Thanks for your thoughts, Speciallady!...
Thanks, Prato!...
2021 scan summaries(Bone)There is a tiny focus of intense radiotracer uptake involving the right side of the lower thoracic spine and this correlates with an area of bony sclerosis on the CT scan. A...
Seems to me, if this is indeed a tumor it is either a new one or one that was too small to show up on the less sensitive scans. If the later, it has either increased, shrunk or remain unchanged, I...
I finally got my PSMA scan. I was wanting this 3+ years ago as my PSA was rising but bone and CT and even Auxumin scans continued to show nothing. (I was hoping for a spot or 2 that could be...
Ken, I just read your latest update, and your numbers are mind blowing! Beautiful! BTW, I said I would update my latest blood sugar. It was 95 pre supper. A very filling meal of chicken and a bit...
Hi Ken/Prato, my next door neighbors went fully vegan and quickly lost a lot of weight and dropped total cholesterol like 40 points. I don't think they were as strict as the Ornish diet. I do...
.................................................................................................................................... Wow, Djin! I have been following you post/story and I was amazed...
Welcome Sneddoh (John), from down under! I am BillyBob(Bill) from Tupelo, MS, USA. We sound almost identical 1st 18 months re: "After biopsy I was labelled G9 (4+5) and decided on a radical...
"Just a bit of background, in response to your query ~ CYCLONE ~ # Iowa State University". Thank you so much for those details! Bill...
Thank you, Cyclone, for the response! Your results show that these ADT drugs can be effective for a long time indeed! So, you started ADT immediately at diagnoses, and followed later with chemo and...
Oh, man! I tear up just reading about other people losing their beloved pets. The last 2 times, over about 12 years, hit me preposterously hard. And there are going to be at least 2 more (hopefully...
Hey, questions about PSA for every one who started ADT after they were diagnosed as stage 4: 1: Did you have additional RT or even surgery( added to whatever the original treatment some time ago), or...
Thank You, Jim! So, it sounds like people vary then? On a break for almost 2 years, still undetectable? WOW! Bill...
You, Sir, are a lucky man, even if not zero SEs. Good for you!...
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Thank you, Todd....
Thanks, Bohemond and Mattam for your comments, very useful info. Mattam:" An an aspect of trial not much discussed is Intermittency. At week 37 any participant in any of the 3 arms who is...
Orgovix + Erleada have done a fine job on my stage 4 PCa. But, IF ever safe to do so, I want off of these drugs ASAP. I want as much testosterone back as is safe, at least if the odds are low of that...
It would be the hootiest of hoots. I took papers describing this approach to my PC docs/NPs when 1st starting ADT a bit over 2 years ago. They had never heard of it then, and still have not as of a...
Thank you, Racquetball77! May you be able to get off that stuff at least for a long while, and may that result in you regaining some energy! I have the same wish for myself as well....
.......................................................................................................................................................... Hi Racquetball77, I am very interested to...
Now that is a very interesting post! About a forum where physicians let their hair down and don't give a hoot. I'm pretty sure I have posted here a few times about some physicians I have worked with...
Jack, that's pretty consistent with what other PCa patients have said here over the years. I recall lots of comments about how he was generous with his time and personally interacted with folks. Out...
Marine, all I can say is you have a heck of an interesting story. I have scans coming up on Jan 9th, and after that I plan to give a summary of my entire "recurrence" experience. But, I will say this...
Thank you, Stephen!...
Thank you, TJ. Yes, #1 Grandson is indeed a sharp cookie, as well as a hard worker. A good thing since he is working his butt off. And #2 Grandson, 3 years younger, appears to be progressing right...
Thanks for that, TJ. And, I can personally attest to the kind of stress most MDs are under. Even as a CRNA, I had a good bit of it myself, particularly when I did not have an MD...
You make a good point. We forget that all medical specialties are trained at certified centers and pass the same boards. (assuming they are board certified). I recall when I had a severe...
Apologies for the offense, Tim. None was intended. Bill...
.................................................................. I notice at the very top of the list of risk factors, tied with smoking, is "BMI". Since, in my experience at least, by far the...
I'm surprised that you're still flogging that dead horse, Avermectin. ........................................................................................................ Watching doctors lie...
Boy is He! Your case is quite the miracle! Bill...
.......................................................................................................... We actually agree!...
(My usual long rant, as in days of old. Here is the TLDR version: maybe he did wrong, maybe his accusers are doing wrong. We probably will never know. If you are willing to go even further, perhaps...
I might have. After a G9, It took me 6 years after surgery (only) to reach BCR. The surgery showed clear nodes but a tiny positive margin + seminal vesicle invasion. I stayed undetectable- < .01...
Thanks, Glen, for the clarification! Bill...
....................................................................................................................................................... Hey Glen, I am a bit confused. So, you were on...
Wayne, I'm not sure I completely understand you are asking. It seems that your PSA ( when?) at the VA was .02? But, in August at UT Southwestern it was 0.13? So, you are concerned about the increase...
My concerns about loss of revenue interfering with acceptance of BAT are(probably) incorrect. As I read further into the long article, I realized that BAT is the usual ADT drugs PLUS large doses of...
Mattam: Great article, BTW. Thanks....
I began talking to my docs- who currently have me on Ereleada And Orgovix for about 2 years now- about BAT near the beginning of being put on these drugs. EDIT: long post edited by me after I read...
So, adding this to chemo had these results: "...........We conducted a phase 3, global, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Eligible patients with primary advanced stage III or IV or...
But, already, this does not sound as exciting as that CNN/MSK interview. First, what is "for adult patients with mismatch repair deficient (dMMR)"? : "The efficacy of dostarlimab was evaluated in the...
Perhaps this will arrive quicker than I thought? https://www.fda.gov/drugs/resources-information-approved-drugs/fda-grants-accelerated-approval-dostarlimab-gxly-dmmr-advanced-solid-tumors ...
This looks extremely promising, out of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. But so have many other things over the years and decades. So now the questions I have are: Is it for real? If so, how...
I have loved that one since the 1960s or so....
The prostate, whether normal or cancerous, produces PSA. A larger prostate produces more PSA, in both normal and cancerous prostates. If a surgeon removes the entire prostate, PSA is expected to...
That is great news, Alephnull!...
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