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From: JoeC on 4 Apr 2006 22:20
details found here:
http://prostate-cancer-log.blogspot.com/

I had the major surgery on 1/17/06 and now PSA is undetectable (it was
3.15). Cancer was found all over my prostate, some portions of my
bladder and nearby lymph glands (MRI, CAT Scan and Bone Scan felt it
was confined to prostate - wrong!). Surgery removed all observed
cancer. The above blog describes in greater detail and I welcome
comments.

Joe

From: juniper on 4 Apr 2006 22:46

JoeC wrote:
> details found here:
> http://prostate-cancer-log.blogspot.com/
>
> I had the major surgery on 1/17/06 and now PSA is undetectable (it was
> 3.15). Cancer was found all over my prostate, some portions of my
> bladder and nearby lymph glands (MRI, CAT Scan and Bone Scan felt it
> was confined to prostate - wrong!). Surgery removed all observed
> cancer. The above blog describes in greater detail and I welcome
> comments.
>
> Joe

Joe, I still think this is a great service. Since you asked for
comments:
1. Can you put the most recent posts to the top?
2. There is no need to start a new topic every time you update. If
you keep replying to this topic, everyone will see the new posting and
know there is new information there. Even though the topic will be
old, the posting will be new so it will show up.

Best regards,
laurel

From: colophony on 5 Apr 2006 04:49
Joe, I sent you a private e mail why you do not answer?
"juniper" <dittany(a)gmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:1144205204.393750.54140(a)i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>
> JoeC wrote:
>> details found here:
>> http://prostate-cancer-log.blogspot.com/
>>
>> I had the major surgery on 1/17/06 and now PSA is undetectable (it was
>> 3.15). Cancer was found all over my prostate, some portions of my
>> bladder and nearby lymph glands (MRI, CAT Scan and Bone Scan felt it
>> was confined to prostate - wrong!). Surgery removed all observed
>> cancer. The above blog describes in greater detail and I welcome
>> comments.
>>
>> Joe
>
> Joe, I still think this is a great service. Since you asked for
> comments:
> 1. Can you put the most recent posts to the top?
> 2. There is no need to start a new topic every time you update. If
> you keep replying to this topic, everyone will see the new posting and
> know there is new information there. Even though the topic will be
> old, the posting will be new so it will show up.
>
> Best regards,
> laurel
>


From: Steve Kramer on 6 Apr 2006 18:11

"JoeC" <joec_49(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:s2a632poudqu2f8a568mkd4u7dbbvorscj(a)4ax.com...
> details found here:
> http://prostate-cancer-log.blogspot.com/
>
> I had the major surgery on 1/17/06 and now PSA is undetectable (it was
> 3.15). Cancer was found all over my prostate, some portions of my
> bladder and nearby lymph glands (MRI, CAT Scan and Bone Scan felt it
> was confined to prostate - wrong!). Surgery removed all observed
> cancer. The above blog describes in greater detail and I welcome
> comments.
>
> Joe
>

> The Digital Rectal Exam is how they found it -
> Men - please do NOT rely solely on the PSA test!!

Sage advice given re DREs and PSAs. However, I wonder if you had been
getting PSAs annually and what the results were. Quite possibly, if there
was a pattern, you could have been dx'd sooner.

The fact that he told you prior to surgery that you would have to undergo
hormone therapy indicates to me that he did not expect organ confined
disease.

I did not read every word of your diary, but I am concerned that while you
got a heck of a lot of input from medical personnel, you might still be
somewhat less read up on it than you should be.

Please consider reading prostate cancer books by Walsh, Scardino and Strum.
You have an extremely aggressive and absolutely terminal (unless you live to
when a cure comes out) cancer and you're still talking in terms of hormone
destruction of cancer cells. It aint going to cure your cancer. However, a
smart approach can save you many years. It sounds like your docs are
treating it aggressively, but you need to know what they are doing and what
your side effects are likely to be.... IMHO






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