@pcdave and Dutch: I am doing my fitting for my pod on Thursday - how are things for you guys lately? Have looked for recent posts with updates but saw none. Hoping all is well and numbers great!...
@skeeter - you're waiting for insurance - how's that going? I know I was a wreck just waiting for the "treatment denied" phone call. Anytime you want to email, my address is there on my "info" page....
Thanks for all the replies, and for those who emailed, too! I have been accepted into the Loma Linda proton treatment, insurance has cleared, so now it's getting close....
Lewvino - thanks for that input, good to hear. My best to your father, for a continued success. It looks like your surgery worked well for you, keep those numbers coming! Feel free to give your dad...
My best to you Skeeter. Good luck with your insurance. It's an extra fight that no one needs to be faced with. Keep the faith!...
Yes - I've been on that site numerous times. I just found out today that UPenn did the proton treatments. I used to live in Cherry Hill, NJ - so that's familiar territory for me. Wishing you only the...
As I move swiftly down the path to choosing treatment, Proton sounds very positive. My neighbor had t three years ago, and he remains the distance-running coach at a local high school. At 63 he can...
I like the way your guy sounds. Knowledgable, thoughtful, willing to use his experience to make decisions. From what I read, it sounds like a pretty good report? I will keep nothing but the best...
Finally a chance to post a good update! Through some persistence plus divine providence I not only had my CT scan today, but also got the results back from the radiologist. Except for some arthritis,...
@ Sag. - I'm a Sag, too - Nov. 30. Watched the video, not sure what to make of it. Hoping obviously for a "no spread" outcome. Wish my urologist was as clear in his dialogue. Even if he had shown me...
Thank you all! @ corvetteman - used to have a perfect 66 roadster - made a big mistake letting go of it, but I also had a 67 GTO, and loved that even more! Long story, but basically my sister ended...
After lots of anxiety looking at over a week to get in, persistence paid off this morning. I was able to get squeezed into a 3pm CT scan today. Relieved because I'll now get some hard data sooner,...
@tarhoosier - I'm assuming the CT scan is because my prostate was enlarged on the right side, thus indicating the cancer was growing? Then they do the scan to determine spreading, if any, to lymph...
Joey - my heart goes out to you. I am a 60 year old dad, and my 18 1/2 year old son doesn't yet know of my cancer. We will be telling him soon, but he's been busy with something that's important....
My pathology had two notes under "diagnosis." "Revised report": adenocarcinoma with varying neoplastic glands, combined Gleason score 6 (3+3), involving 5% of tissue, one of two cylinders. Then it...