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Weekend Humor Just a little weekend humor for the boomers. It's a link to an animated cartoon. http://www.toilette-humor.com/old_folks_humor/baby_boomers.shtml Tom ... 31 Aug 2008 10:35
Newly Diagnosed/Internal or External Radiation?? I have been considering brachytherapy over the external radiation because basically I feel better having the radiation inplanted right on the spot. Is that a good enough reason? My oncologist thinks either would be effective. PSA 7.1 2/8/08 PSA 8.2 7/24/08 @75yrs Biopsy 8-8-08/Gleason 3+3=6 Type T1c/T2a (... 11 Sep 2008 19:21
5 yrs 3 mos. psa. undetectable again Steve, the latest test at 5 yr 3 mos. is still undetectable at < .04 Great news to go into my retirement with having to worry less and less and almost not at all about it. Only my type 2 diabetes to contend with hopefully , of which is under control at this time with diet and excersize. Going on our first ... 1 Sep 2008 16:14
Excessive tears caused by taxotere My father is sick of k prostate and for about 5 months he took the taxotere. Among the side effects, laments the continued tearing of the eyes. We made endoscopy of tear duct's and there are no obstructions in it. The doctors say that we must have patience. Someone has any advice? Thanks again and good wis... 5 Sep 2008 21:56
What can effect PSA after PCa treatment, besides a recurrence? I know a DRE, ejaculation or bike riding can alter a PSA result in a man before having any type of treatment for PCa, but what about after treatment? The reason I ask is my recent PSA result is 0.4 up from 0.2 which is where it has been for over a year. A few days to a week before I had my blood drawn for the ... 1 Sep 2008 20:21
Good News After the bad news that I posted about earlier, I finally have some good news - at least in the sense that "no bad news" is good news. After finding bone mets, I had an abdominal and pelvic CT Scan to see if there were any visible mets in my soft tissues (lymph nodes, organs). I got the results today and the scan ... 30 Aug 2008 08:05
Delay in body growth linked to prostate cancer Delay in body growth linked to prostate cancer NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boys who reach their adult body size in their early 20s may be more prone to prostate cancer later in life than their peers who achieve their adult size during adolescence, Italian researchers report. "The study has underlined the pote... 29 Aug 2008 12:41
One of two GVAX trials terminated due to deaths. See: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=98399&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1191052&highlight= or http://tinyurl.com/6rxddj Regards, Steve J ... 28 Aug 2008 18:18
Proton treatment experiences i am 5ys post proton treatmen "only" and nothing since and low psa's.....there are over 3500 men world wide who are registered with the brotherhood of the balloon organization of men who received proton treatment at loma linda university medical center.....we have a monthly news letter and stay in touch with each o... 1 Sep 2008 17:16
Taxotere - 18 week (kh) Last weekend's party - Over in Maryland at a pal's. I've never been to his house during the day. It's a modest, older place on 3 acres. Wooded but a third of the property is a picturesque ravine, nice to look at but wild. He and his wife have been working on the house as they have time and money. The living-dini... 3 Sep 2008 08:14 |