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My apologies for the delays in getting these new entries and updates – I’m up to last Wednesday now and hope to catch up in the next two or three days. I have also set up a new Mini Poll for men who had surgery or who are going to have surgery.
NEW MINI POLL
This MINI POLL, which will have no scientific value even when complete is intended to get some idea of how many men who have had surgery – RP (Radical Prostatectomy) or RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) – were told about the so-called ‘minor’ potential side effects of Climacturia, Peyronies Disease or the loss of size
NEW POSTS:
GREG E newly diagnosed and has decided on RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) – set for March 24
WALTER R diagnosed October 2009 and had RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) earlier this month
PETE CARSON diagnosed in 2002, so he comes in as a Silver member he is on intermittent ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) after EBRT (External Beam Radiation Treatment) at a PSA level that probably would not be acceptable in the US
PAUL TWEEDY recently diagnosed and undecided but leaning towards at RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy)
TIM CLINE has chosen RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) but is looking into other options
TOM LANCASTER shows why it is important to get a second opinion – his initial diagnosis of T1/GS 7 changed to T4/GS9 after seeking a second opinion from a centre of excellence which treated him with neoadjuvant ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) and EBRT (External Beam Radiation Treatment)
DENNIS CUNNINGHAM newly diagnosed and undecided – cannot seem to get good advice from his doctors
UPDATES FROM MEMBERS
DAVID MUNOZ six weeks after his Brachytherapy his urination problems are almost over and his ED issues start being resolved
JOSE OCHOA two and some years after RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) and no problems
MEL PANTHERSFAN nine months after completion of his PBT (Proton Beam Therapy) there is an increase in his PSA
RICK OTEY makes Silver status five years after diagnosis and PBT (Proton Beam Therapy)
RONNIE MILLER six months after RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) he has what he terms “the usual incontinence and ED” issues
LEN AIREY newly Silver member seems to have put the stricture problems that developed from his RP (Radical Prostatectomy) behind him
BILL JORDAN finishes off the story of his erectile implant
RICHARD H has had some bad news about a lesion on his rib, broken in a motor cycle accident – is both depressed and angry
FRANK P reports on his initial CyberKnife® treatment
PAUL A describes his efforts to deal with ED he has after EBRT (External Beam Radiation Treatment) and ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) following a ‘medical mishap’ during RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery)
DENNIS DENNIS six months after IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy) his PSA is still falling, but has some signs of ED
STAN M PSA undetectable after RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) with some ED and incontinence
ALEXANDER MCKENZIE gets a star to go with his Gold status this year, eleven years after his combined HDR – (High Dosage Radiation Therapy) and EBRT (External Beam Radiation Treatment) with a rising PSA and a move to ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy)
AMADOR MONTEJANO ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) has failed to keep his PSA down below 10.0 ng/ml after a T4 GS 8 PSA 98 diagnosis and his doctor is pushing a Chemotherapy trial as soon as possible
TOM DILLON reporting in two years after his RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) – undetectable PSA minor incontinence and ED still a work in progress
TIMOTHY HOTUJEC Silver member was worried that his pain might be metastasised disease after his RP (Radical Prostatectomy) ekght years ago, but all’s clear and physio work is helping with the degenerative disease
RICK DANCER still undecided and considering Calypso® or PBT (Proton Beam Therapy) at Loma Linda
P J another Silver member reports that six years after his RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) he’s fitter than ever – maybe some ED
BILL PRITCHARD yet another Silver member (those reminders are working!) who had RP (Radical Prostatectomy) in 2004 – undetectable PSA
GORDON KERR Silver member who chose HDR – (High Dosage Radiation Therapy) in 2003 for his GS 9 diagnosis is on ADT for a PSA of 1.85
RUSSELL WINDLE twelve months away from his Gold status after RP (Radical Prostatectomy) and still undetectable PSA
GLEN DENTON with a PSA still below 1.0 very pleased that he cancelled his recommended RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) and chose Active Surveillance
PHIL KATZ four months after IGRT (Image Guided Radiation Therapy) and he’s feeling stronger
