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AFTER A WEAK SPELL ON THE GOLF COURSE AND A PHYSICAL MY PSA SHOWED UP AT 17.2. ONCOLOGIST [READ, A SURGEON] TREATED IT WITH ANTIBIOTICS FOR 6 WEEKS, NEXT PSA WAS 20.2. GLEASON 7. ONCOLOGIST/SURGEON RECOMMENDED SURGERY. LUCKED INTO LOCAL SUPPORT GROUP WHO TOLD ME ABOUT D'AMICO IN BOSTON, B & W CONFIRMED PSA BUT UPGRADED GLEASON TO 8. I WAS SENT IMMEDIATELY FOR A LUPRON SHOT, SCHEDULED FOR THREE SHORT RADIATION SHOTS TO CHEST TO PREVENT GYNECOMASTIA [WHY EVERY MAN IS NOT TOLD OF THIS IS BEYOND MY UNDERSTANDING, I HAVE A FRIEND WEARING A SPORTS BRA FOR GOD SAKES]
I HAD 41 SESSIONS OF INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY LAST WINTER, A SECOND AND HOPEFULLY FINAL ADT SHOT IN FEB [HAD 120 [NO MISPRINT] FLASHES/CHILLS DAILY UNTIL STARTING MERGACE [THAT'S ANOTHER STORY ALL TOGETHER] AND NOW A YEAR OUT FROM LAST RADIATION SESSION [78 GRAYS] I HAVE A PSA O.2 DOWN FROM 0.4, NOT SURPRISING AS THE LUPRON IS STILL IN MY SYSTEM, A PSA IN 2010 WILL BE MORE MEANINGFUL AND PERHAPS DETERMINE IF THE IMRT GOT ALL THE BAD GUYS
