Question for post-SRT long term guys. I thought I was done with you guys, but here I am dragging my butt back. LOL Here's the history: Prostatectomy 2007, return of PCa in 2010, 37 sessions of SRT in...
David, so glad to see you're still kicking and coming around. I'm seldom here or checking posts but do look once in a while for you, to see how you are doing. Prayers for you, brother.......
In the leaving with notice thread, someone said they read old posts and saw where people had been really active, with lots of posts and then suddenly disappeared and was worried and wondering what...
David, was just wondering how you were last night and went looking for you here. Glad to know you are still fighting the good fight....
David, has it been that long/short of a time? I apologize for missing seeing this sooner, but I don't get around here much anymore. In any case, glad to see you're still kicking, and hope you have...
Octorobo, excellent, most excellent....
Here's some homework for you, if you wish more info.lol http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=35&p=1&m=1827385 If this link doesn't work, click the one in my signature about Injections....
Great News! Glad to see that string of zero's extended......
Good news, Jeff. How about we combine my party with yours and plan on sometime mid-April?? I'll look forward to it..:)...
Since being blackballed in April 2010 for the indecency of a rising psa (hee hee)- well that and some unmentioned nude dancing involving Mardi Gras beads before GFMPH 2010, a cedar tree, a Bic...
Yea, you, great news! congrats.....:)...
Thanks for the update and good news, Sonny. Your continued pushing the boundaries for your treatment plans benefit us all....
uh- noted, also.......
Uh- noted........
You might find some specific kidney info at the Kidney Disease group here on Healing Well. Here's a link to it: http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=27 ...
Dianna and I will be there and staying in the Least Beast. Tell Jeff to save us a shady spot to set up. Looking forward to seeing all the guys and gals again after missing the last 2 events....
Well, I finished 37 sessions of SRT over 8 weeks, 66.6 Gys total last Monday. Boy, was that a long grind of everyday disruption of my mornings. :wink: Final report: the next to last week saw greater...
Maybe the issue is simply that gay men use anal sex and/or are more oral oriented and prostate cancer treatments all can have some kind of effects on this situation. I could understand the desire to...
Thanks for mentioning me...lol First, it is much too early to get discouraged, it was your first try, after all. Try it a few times, before abandoning it. I realize the pump and prick method takes a...
Adios, my friend. Hate to see ya leave. Could you at least give us an every 6 months update on things?...
We will be there Wednesday - Monday also. Looking forward to it, since we missed the Spring one, missing that friends and fellowship fix.... Counting........
BillyBob, you asked: "Can I use one of those rings ( for < than 30 mins, or more likely for < 15) that came with my Augusta pump after full response to injection has been achieved? Safe? Helpful,...
Repost for any new members interested since last time....
Look at the link in my signature titled: "Injections? Read This" to read a good overview of the options available....
Smooth sailing, my friend, good to hear it's been uneventful, so far. 23 down, 14 to go here, also fairly uneventful also....
That's great news, glad to hear it. Every zero is another step away from troubles. lol...
Man, you just made my week. I'm so glad to see such a dramatic turn of events....
Peter, I'll ask about the further sessions. Yep, I have to do the 16 oz. of liquid an hour before treatment. That shouldn't be a problem, but emptying the bowel may be more so. They are gonna pick my...
David, I don't regularly check (or haunt) this site like I used to, so missed your first days posting of these terrible results. Just know that you and yours are in our prayers and I wish there was...
Well, I thought to post a new thread, subject title of "The Other Shoe Dropped" but decided to post here, to keep this thread together for those few (and you know who you are) that might still be...
Same as Jerry, 2 - 500mg per day....
proscapt, Maybe I can help by sharing my story. I had open RP in Sep., 2007. In April, 2010, my usually normal .04 PSA test came back .06. I scheduled a RO consult at the next result of .08. He...
Some news from the area that I found today. AP, from Knoxville article: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three prostate cancer patients are among the first to receive proton therapy in Tennessee....
Hey Todd, good to read you again. Like you, I have been inactive, but I still read every day. I sorta figured after 6 and 1/2 years, most had gotten tired of hearing me and would welcome new stuff to...
That's great! Gotta love the zero's, especially when coming from you higher risk guys......
Well, it was that time again this afternoon, results time. My PSA is continuing it's creeping upwards trend, still confounding the experts and seriously irritating me now. :rolleyes: Latest was .25...
Glad to read the news, Sonny. Keep on doing your thang... :cool:...
Really great news for you guys, MsWW...
After being on it (500mg twice daily) for 2 years, the only side effect is occasional diarrhea or looser bowel. When I first started it, I had bowel problems for a couple weeks, until my body made...
Sephie, really sorry that we couldn't meet this time. You did a fantastic job of describing GFMPH, especially for a first time attendee. I really feel a little sorry for those who pass up an...
Sad to say, but it does nowadays. After 6 years of participating, 5 1/2 years of it every day, with the site left open on my browser and reading multiple times daily, I finally had to back away some....
MS Katt, so good to see and read you again. Congrats on the 7 years, that's great....
Here's a link to some general info concerning some of the treatment options, including robotic and open surgery. http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=35&m=1717641 ...
F8, check out Dead Like Me, a quirky life after dead Showtime mini series, it lasted 2 seasons before being cancelled. I also liked the PBS Ken Burns "The War", Hbo's "The Pacific" and "Band of...
I was telling one of the GFMPH guys last month that I thought I would get a color appropriate small Sword of Damacoles put on the approximate place on my belly that my prostate would be, as a...
Here's the link to my favorite digital camera skills website. It has massive amounts of short, to the point tutorials, and is constantly being updated to stay current, plus has an absolutely massive...
You are welcome, now you can be known as Worried Guy, aka Happy Guy. I well remember your first series of posts and can recognize that even then you had a special wit and style that has gained you so...
Jim, thanks for stepping up and taking your turn in the barrel. If there's anything I can do to help the transition, let me know....
I had nerves spared rp 6 years ago this Sep. I got a mixed bag: my chronic (15 years) prostatis and BPE was instantly eliminated. I am fully continent. I can now push that urinal scent block a couple...
Got my latest: .22 up from .21, haha Another 4 months of walking around with the sword hanging over my head. Uro says no need to do anything until it increases more, retest in Nov. Benign tissue?...