Two Times Good News

First things first; Paul is a 9 year member of the ZERO club and counting. All of PCa and TCa markers are ideal. Good news at our house continues on :)

Second; Though not on the same PCa topic, our son, Chris had a long awaited hip replacement today. He's doing fantastic. Better than we even thought he would be for the first couple of weeks. Some of the existing hardware holding / supporting his femur was intact when the surgeon got inside, which meant the plate stayed, leaving him with a shorter healing time ahead.

Long story short; Chris is 26. When he was 12, bone tumors destroyed much of his femur head and neck. He's had limited flexion and hyper rotation of, and shortening of that leg ever since. Five years of planning and Chris was finally ready to be done with the arthritic old gear. Just having him see his legs stand straight for the first time since he was a boy was priceless. The whole family watched as he looked down and smiled like a kid on Christmas morning. I think we've had our Thanksgiving

Blessings to you and to young Chris!
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Pre-op:
DX 9/13 Age 58
G9(5+4) 1 of 16cores
PSA 3.7 08/13; 2.4 03/12; 1.9 12/10; 1.6 12/09; 0.8 03/04
op:
RRP 10/13, Left Nerve sparing, pT2aN0M0
post-op:
PSA < 0.01 (11/2013, 01/14, 02/14, 04/14, 05/14, 09/14, 10/14)
ED - PDE5i & TRIMIX 05/14
Continent on 02/14
extra:
HRT Nebido
my story www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=35&m=3215183

Great news!

My older brother had a hip replacement - I am just amazed at what they can do with that surgery.

Keep that zero going,
Andrew

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I'll be in the shop.
Age 54, 52 at DX
PSA 4.2 10/11, 1.9 6/12, 1.2 12/12, 1.0 5/13, .6 11/13, .7 5/14, .5 10/14
GS 3+4
Stage T1C
2 out of 14 cores positive
Treatment IGRT - 2/2012
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Hey Swim,

Great news about Chris finally getting a new hip.

Love ya'll.

Biker

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Age 79. Prostate cancer dxed 11/06. PSA 7.05. Stage T2C Gleason 3+3. Surgery 12/06. Nerves and nodes okay. PSAs all zero since.

Lung cancer dxed 6/08. Small tumor + local nodes. Stage 2. Surgery followed by 4 rounds of chemo. Scans all clear since.

Heart artery 90% plugged. Stent fixed it. 5/15/13

Wow! More Thanksgiving blessings! Seeing a couple of names I don't see very often anymore is just so wonderful I really need to pop in more often to visit both old and new. You all make my day

Swim

Great news, Vicki. Yep, I think this is your Thanksgiving. Sure beats turkey. Glad to hear everyone is doing well and it sounds like you have a very happy household. Good to hear from one of my original welcoming crew.

Bob

Holy Guacamole! This thread really brought the forum long-timers out of the woodwork--at last count seven of us responded to the OP, a nice surprise! All the best to each of you.