Active Surveillance Update

Don't know if this is helpful or not but I've been posting my PSA and exam results every 3 months as I am on AS (thanks to this forum). I've been on AS for 2.5 years now. I check in from time to time and try to convince guys with stats like mine to consider AS. I feel like it was great decision for me, and I hope more "younger" men consider this option as my doc originally tried, pretty forcefully, to get me to have the surgery.

Anyway, latest PSA was 1.04, up a little bit from last time but it does fluctuate from test to test. You can read my history in my sig.

In other news, got a new guitar a couple weeks ago, a Fender Jaguar, the most fun instrument I've ever owned. Also don't think I ever posted that I started a band a few months ago and we've been gigging around the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul) a little bit. Been a ton of fun and I am so glad that I am free of PCa treatment SEs (for the time being at least) and able to enjoy life to the fullest.

That's all for now. Peace to you all.

Excellent. Your PSA reading is nearly half of what it was at the time of diagnosis. So the G6 cancer is not making any significant movement. It looks like you would be on AS for many years to come. I hope you would never need to treat your cancer.

Thanks all.

To answer Michael_T (which is kinda weird cuz my first name is Michael and my last name starts with T)...

Fender Jaguars and Jazzmasters are similar guitars and the things that make them fun are...

1. They have an "offset" design so they are asymmetrical and they just look very cool.
2. They have a unique type of circuitry which, in a nutshell, lets you set up a couple of totally different sounds and easily switch between them.
3. They were initially built to be used by Jazz and "Surf" style guitarists but they've become popular in recent years by alt-rock and punker types.
4. Elvis Costello famously played a Jazzmaster, it's what he's holding on the cover of My Aim Is True. Same body style as the Jaguar.

Here's the link to the Fender site...
shop.fender.com/en-US/electric-guitars/jaguar/

Keep on rockin'

Gunner34 said...
I think I ran into a friend or two of yours at a Movember happy hour a year or two ago in Uptown. I think they mentioned that they knew you. One of them was highlighted in a Movember promo video.

I've been getting out more recently to see local music. Maybe I'll run into you sometime in the Twin Cities.

Next gig is 11/2 (Wednesday) at Harriet Brewing. My band is called Northern Accents. If you find yourself in the same room as me, please come say hi!

Ahhh....and I do know the Fender Jazzmaster, but didn't realize it was akin to a Jaguar. Yes, that's a cool design and I'd bet it's a ton of fun to play. Enjoy life, enjoy your band and keep on bringing those low PSAs!

...1973 Gibson Black and Pearl Delux Custom here, bought it brand new from the factory in Kalamazoo.

My last band all quit 'cause they all got "too old for this stuff". It's OK, as I started out solo and do just fine that way.

Hey, G-M! It looks like you're the poster man for AS. With your stats, I'd be there, too.

Keep up the good work - both on the music scene and on the AS scene. You are showing others how to do it!