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- Melbourne.Victoria.
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Hi William, I am almost 76 , and have been told by the medical group who do my psa that for men over 70 yrs the normal range is 0. to 7.5. so having a psa of 4.75 would appear to be normal. But to be…
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Your probably right, but I wish I had not read that! Maybe I have my head in the sand, or somewhere else!!
Hi Ralph, I was under the impression that each time that one has the hormone implant that it decreases in its ability to be effective, is this so?. I have one month to go on my latest implant of six months duration and my psa has gone down to 1.4 wh…
Hi , great news! If you come East please look me up you are very welcome , call me if and when you do, (03)95797230. 0402190512.Ian is not only an advocate for alternate life style he believes in a whole body approach using every means possible. I r…
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I just google'd Ian Gawler and found the website straight away. Dad and I are in sunny W.A. I doubt my Dad's ready for retreats focused on just getting better - but some of the books on the website look really good. And of course the…
Here in Melbourne there is an organisation named "The Ian Gawler foundation which teaches not only V T but how to live with life threatening illness , diet relaxation etc. Ian Gawler overcame two different cancers after being given up on by medicos,…
Hi William, I am almost 76 , and have been told by the medical group who do my psa that for men over 70 yrs the normal range is 0. to 7.5. so having a psa of 4.75 would appear to be normal. But to be sure and to put worry to bed , then go see an Onc…
Hi Nat, if you go to buddhanet.com you will find any amount, the Tibetan Budhists are very big on visulisation,also your public library is a good source and it is free. If you were here I would be happy to run you through a few techniques that I use…
Hi , I have had great succes with these techniques over the past ten years, though I have got away from letting the prostate cancer be the centre of my focus. I now focus on the whole body - wellness and total relaxation,I feel that if we can obtain…
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- Have you been diagnosed with prostate cancer?
- Yes
- What brings you to the New Prostate Cancer InfoLink social network?
- need t know more
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- Yes
- About Me:
- Diagnosed ten years ago, PSA of 10.3 aggressive form of cancer decide against medical intervention. 5 years ago my BPH caused urine blockage resulting in having a T.U.R.P. I was talked into going into Hormone therapy and was implanted with ZOLODEX, which brought my PSA down from 39 to 1.7 . I have been on the therapy since then 6 months on then six months off. Am now thinking , "how long can I keep this up "??
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- At 9:37pm on November 11, 2009,
E. Michael D. ("Mike") Scott said…
- Hi Ray.
Sorry but I don't try to keep up with the BPH literature as well as the prostate cancer literature. It would start to interrfere with my "day job."
- At 10:48pm on September 17, 2009,
E. Michael D. ("Mike") Scott said…
- Oh ... and I forgot to mention ... the side effercts of hormone therapy tend to increase over time and be very variable from man to man. So, you seem to be currently experiencing a low level of typical early side effects (hot flashes and risk for weight gain). You are doing the right things by exercising hard to deal with the latter.
The real problems tend to come later, after people have been on hormone therapy for years, BUT, last weekend I saw my friend Ralph Valle in Los Angeles. Ralph has now been on hormone ablation for so long I have forgotten (certainly over 12 years), and he is still grinning for ear to ear -- even if he would prefer to never have heard of prostate cancer. Not everyone gets terrible side effects. It's the men who do who tend to need help on sites like this. Other guys just do "the guy thing" and live with it.
- At 10:41pm on September 17, 2009,
E. Michael D. ("Mike") Scott said…
- Ray:
If your PSA is doubling really fast each time you stop the Zoladex, this is something you need to really discuss with your doctor because it MAY be a concern.
I know that you are upset by the effects of the Zoladex, but those effects are going to be a lot more manageable than not being alive to experience the effects at all (I think)!
- At 8:10am on September 17, 2009,
E. Michael D. ("Mike") Scott said…
- Widespread prostate cancer testing has been the norm in the USA since about 1992. It is still not the "norm" in most of Europe or other nations. Furthermore, there are VERY real questions about whether most of the men who get diagnosed with very early stage prostate cancer will ever benefit from treatment.
As we age, most men will get a small amount of prostate cancer and most women will get a small amount of breast cancer. However, the value of aggressive treatment of very early stage disease is VERY dubious in most men over 65 who are diagnosed with prostate cancer and most women over 65 who are diagnosed with breast cancer, because it becomes highly probable that they will "outlive" any significant clinical effects of their condition. In other words, they are going to die of something else long before these very early stage cancers become clinically significant.
Another way to look at this is that we have become extremely good at identifying and detecting risk for histologically evident breast and prostate cancer. Now we need to become extremely good at helping people to decide whether they really need treatment at all, and what the best treatment is for each individual.
- At 11:03pm on September 7, 2009,
George A. Brown said… - Hi Ray,
Welcome aboard. Lots of info, support and friends here.Glad you found a group to join. I also have been on hormone therapy. Hang in there and wish you the best.
George
- At 7:27am on September 7, 2009,
E. Michael D. ("Mike") Scott said…
- Welcome Ray ... I have some questions, if you don't mind ...
-- How old are you, and how is the rest of your health?
-- What does your PSA rise to when you come off the hormones and before you go back on?
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