rad. oncl, 7/9 cath #6 - blockage, 8/9 2nd corr surgery, 8/9 cath #7 out 38 days, 9/9 - met 3rd rad. oncl., mapped 9/9, 10/1 - 3rd corr. surgery - SP cath/hard dialation, 10/5 - 11/27 IMRT SRT 39 sess/72 gys ,cath #8 33 days, Cath #9 35 days, 12/7 - Cath #10 43 days, 1/19 - Corr Surgery #4, Caths #11 and #12 same time, 2/8-Cath #11 out - 21 days, 3/2- Cath #12 out - 41 days, 3/2- Corr Surgery #5, 3/6 Cath #13 out - 4 days, Cath #14 out - 27 days, Cath #15 - 3/29 Back to Top

spottydog10 Regular Member Date Joined Dec 2009 Total Posts : 348	Posted 4/19/2010 6:05 PM (GMT -6)
	Congratulations! Mike Age 51 PSA 5.5 june 09 biopsy july 09 gleason 3+3 = 6 5% and 50% in 2 of 12 cores robotic prostatectomy nov 7 prostate weight 45gm path report due 8 jan 10 post op psa 22/12/09, 0.04 no incontinence after 7 days total ed Back to Top

Sleepless09 Veteran Member Date Joined Jul 2009 Total Posts : 1267	Posted 4/19/2010 6:43 PM (GMT -6)
	Good on you, Dale ! Sheldon AKA Sleepless Age 67 in Apil '09 at news of 4 of 12 cores positive T2B and Gleason 3 + 3 and 5% to 25% PSA 1.5 Re-read of slides in June said Gleason 3 + 4 same four cores 5% to 15% June 29 daVinci prostatectomy, Dr. Eric Estey, at Royal Alexandra Hospital Edmonton one night stay From "knock out" to wake up in recovery less than two hours. Actual surgery 70 minutes Flew home to Winnipeg on July 3 after 5 nights in Ramada Inn --- perfect recovery spot! Catheter out July 9 Final pathology is 3 + 4 Gleason 7, clear margins, clear nodes, T2C, sugeron says report is "excellent" Oct 1st 09 -- dry at night, during day some stress issues. Oct 31st padless 24/7 First post op PSA Sept 09 less than 0.02 PSA on Oct 23 test again less than 0.02 PSA on Jan 8 less than 0.02 PSA on April 9 less than 0.02 Back to Top

tatt2man Veteran Member Date Joined Jan 2010 Total Posts : 2845	Posted 4/19/2010 7:14 PM (GMT -6)
	Dale - very pleased you are so pleased with your numbers and off the HT - all the best hugs BRONSON ................. Age: 54 - gay - with common-law spouse of 13 years, Steve - 60 PSA: 04/2007- 1.68 - 08/2009 - 3.46 - 10/2009 - 3.86 Confirmation of Prostate Cancer: October 16, 2009 - 6 of 12 cancerous samples , Gleason 7 (4+3) Doctor: Dr. Mohamed Elharram -Urologist / Surgeon - Peterborough Regional Health Centre Radical Prostatectomy Operation: November 18, 2009 , home - November 21, 2009 Post Surgery Biopsy: pT3a- gleason 7 - extraprostatic extension - perineural invasion - prostate weight - 34.1gm - ED Prescription: Jan 8/2010 - started daily 5mg cialis - girth back to normal -but not much length - will go for trimix in April when I see doc Incontinence: Feb 2010- 3-5 pads/1-2 clothes changes/day- March 3, 2010 - week 14 after surgery -finally seeing improvement - March 29- incontinence better - 1-2 pads a day - one pad at night location: Peteborough, Ontario, Canada Post Surgery-PSA: - April 8, 2010 - 0.05 - I am in the ZERO CLUB - hooorah! ............ Back to Top

Tony Crispino Veteran Member Date Joined Dec 2006 Total Posts : 8128	Posted 4/19/2010 7:32 PM (GMT -6)
	Keep it up Dale... I mean keep it down Dale... What are your T levels at now? Tony Disease: Advanced Prostate Cancer at age 44 (I am 47 now) pT3b,N0,Mx (original PSA was 19.8) EPE, PM, SVI. Gleason 4+3=7 Treatments: LARP ~ 2/17/2007 at the City of Hope near Los Angeles. Adjuvant Radiation Therapy ~ IMRT Completed 8/07 Adjuvant Hormone Therapy ~ 28 months on Casodex and Lupron. Status: "I beat up this disease and took its lunch money! I am in remission." I am currently not being treated, but I do have regular oncology visits. I am the president of an UsTOO chapter in Las Vegas Blog : www.caringbridge.org/visit/tonycrispino Back to Top

