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From: Heather on 25 Oct 2005 21:54 "Steve Kramer" <skramer(a)cinci.rr.com> wrote in message news:YSx7f.70644$Hs.17507(a)tornado.ohiordc.rr.com... > "Heather" <figgs(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message > news:PeOdnYxGD_JnI8DeRVn-3w(a)rogers.com... >> Hi Puss..... >> >> I am so sorry to hear this.....and I will send a private email. > > It's worse than you think. Under this damned capitalistic system of ours, > I had to pay $15.00!!! For what....the PSA test? Consider yourself lucky. Up here in the land of socialism, PSA tests are not covered by the healthcare system....even with cancer....so Ron pays $27 Cdn. He could get free ones at the hospital, but it is more convenient to nip around the corner to the lab. > >> And a question here.....according to your tagline, the last PSA was > January 2005..did you not have one in between? > > Corrected. Good....have to keep you on your toes!! And now that slight rise doesn't seem so ominous. Yours seem to yo-yo a bit. Now.....another question. I have never heard of hormone shots being given every FOUR months......they are always 1 or 3. How come? Just curious. XX Heather Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 (4 mo), 12/03, 4/04, 09/04, 01/05, 5/05, 10/05 > PSA .07 .05 .06 .05 .08 > non Illegitimi carborundum > > > >
From: Dennis D on 25 Oct 2005 22:47 Steve Kramer, I wonder what the lab's observed standard deviation is for it's PSA test. You quote values to two decimal places (not 3). Hence, a standard deviation of .02 is not unreasonable. A change of .03 could well be a statistical fluctuation. Dennis On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 21:29:27 GMT, "Steve Kramer" <skramer(a)cinci.rr.com> wrote: >On October 17, 5 years after my PSA that got me started in this cancer >battle, I had my blood drawn for my 4-month (ended up being 5-month) test >and Lupron shot. It came back 0.08. By 0.01 of a nanogram, it is the >highest I've had since starting Lupron 2? years ago. > >I was first scheduled for this test and shot one month ago, but the doctor's >office postponed it because the doc was going out of town. My doc was >highly ticked when he found out that his staff had postponed me by a month. >He also affirmed what someone here said last week. Maybe a week later or a >week earlier -- never a month! > >Obviously, my considerations of IADT are rendered moot. I did ask, as I >promised I would, about switching to another ADT to stave off rafract... >what is it? Refraction? Regardless, I asked and he said that a block is a >block and it doesn't matter. It's best to stay what I'm on because I am >used to the SEs. > >However, Heather, he did correct himself and said that actually it is a >partial block. The adrenal gland is still producing very little >testosterone (which we all knew). "We need some testosterone to live off >of. If I gave you a complete block, you probably wouldn't be able to climb >up a stairway." > >So, having completed my homework assignment, I will back out and listen for >words of encouragement. All I see is a 60% increase in PSA from five months >ago.
From: Lorelei on 26 Oct 2005 00:38 "Heather" <figgs(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message (news:RcydnWqE1c9QfMPenZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d(a)rogers.com... >(((snip))) Now.....another question. I have never heard of hormone shots being given > every FOUR months......they are always 1 or 3. How come? Just curious. > > XX Heather > > Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 (4 mo), 12/03, 4/04, 09/04, 01/05, 5/05, 10/05 >> PSA .07 .05 .06 .05 .08 >> non Illegitimi carborundum >> Curt's shots are at 4 month intervals, it is a larger dose. it's all time release. Lori
From: c palmer on 26 Oct 2005 04:18 From: curtandlori(a)earthlink.net (Lorelei) "Heather" <figgs(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message Now.....another question. I have never heard of hormone shots being given every FOUR months......they are always 1 or 3. How come? Just curious. XX Heather Curt's shots are at 4 month intervals, it is a larger dose. it's all time release. Lori =========== lupron is made by TAP industries. the dosages are as follows: 2 month - 7.5 3 month - 15 4 month - 22.5 they went to giving the 4 month shots in 1998. ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional "Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so." http://community.webtv.net/PALMER_ENT/doc
From: Stavros Moschos on 26 Oct 2005 12:12
My hormone shots were every four months. "Heather" <figgs(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:RcydnWqE1c9QfMPenZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d(a)rogers.com... > > "Steve Kramer" <skramer(a)cinci.rr.com> wrote in message > news:YSx7f.70644$Hs.17507(a)tornado.ohiordc.rr.com... >> "Heather" <figgs(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message >> news:PeOdnYxGD_JnI8DeRVn-3w(a)rogers.com... >>> Hi Puss..... >>> >>> I am so sorry to hear this.....and I will send a private email. >> >> It's worse than you think. Under this damned capitalistic system of >> ours, I had to pay $15.00!!! > > For what....the PSA test? Consider yourself lucky. Up here in the land > of socialism, PSA tests are not covered by the healthcare system....even > with cancer....so Ron pays $27 Cdn. He could get free ones at the > hospital, but it is more convenient to nip around the corner to the lab. >> >>> And a question here.....according to your tagline, the last PSA was >> January 2005..did you not have one in between? >> >> Corrected. > > Good....have to keep you on your toes!! And now that slight rise doesn't > seem so ominous. Yours seem to yo-yo a bit. > > Now.....another question. I have never heard of hormone shots being given > every FOUR months......they are always 1 or 3. How come? Just curious. > > XX Heather > > Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 (4 mo), 12/03, 4/04, 09/04, 01/05, 5/05, 10/05 >> PSA .07 .05 .06 .05 .08 >> non Illegitimi carborundum >> >> >> >> > > |