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David Emerson
  • 46, Male
  • Overland Park, KS
  • United States
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Prostate Cancer Awareness month is over ~ but is it?

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I forgot to come here, not sure why? WIth a blog, a website, Facebook, and the emails from various message boards I can;t find the time.
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FLHW 2nd Annual Disc Golf Tournament
These are pictures and music from our recent fundraiser
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Have you been diagnosed with prostate cancer?
yes
What brings you to the New Prostate Cancer InfoLink social network?
General information exchange
Would you help us grow the network? Would you tell others about it?
A young man's point of view. I was 42 when I was initially diagnoed in 2005
About Me:
44, stage 4, living, dealing with it, raising money and awareness for the cause!

Historic Data:
2-16-09 PSA 38.16 (Three weeks after last chemo)
1-26-09 PSA
1-5-09 PSA 38.99
(will fill in the blanks later)
8-11 PSA 39.98
6-9-08 PSA 52.02 Started Taxotere and Predisone
3/24/08 34.7
2/25/08 29.4 (Started taking Nilandron on 2/4/08; Started Selenium 200 mcg on 2/26/08)
1/28/08 36.2 (Stopped taking Ketoconazole and Hydrocortisone in anticipation of next treatment)
12/31/07 30.9
12/3/07 21.9
11/5/07 23.3
10/8/07 19.30
>10/8/07 Changed Lupron from 120 day dose to monthly dose> 9-12-07 Began taking .5mg of Avodart per day. Changed Ketoconazole from 600mg twice per day to 400mg three times per day)
9/4/07 21.80
8/6/07 19.25
8/2/07 16.96
7/02/07 20.30
6/04/07 17.80
4/30/07 16.25
4/2/07 17.68
3/5/07 21.87
2/5/07 20.90
1/8/07 18.90
12/11/06 24.86
11/13/06 43.61
10/16/06 51.48 (Started "High Dose" Ketoconazole and Hydrocortisone, 10/01)[at this point and for a second time we prepared for Taxotere. First my Oncologist wanted to try High Dose Ketoconazole and Hydrocortisone.]
9/11/06 83.97 (started Zometa)
8/23/06 41.77
8/18/06 54.66(no tests in June or July)
5/19/06 11.37 (stopped Casodex)
4/3/06 4.25
3/5/06 1.45 (started Casodex again)
1/27/06 0.46
12/28/05 1.85[at this point we prepared for Taxotere, chemotherapy treatments. First I had a new PSA test and new bone and CT scans, lymph nodes clear, spine clear, ribs, femur and hips stable. The PSA dropped to 1.85 and the scans revealed marked improvement. Chemo was cancelled 72 hours before it was scheduled to begin]
12/15/05 7.18
11/03/05 4.64 (Stopped taking Casodex)
9/22/05 0.8
08/11/05 0.35 [nadir]
6/24/05 0.55
4/17/05 2.51 (taken at MD Anderson, Gleason lowered to 7/7)
4/06/05 3.51 (Six weeks after starting Lupron and Casodex)Original Gleason scores (7/8)
Pre-treatment tests:
2/18/05 Started Lupron
2/11/05 Started Casodex
2/?/05 219
12/?/04 189 (Original test)
Website:
http://prostatecancerat42.blogspot.com

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For the last three years I have kept a blog at:
http://prostatecancerat42.blogspot.com

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At 12:04pm on November 23, 2009, David Emerson said…
Mike - thanks for asking!
I'm doing great, even witha PSA in the 90's!
No pain, still working full time and yes our next event is a Poker Tournament on
12-07-09
At 6:52am on November 19, 2009, E. Michael D. ("Mike") Scott said…
Hope you are doing OK and still fundraising like a machine on high octane.
At 9:55pm on November 18, 2009, David Emerson said…
I meant to say I 'forget' to come here very often.....thanks for the jab Mike! ;-)
At 5:04pm on November 18, 2009, E. Michael D. ("Mike") Scott said…
Gee David ... You "forgot" to come here!? I mean there are AT LEAST 24 hours in the day! What IS your problem?

:O)

Mike
At 10:28pm on June 4, 2009, David Emerson said…
Just added a link to a new video
At 9:45pm on May 17, 2009, David Emerson said…
Dana, looks fine
At 5:59pm on May 15, 2009, Dana said…
P.S. Don't know why, but links don't show up on your page. Tried to put it in so you could click on it, but it won't show up.
At 5:58pm on May 15, 2009, Dana said…
Check out this link:
http://www.hisprostatecancer.com/events.html
Hope you don't mind that I used your organization logo. If you want me to take if off, just let me know and I'll remove it later tonight. Hope the event is a smashing success!!
At 9:53pm on May 14, 2009, Dana said…
Great flyer! Did you do the graphics yourself?
I'll put up a post and link to it over the weekend. :)
At 5:58pm on May 14, 2009, Dana said…
Hey Dave,
Just stumbled onto your page and great blog. Let me know when your next fund raising event is and I'll be happy to post it on hisprostatecancer.

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