https://malecare.org/treatments/hormonal-therapy/chondroitin-sulfate/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=prostate+chondroitin https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4036554/...
Sadly, I learned over the holiday weekend that Garyi (Gary Hellman) died a week ago from an inoperable mediastinal dedifferentiated liposarcoma​, which he fought for over a year. He was last active...
What a lovely sentiment! I wish you well, and hope that I am able to do the same. My wife and I both had cancer the same year, and we realize that eventually, one of us will be forced to live...
I hear that! After twenty or so surgeries, I consider myself fortunate that only three or four became disasters. When I start to think back I have to yell at myself "What are you doing going over...
You hit the nail on the head Djin. My MRI indicated the cancer to be organ confined, however surgeon found extensive local spread. The main advantages of primary RP in VHR cases remains 1) accurate...
The original article is here: https://theconversation.com/why-cancer-cells-go-to-sleep-94956 ...
I was NOT node positive and have never had a PSMA scan, but I was on Lupron during the time of my adjuvant RT... ART that was recommended due to adverse pathology discovered during RP. The urologist...
Quite a bit of territory covered here, so just a few tidbits... I read somewhere that the average time to recurrence is eight years, assuming that the many patients who have zero recurrence or the...
Glad you're safe and didn't have to evacuate. I'm familiar with the office complex behind the shopping center at that corner, guessing that's where your doc is located. I had one there also. I would...
I'm just up the road in Safety Harbor, and went to bed Tuesday night expecting the storm to hit us head on the next day, with 10' storm surge and flooding. Instead we woke up Wednesday - the day of...
Was your tinnitus caused by your cancer treatment?...
My AUS required replacement two weeks after the initial implant surgery. The cuff was too small and I was unable to urinate. The day of the original surgery was a nightmare and I ended up with a...
Did everyone catch Georgio on last night's Resident Alien?...
Ancient Astronaut Theorists... say yes. ...
Can't say that I do. Been having these throughout the day, usually morning, evening, and over night, for five and a half years now. Venlafaxine has helped reduce the frequency, duration, and...
Jack - hope your surgery went well. FWIW both my wife and my mom had the bubble in the eye surgery and everything turned out okay. Mel - I feel for you. I had to take my mom for her periodic eye...
I had my lower wisdom teeth removed in my 40's and still have the uppers, as they have never erupted. Brief mention of wisdom teeth removal was made around age 20 but no one gave me any particulars,...
The primary case for surgery over radiation would be based on your age. You are a young man and have an excellent chance of fully recovering from the surgery itself, and given time ahead of the...
A brief history for those who were not forced to live thru this, as Matt and I were (and surely many others here). The PSA blood test came into broad use around 1995, and many men were found to have...
FWIW there is a Facebook AUS support group https://www.facebook.com/groups/ams800] ...
A full month dedicated exclusively to prostate cancer would be great, but instead we get included in a month which is apparently set aside for "any cancer not noted elsewhere". September is not only...
I had the SPC briefly after my second AUS procedure. I tend to forget that I'd even had it unless the subject comes up. I don't remember any problem with it other than after a while it would tend to...
Thanks for the link! I'll try to get my Uro interested. My GP is dead set against any hormone supplementation....
I was on ADT for two years around the time of ART and my testosterone never recovered afterwards. My T level has been around 50 for several years now. Daily venlafaxine has cut the hot flashes about...
My urologist stated that my scans indicated that the cancer was contained within the capsule and that surgery had a 50/50 likelihood of getting it all, but also mentioned that the need for salvage...
I put on a little weight, but probably not from the venlafaxine. More likely it was the ADT. Plus BP and pulse rate, A1C and triglycerides all increased and remained there. Slight man boobs which...
When I was considering whether or not to start Prolia, my oral surgeon said that he will NOT work on anyone who has been on Prolia or any bisphosphonates....
Yes, definitely. I too had never had any MH or emotional problems, but the absence of testosterone really threw me into the emotional rabbit hole... and it was EXTREMELY difficult to pull out. My...
At present I have four implants, where a decade ago I did not have any. Most of the saga of having all but eight of my teeth root canalled, recrowned, or implanted (at a total cost of approx $75K)...
After several months of PT my Uro told me that I was "definitely" not a candidate for the sling. My RO was urging me to get ART underway and said that there is rarely significant improvement in...
Glad you're doing well after the hernia repair. You did mention the Italy trip in your OP and yes, I've been pulled over by TSA because my AUS shows up like I was the underwear bomber. Even without a...
I've had fun explaining to medical staff in various hospitals just what an AUS is. I liken it to a BP cuff in my demonstration. Most have never heard of such a thing. Going into surgery I always wear...
He probably meant to type "My cancer". The T and Y key are next door neighbors. Agreed. IIRC HR and VHR includes criteria such as double digit PSA, stage >= t3b, with four or more cores grade 4 or...
Good catch Mumbo. The link works for me, taking me to the abstract. BTW, just to rattle the chains of primary RT fans, I will quote the "take home message" from the article: [b]While prospective...
Five year survival, even ten year, is essentially meaningless in the case of prostate cancer, because stage IV is such a slow death (sorry). I hate when stats show 99 or 100% survival from PCa, makes...
The surgeon who implanted my AUS five years ago - and replaced it two weeks later - assured me ahead of time that he had PLENTY of experience. Afterwards it became obvious that he did not. I even...
My previous Uro had suggested that I see a surgeon about my painful boobs. but I already have surgeries stacked like airplanes waiting for a runway. Originally I was supposed to see a specialist this...
It's the Festivus equivalent of a Christmas tree, though it also symbolizes the "tinselization" of Christmas....
Will there be feats of strength?...
I am considering having my one remaining atrophied testicle removed while I'm under anesthesia for my next AUS replacement, probably next winter. My T level has been between 45-60 since ending...
Been on Lupron wa-a-ay too long!😉...
One little tidbit of info that no one tells you unless you ask... Apparently it's an insurance thing, but in most cases, insurance will not pay for an MRI guided biopsy unless you've previously had...
Exactly the way most people see it, unless they have a father or husband with PCa. The only published stat is something like a 99% five year survival rate. No one knows what's really involved unless...
Thanks for the well wishes, Jack, and the same to you. Not to hijack the OP's thread, but there are explanations for everything. First, we don't know anything unless the doctor tells us, and they...
Most of it is on my signature. In 2012 my GP informed me at a routine physical that my PSA was 4 and that I should see a urologist. I already had a urologist who had excised a spermatocele a decade...
A bit of a story on this. I was plagued by frequent burning in my urethra. It would keep me up at night. At the same time, my PSA was skyrocketing. My urologist performed a biopsy that FAILED, though...
I loved Dan Fogelberg in his day, especially The Leader of the Band. This thread has brought back some great memories. BTW, not to beat a dead horse, but thanks Cyclone for not using the [b]bold...
But that horse, which had only been added to the field two days earlier, by total happenstance, went on to beat the worst odds in Derby history and win the race, in one of the greatest stories ever....
Radiation is exhausting. I would come home from treatment every day and take an hour or two nap. In the final weeks in was 2-3 hours. But a month later we took our grandchildren to Universal Studios...
It was about five weeks as I recall, after my first shot before the hot flashes started. It was not much longer after that when I stopped having any sexual thoughts. It does indeed feel odd after a...