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I know that many of you like to have these 'thumbnails' of new Members and Updates, but with all the other issues I have to deal with, I find they are taking me too long. If you go along regularily to the Experiences page and click in the Updated Link, you'll see all the entrie that I posted the day before. Admittedly you won't have my commentary, but......
NEW POSTS:
DAVID LINN diagnosed last month with a Gleason 4+4=8 and undecided
FRED diagnosed in September with GS 6 and undecided – considering AS (Active Surveillance)
STEVEN WILSON has some ED and continence issues after RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) in February 2011
CORMAC LORDINCHIQUIN diagnosed in January 2011 with a PSA of 330 ng/ml and a GS 8 he chose EBRT (External Beam Radiation Treatment) plus ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy)
UPDATES FROM MEMBERS:
DENNIS DENNISISURE rejected his Provenge therapy because of problems and is now on Zytiga which seems to be working
RICHARD SMITH in the face of a rising PSA which topped 20 ng/ml after ten years of AS (Active Surveillance) this Gold Member has opted for neo adjuvant ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) and EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy)
KEL VARNSEN four years+ out from RP (Radical Prostatectomy) and PSA is still undetectable – Bi-Mix has sorted out his ED
TIM THOMPSON PSA up a little from February following PBT (Proton Beam Therapy)
GARY POWELL coming up to his Gold status Gary is now on Zytiga after failed RP (Radical Prostatectomy), EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy) ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) and Chemotherapy
PETER DUNNING PSA still on it’s way down after EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy) earlier this year
STEVE TAYLOR maintains his alternative therapies, adding Graviola
ERIC GAMBLE Platinum Member with a rising PSA – now 32 ng/ml – lmost 18 years after diagnosis and EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy)
BOB CHAPMAN Silver member still hs undetectable PSA and ED issues after RP (Radical Prostatectomy)
KLAUS VON HAGEN has a rising PSA after Brachytherapy and ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy)
GARY AMATO Gold member, twelve years out from his RP (Radical Prostatectomy) – no incontinence ED fixed with Levitra
IAN SHARPLEY Silver Member still going well with undetectable PSA after his RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy)
JERRY SULLIVAN after a bit of concern about a PSA bump it is back to 0.10 after combined Brachytherapy/IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy)
REX BAKALL staying on ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) for two further rounds despite an undetectable PSA after EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy)
CHARLES BLAKELY PSA still undetectable after RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy); some ED issues
JOHN CHANDLER celebrates his Gold Membership ten years after his RP (Radical Prostatectomy) and reckons he’s out of the woods
CHUCK FEENEY chose AS (Active Surveillance) eighteen months ago but his second biopsy has put him in a quandary
JEFF FRANZEN after avoiding ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) for four years following failed RP (Radical Prostatectomy) he bit the bullet and his PSA is undetectable
GREGORY FUREY still sticking to his AS (Active Surveillance) path despite the variable PSA results
CHRISTOPHER COMPTON had his IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy) and participates in GTx study although he is in Lupron arm
CHARLIE DAVIS Silver member who chose ProstRscision after AS (Active Surveillance) has PSA trending down again
KEITH LINDAMER all’s well after his RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) last year: PSA undetectable: ED solved with pump
