Who am I?

An existential question? Nope. As practical as it gets.

Artificial. That’s what this is. It’s what this has turned me into. (I can’t even say what “this” is. Even though it’s a “this” forum.

It’s unnatural. It”s not an arm or a leg that’s been amputated. It’s who I was.
There’s nothing natural about this.

“Dirt is a mixture of a whole lot of “stuff” such as rocks, sand, clay, and organic matter. The characteristics of the dirt in your area depend on the weather, the combinations of rocks, sands and clays, your geographic location, and what kind of organic matters are in the soil.”

Can man remove the “organic matter”, or rock, from dirt, and it still be used as it was originally (naturally) designed to be used for?

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PSA 2010 thru 2014...4.0 +/- .7
Dx 12/14 @ 56 yo...2 cores G6 <5%, 1 core G6 20%, 1 core HGPIN.
RALP 11/25/15...3+4. 3 mm G6 surgical margin, 15% involvement
(5% G4) pT2+ Decipher: non-aggressive
PSA's....2/16-.01...4/16-.00...7/16-.00...10/16-.01...1/17-.01
...4/17-.02...7/17-.02...10/17-.02...1/18-.05...3/18-.014...4/18-.02
7/18-.047...10/18-.028...1/19-.014...5/19-.027...8/19-.031

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Tudpock18 said...
I cannot answer but I'm hoping your question spurs the return of Logo...

Jim

Me too.

Logoslidat would definitely have an answer. We probably woudn't understand it, but he would definitely have an answer.

Logo, if you happen to be reading this, how about dropping in and saying "Hi?"

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Age: 73
Chronic prostatitis (age 60 on)
BPH w/ urinary obstruction, 6/2011
TURP, 7/2011
Ongoing high PSA, 7/2011-12/2011
Biopsy, 12/2011: positive 3/12 (90%, 70%, 5%)
Gleason 6(3+3), T1c
No mets, PCa likely still organ contained
IMRT w/ HT (Lupron), 4/2012-6/2012
PSAs (since post-IMRT): 0.1 to 0.3 range

Between a lifetime of MH issues and the side-effects of various PCa treatments, I Sometimes feel like styrofoam. I’m half-serious, but that’s how I’ve always described it. I think I may understand you, IT.

On the other hand, my MH symptoms have been at about 50% remission for many years, and my PSA is undetectable. Life ain’t so bad.

(and not suggesting that you’re suggesting yours is IT.🙂)

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Part I
2015 (Age 54) PSA: 20.8
Bx: All cores G7 (4+3)
RALP & Adjuvant RT
Pathology: G8 (4+4)+5
PSA nadir: 0.1, steady increase until 2019: 64.13

Part II
2019, March: Lupron/Xtandi, PSA: 1 month: 0.126; 3 months: 0.036; 6 months: <0.02

I'll need another beer to answer that question ...

I drink, therefore I am ???

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I'll be in the shop.
Age 59, 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, .5 4/15, .3 10/15, .3 4/16, .4 10/16, .4 5/17, .3 10/17 .3 4/18, .4 11/18
G 3+4
Stage T1C
2 out of 14 cores positive
Treatment IGRT - 2/2012

IT, you are still you, whether you have all your parts or not. The you, the real you, the part of you that 'you' are is not embedded in your pelvis. It is in that part of you that cannot be clearly identified.

Obviously, that is the Dark and Stormy (Appleton's and Crabbies) talking. I don't usually put on my Logos hat.

And yet, it is true. We are not our prostates, or our wisdom teeth, or our appendixes, or our gall bladders, or any part that has been removed. We are the sum of all our life experiences. And that is a good thing.

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Age at Diagnosis: 56
RALP on 2/17/15, BJC St. Louis, Dr. Figenshau
58.5g, G3+4, 20%, 4 quadrants involved
PSA Non-Detect since April, 2015
My Story: www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=35&m=3300024