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you made the right choice...radiation is not in my future.You know how I feel about radiation,if it comes to radiation I'll do nothing instead,Unless it improves a great deal.I was lucky I had no bowel problems whatsoever.Keep up your spirits .
Thanks for your comment.
My 6-week PSA reading following RRP was
Your doctor wants to feel inside...what a dumb excuse to steer you away from robotic surgery which is the only sane way to go.It's like saying lets go back to using the bow and arrow because you can see the arrow in flight but you can't see the bull…
I did anesthesia for 40+yrs and I was never impressed with radiation.My thoughts on the subject are,if the prostate has cancer I want it out.I had an lrp in may of 07 and am doing fine.Your choice of surgery is a wise choice.Let me say here that bef…
Don:
My name is Will Wynne, you can look up my profile, I think, and you might find my tech facts are very similar to yours. I did not want surgery and my Urologist (well respected local SURGEON) recommended the IMRT/Lupron therapy - I just read you…
HI Rick;
My case is very similar to yours. I did have surgery in Feb 08. 8 months later, the cancer was back. So, looking back, I'm not so sure the surgery alone was the best initial approach. Yes it did remove the main source of the cancer, but wa…
Hey Rick:
Sounds like you made the right choice. When you get a chance provide us an update.
Sincerely Don O.
Optimizing functional recovery and what to do if there are problems
Made it back from surgery and am recovering...
Pathology was good, with negative margins and no detectible spread outside the capsule, but *very close* to penetrating.
I'm hoping I caught this just in time, and I'm glad I chose surgery just for thi…
Aloha Rick,
If I may suggest, please discuss with your surgen possible unexpected outcomes. One of which is what will he/she do if it is found that the tumor has spread upward into the bladder. Using the yananow.com site you can develope a list of s…
Hi Joe
I read your journal and saw how much you've gone through in the past couple years.
I'm glad you're finally coming out of the main ordeal, and with a low PSA.
I have to say that it re-affirmed my decision to postpone ADT+radiation as long as…
Aloha Rick,
Two years ago, I only knew that I was in trouble and the decision for treatment was suggested to me by a urologist who's husband was a radiation oncologist. You are right about three different treatment side effects vs two treatment side…
Rick I wish you nothing but the best.Having confidence in your choice and your doctor are extremely important. Believe it or not I feel relieved myself that your decision is made.I will look for an update in a couple of weeks.Regards.Don O.
Well, after weighing all the data, and factoring in my personality, I think I've decided...
I'm going for the big challenge - Da Vinci surgery in two weeks.
I think it has the best chance of a long term cure, which I've realized has become my main…
I fully understand the urgency you feel for the reasons as stated in my journal. Incidently thank you for the kind words.
Dr. Trucair'sformaltitle is "Medical OncologistHematology Iattendedoneof his seminars shortly after I discovered I had a rapid…
I wish I knew how to locate a "Dr. Trucair"... What is his technical "title", e.g. just "oncologist"? "Prostate oncologist"?
At this point I've researched so much, and each consult takes at least another two weeks at least... and delays scheduling…
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- Have you been diagnosed with prostate cancer?
- Yes
- What brings you to the New Prostate Cancer InfoLink social network?
- Trying to choose my treatment
- Would you help us grow the network? Would you tell others about it?
- yes
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- At 7:53pm on May 15, 2009,
George A. Brown said… - Hi New Friend Rick,
Do you ever get to the Denver area. We could have lunch and have you meet up with a bunch of the guys who have PCa out here. Let me know. GBrownCapt@aol.com
- At 12:46am on May 15, 2009,
George A. Brown said…
- Hi Rick,
This is George from Centennial , CO. Welcome to the web site. I have been here for several months and it has been a terrific experience. Keep working on what seems best for you and if you need advise from some body who went IMDT Radiation and Hormone Therapy be glad to advise you. Happy you are one of us. Will get back to you. George
- At 12:24am on May 15, 2009,
Angela Jenkins said… - Rick - welcome to the network. This period of time between diagnosis and treatment is the hardest. Once you make your decision and you're settled, you'll be fine (or as fine as you can be). We found that once we made the decision for treatment, then we could stop gathering more and more info, which was just making the process even harder. I see you've gotten really good input from other members. If you have any questions, let us know and we'll be glad to help. Let us know what you decide to do. We're here to support you through this journey.
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