Magaboo Veteran Member Date Joined Oct 2006 Total Posts : 1211	Posted 4/19/2010 7:37 PM (GMT -6)
	That's the kind of news I wish we would hear more of! Congratulations on that great test result. Keep it up! All the best to you. Magaboo Born Sept 1936 PSA 7.9 -ve DRE Gleason's Score 3+4=7, 2 of 8 positive Open RP 28 Nov 06 (nerve sparing), Post op staging T3a Gleasons still 3+4=7 Seminal vesicles and lymph nodes clear Catheter out 15 Dec 06, Dry since 11 Feb 07 All PSA tests in 2007 (4) <.04 PSA tests in 2008: Mar.=.04; Jun.=.05; Sept.=.08; 3 days before Rad Start=0.1 Salvage RT completed (33 sessions - 66 Grays) on the 19th Dec., 08. PSA in Jan., 09=0.05; July 09=<0.04; JAN 10=<0.04 Back to Top

Ralph Alfalfa Regular Member Date Joined Nov 2008 Total Posts : 469	Posted 4/19/2010 8:23 PM (GMT -6)
	Well done, Dale. Glad to hear from you again, and so happy that you got the good news. Bob AGE:58 Dx: October,27(the day after my birthday) Psa 14.5 Gleason:(4+3) 7 T1c Bone scan:Negative Cat scan: Negative Biopsy: 4 of 12 positive, left side, pre-cancerous on the right. Confined to prostate. DaVinci Jan. 19th, No lymph node involvement, all margins clear. 8 week PSa <0.01 Gleason downgraded to (3+4)7 6 month Psa , 0.1 9 month Psa, 0.2 Doubled! Criminy! Started RT 10/28...one year since diagnosis. RT over 12/22. 3 month post RT Psa 0.1. Back to Top

Ed C. (Old67) Veteran Member Date Joined Jan 2009 Total Posts : 2461	Posted 4/19/2010 10:21 PM (GMT -6)
	Dale, That is great news. That is a low number that hopefully will never rise. I nominate you for another term to the presidency of the zero club. Age: 67 at Dx on 12/30/08 PSA 9/05 1.15; 8/06 1.45; 12/07 2.41; 8/08 3.9; 11/08 3.5 free PSA 11% 2 cores out of 12 were positive Gleason (4+4) and (4+5) Negative CT scan and bone scan done on 1/16 Robotic surgery performed 2/9/09 Dr Fagin, Austin TX Pathology report: Prostate weighed 57 grams size:5.2 x 5.0 x 4.9 cm Posterior lateral lesions measuring 1.5 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm showing focal capsular penetration over a distance of 3mm in circumference. Prostatic adenocarciroma accounts for approx. 10-20% of the hemisphere. Gleason 4+4 both nerve bundles removed, pT3a Nx Mx, Negative margins seminal vesicles clean, lymph nodes: not dissected continent after 4 months 8 weeks PSA test 4/7/09 result <0.1 5 months PSA test 7/9/09 result <0.1 8 months PSA test 10/9/09 result <0.1 11.5 months test 1/21/10 result 0.004 Back to Top

livinadream Veteran Member Date Joined Apr 2008 Total Posts : 1382	Posted 4/26/2010 8:28 PM (GMT -6)
	Thanks guys for writing. I have been busy training for a marathon but now I am in a routine so I am back with my healing well buddies. peace and love to all dale My PSA at diagnosis was 16.3 age 47 (current) http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/dalechildress My gleason score from prostate was 4+5=9 and from the lymph nodes (3 positive) was 4+4=8 I had 44 IMRT's Casodex Currently on Lupron I go to The Cancer Treatment Center of America Married with two kids latest PSA 5-27-08 0.11 PSA July 24th, 2008 is 0.04 PSA Dec 16th, 2008 is .016 PSA Mar 30th, 2009 is .02 PSA July 28th 2009 is .01 PSA OCt 15th 2009 is .11 PSA Jan 15th 2010 is .13 PSA April 16th of 2010 is .16 Testosterone keeps rising, the current number is 156, up from 57 in May T level dropped to 37 Mar 30th, 2009 cancer in 4 of 6 cores 92% 80% 37% 28% Back to Top

James C. Veteran Member Date Joined Aug 2007 Total Posts : 4463	Posted 4/27/2010 12:46 PM (GMT -6)
	atta boy, Dale, keep kicking its nasty behind. James C. Age 63 Gonna Make Myself A Better Man www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6cX61oNsRQ&feature=channel 4/07: PSA 7.6, Recheck after 4 weeks Cipro-6.7 7/07 Biopsy: 3 of 16 PCa, 5% invloved, left lobe, GS3+3=6 9/07: Nerve Sparing open RRP, 110gms, Path Report- Stg. pT2c, 10 gms., margins clear 32 Months: PSA's .04 each test since surgery, ED continues: Bimix- .3ml PRN, Trimix- .15ml PRN Back to Top

Tim-from-Maine Regular Member Date Joined Apr 2010 Total Posts : 83	Posted 4/27/2010 3:12 PM (GMT -6)
	Glad to hear the good news - keep it down at that level! Dx age 62 - March 2009 - Gleason 7 Surgery - da-vinci RP on April 29, 2009 Gleason upgraded to 9 Started VEGAN diet June 2009 3 month PSA - <.04 6 month PSA <.04 9 month PSA .05 12 Month PSA .16 Back to Top

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