Neighbor needs good thoughts

Hello Folks, A very good neighbor needs good thoughts and prayers very much now. His name is Roger and is about 63 yrs old and just recently retired. We met while he was walking his dog past my house about two years ago.  I was dx'd in April of last year with High Risk PCa and we were talking about it. I asked if he ever had a PSA test and he didn't know if he had or not. about a month later he told me went for a PSA test which lead to a biopsy. He told me he also has PCa and also is High Risk, G10 (PSA over 100) unlike me with a PSA of 5 or so.  The scans showed mets and given Cassodex and Lurpron with radiation to the “hot spots”. Long story short, nothing worked and now he is in the hospital fighting for his life.  Truthfully, I'm scared to death due to our similar #’s, but he needs the help now.  I know this isn't a religious site, but prayers and good thoughts are really needed for Roger now. So hoping that my friends here on H/W would just stop for a second or so and think of Roger, my good neighbor. Thanks, bertb   AGE: 60, now 61 PSA: 5.3 up from 3.3 around 18 months earlier DX: 3/11 4 of 12 positive Gleason 10 downgraded to 9 on second look, (big deal) Stage: T1c CT: clear Bone scan: clear Treatment: Lurpron, Casodex + 44 IMRT (started 8/11 ended 10/11) 1st post treatment PSA 11/10/11 0.010 !! 2nd pst treatment PSA 02/21/12 0.008 !!

Bert

He has our prayers and best wishes.

Bud

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65 - April 2013
Gonna Make Myself A Better Man tinyurl.com/28e8qcg
12 Jul 11 - 1447 (It's just a number! )
Scans showed active prostate cancer widespread in bones
Started HT treatments and Zometa for bone
31 Oct 11 - 46.6 Cheers!
25 Jan 12 - 75 - Crap
22 Feb - 99 - Restarted Casodex
22 Mar - 149 - Start Zytiga
25 Apr - 113
22 May - 66
19 Jun - 38
19 Jul -34 - Still going down!

We're on it. And although he has top priority right now, I also worry for you.

You're dealing with a friend in pain and the possibility of losing that friend, and also the fear of seeing PCa rear its head in its ugliest version. Remember to take care of you too, and remind yourself of how fantastically your cancer has responded to treatment.

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Age 58
G9 (5+4)
12 of 12 cores positive, 100% involvement
Dx 5-2012 Metastatic PCa, lymph nodes & extensive bone mets

PSA 61.1 (5-2-2012) -- prior to any treatment
PSA 48.7 (5-29-2012) -- after casodex only
PSA 4.6 (6-11-2012) -- 11 days after 1st firmagon injection
PSA 0.15 (7-2012)

Bert. prayers sent!

Cajun Jeff

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9/08 PSA 5.4 referred to Urologist
9/08 Biopsy: GS 3+4=7 1 positive core in 12 1% cancer core
10/08 Nerve-Sparing open radicalSurgery Path Report Downgrade 3+3=6 GS Stage pT2c margins clea
r3 month: PSA <0.1
19th month: PSA <0.1
2 year PSA <0.1
Only issue at this time is ED but getting better

Sorry to report that my neighbor Roger passed away early this morning. He was dx'd only a year or so ago. He was a member here on H/W but only posted a few times.  He was a good neighbor, wish I had more like him.

Bert,

I am saddened to here your news. My prayers go up for Frank, his wife, and for you.

Ken

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dx 3/11 psa 28.1 7/15 (59yrs old at dx now 60) g8, 4+4, all scans clear-bone, ct.
Lupron 4/11
6/11 psa 4.0
8/11 psa <.1
9/11 complete 39 rt treatments (calypso) 79 gys.
11/11 psa <.1
1/12 psa <.1
7/12 psa <.1
SE-almost none just a little fatigue, ended quickly. ED everything works with help--Viagra--just no desire. Ht will stop at 24 mo. Dr. say all signs are good.