A cut and paste for clarity and accuracy: A quick reminder: "ADT" - first round cancer chemotherapy - does NOT just prevent your pituitary from producing gonadotrophin to stop your testicles from...
I turned out to be allergic to the adhesive on Steri-Strip bandaging so I woke up with a couple dozen quarter-sized blisters on my belly under the dressings. A week later when the surgeon saw them,...
2&1/2 years on leuprolide chemo, 2&1/2 years to 'recover' as much as I have. 1 dead testicle, testosterone initially bounced up to 320, but then crashed. Now it hovers around 200. I got nothing...
Thanks for those links, Prato, I have added them to my library. :) Sometimes my sense of humor leaks through my posting. While on "ADT", I initially only focused on testosterone, but it didn't add up...
2 days after surgery I started walking the floor in the cancer ward, 1st lap with a very large, strong nurse holding onto me and me holding onto the I.V. stand pole. Next day it was just me and the...
I agree with Peter - I am real clear that my joint pain is from my life style and residuals from years of martial arts power - breaking. Had some additional pain from the Prolia, but that faded as...
Good point, Rob. My initial diagnosis was T3c, but a couple of years ago they decided to consolidate the Dx into a and b rather than a,b and c. I convey my little cancer as stage 3 & 7/8 nowadays....
It takes about 3 - 4 months average to regain control after surgery, wear a pad until then and do your keegles to restrengthen the sphincter muscles. If you had radiation, the incontinence will...
My team recommended surgery + radiation + 2 & 1/2 years of ADT for my "organ contained G7". I was aware that there would be side effects and that some could be pretty bad. I had a shot at a cure,...
The rule of thumb is that it takes about as long to 'recover' (as much as you are going to) as your are 'on' leuprolide chemo. I was on leuprolide chemo 2 & 1/2 years, it took a bit longer than that...
A quick reminder: "ADT" - first round cancer chemotherapy - does NOT just prevent your pituitary from producing gonadotrophin to stop your testicles from producing testosterone. Rather, leuprolide...
I did 2 and 1/2 years of leuprolide (Firmagon, Lupron, Eligard) chemo, uro said 3 was the limit these days. I went for the 'trifecta' in hope of a 'cure'. Not-so-much, but kicked the can way down the...
I love Willie, saw him up close and personal on one of our trails with his kids on bikes a few years back....he was dressed up like Lance Armstrong, I almost didn't recognize him for a minute. :)...
Its been more than 50 years since I last stood on a surf board, but I well remember the wind pushing me along. I am here now, but the blow from that big storm that went through once again made me a...
Gandhi also showed us the importance of appreciating absolutely everything you have in your life. A bit of snow on a lot of glare ice, 10* F with 50mph winds on the trails here...I hear you on your...