Hi Reltnie and congratulations. This is indeed a message of hope for those beginning their journey. Jim...
So sorry to hear this. You and Denny fought this gallantly for many years and did everything you could. My sincere condolences to you and your family. So thankful that you were both part of the HW...
Craig, I was unable to get into HW for a couple of days due to the tech problems so I missed your post. Congratulations! That is wonderful news. Jim...
Hello All: Some of you may have experienced site problems over the past few days. Here is an email the mods received last night with some explanation. Hopefully this will be resolved soon. Jim...
Re the stomach issues...yeah, I take 20mg on an as needed basis for a boost. Gives me some face flush, sometimes a bit of a temporary cough and some upset stomach. A couple of Tums works wonders and...
Generally the answer seems to be yes. In my case sex has always been pretty much the same pre and post treatment but amount of ejaculate considerably reduced. Jim...
That's terrific! LESS THAN is great. Now relax and start the new year positively! Jim...
81, here is the email the mods received last year. I believe there is some added info on the front pages about this. In any case, your tribute to Peter Waite and the other founders/early admins of HW...
Wishing you all Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and a wonderful holiday season! Let's all hope for a happy and healthy new year. Jim...
Paul...all good questions by the other posters re your friend. Obviously he needs to get the scoop re why the change in radiation plans but probably either of the options is appropriate given the...
Dear yaamba, I'm so sorry for your loss. I recall your posts over the years and know that you and your husband went through some tough times with his illnesses. I'm sure that your love and dedication...
HI Drifter; nice to hear from you again. So glad your treatment worked out so well (but not surprised). Don't know what to say about your crook but if it doesn't cause any problems that's great. Take...
Yoop, nice to hear from you but sad that it has to be you sharing this. Dr. Moran was indeed a life saver and quality-of-life-saver to many men. I hope his family is comforted by those facts. Yeah,...
Hi Hal. It's good to reflect on our journeys from time to time. You had good reasons for your choice and it's worked out great...I'm very happy for you. Glad your health continues to be good and I'm...
Hi Paxton: Nice to hear from you and so glad that your PSA continues to drop. Actually I was tied with TA with 6 years to nadir. Clearly you are an overachiever and have beaten us both! Continued...
What Halbert said.... Jim...
Hello grgisme and welcome. I also wouldn't say you are screwed but also would say you need to act with some sense of urgency. Your new PSA level most likely indicates the cancer is back so most...
Hello Fozz and welcome. Sorry you have to be here but we have a great group of experienced folks on this forum that will help you get through this. I'll take a shot at answering your questions. 1....
Hi Dewayne and congrats on your 10 year report card. Lookin' good! Jim...
Hello tak. As Halbert says, there are certainly ways to deal with your overly large prostate w/o resorting to the major surgery of prostate removal. If your urologist is not discussing those...
62, as you say it's every man's decision so I respect that this is the one you are making. I'll be 79 next year and making the opposite decision. I will continue to test for PSA annually for the...
I agree with Prato. Use GoodRx and generics. Price is likely to be low and you'll be more sure of getting the real stuff as opposed to taking your chances with India. In my area GoodRx has 30 tabs of...
Thanks. We are in Naples and likely to get hit but not as bad as the folks north of here. Evac orders for people in Ft. Myers Beach and north. Tampa Bay area likely to get really hammered. This is...
Great news, Hal. Congratulations and we'll look forward to the same 20 year report. Jim...
Convertible, that sounds great. Congratulations on hitting the winning numbers. You can relax for awhile. However, given your previous positive biopsy and your current PSA you'll want to remain...
HR, I find that timeline really troubling. You obviously have a lot more patience than I do. Waiting a year for treatment after discovering a recurrence would have my hair on fire. You have to do...
EJC, I'm with your doc. This sure looks stable to me; I suspect the 0.03 is just noise. Look my my post radiation PSA's in my signature. My checks were not ultra sensitive so I never saw those tiny...
Ken, congratulations on achieving those results and your stick-to-it-tive-ness is amazing. Glad it worked out for you. Jim...
Djin, sorry to hear that. But there is certainly no one here better equipped than you are to ask the right questions and make the right decisions. Good luck and please keep us all up to date. Jim...
Hi BT, nice to hear from you. Yeah, both are pretty much as undetectable as we get. Probably just noise in the testing or maybe a new lab. I'm at .06 so 3x higher than you! Neither of us should...
I have my PSA checked along with my annual lab testing. For years it has come back as less than .1. For some reason the testing this year went to a lab that does more sensitive testing and the result...
I asked all of those questions. They don't do virtual consults, no phone calls to the doctor, no emails. The person I talked with yesterday, Clara, is the primary administrative person. My earlier...
Just a thought re the appointment with Dr. Z...you might try the office again to see if another associate has a different (i.e. the original) understanding of the process. If not, after explaining...
Hello Special Lady and welcome back. While the high PSA very well could be due to the BPH if it was me or a loved one I would proceed with a biopsy. Getting another PSA test immediately as Djin...
Compaid, congrats. That the news we like to hear. Jim...
True that. Points made and I’m sure most of us are thankful that the plea agreement was reversed. Now I’ll go ahead and lock this one so we can go back to supporting each other’s PCa issues. Jim...
Hi Lyme and welcome to our forum. With a large prostate and low PSA it is unlikely that your symptoms are prostate cancer related. As others have suggested, you should see a urologist ASAP since your...
CVC, so happy for your good results. Wishing you smooth sailing (literally) on the DRE tomorrow and then you can relax. Jim...
Jack, I'm sure you meant this for Touchdown's thread so I copied and pasted it there. I'll just lock this one. Jim...
JNF accidentally posted this as a new thread but meant it for Touchdown. So here is the post from JNF: Radiation kills the cancer. Once dead, it is “all out”. Radiation covers a much larger area than...
TD, glad you checked back in. With all due respect, your latest post indicates that you are making some of the same rookie mistakes that many of us make early in the process. Namely: 1. Leaning...
Hi Touchdown and welcome. Sorry you have to join our club at such an early age but we will help you get through this. Yeah, it's a body blow at first but our cancer is generally treatable and most of...
[quote= "Should I get a 2nd opinion" .[/quote] Absolutely. Get it from Johns Hopkins. Even though Dr. Epstein is no longer there, they have a staff of highly trained pathologists with experience...
Dear Into, we get your anxiety. We have all been there at one level or another. Hopefully the biopsy will come back negative. That will lead to more watching but it beats the alternative. If it's...
Ken, I'm doubly impressed! One, at the amazing results and two, at your ability to stick with it. Congratulations. Jim Thanks Jim, I have to admit, going into this thing, I really had my doubts that...
Jack, my (perhaps inaccurate) understanding is that the Zostavax option is no longer available in the USA. Ken, I had shingles previously but the recommendation was to get the shingles shot since it...
Terry, your story reminds me of what could have been with mine. I passed out in the bathroom - full of dangerous spots to fall like counters, tile floor, bathtub edge, etc. My head injury was from...
I've gotten all other COVID, flu, RSV, DTAP, whatever shots with no adverse reactions. So the docs are telling me to go ahead with my vax routine; that this was an outlier. Though my PCP when I told...
My wife recently got shingles and we were both ruing the fact that we had not gotten the shingles vaccine. We've always been vaxxers so this was laziness rather than avoidance. Anyway, I decided to...
CVC, we get your angst over this whole thing. None of us can really tell you what to do but can make suggestions. My suggestion is this: 1. Yeah, re-take the PSA test. The PSA levels can fluctuate...