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Have you been diagnosed with prostate cancer?
yes
What brings you to the New Prostate Cancer InfoLink social network?
For mutual interchange of PCa support and to keep in touch with, what have now become my friends.
Would you help us grow the network? Would you tell others about it?
Yes
About Me:
I am 58yrs, married with 3 children. Diagnosed 2002 (Gleason 5. T1C, BPsa 6.7) Have been on AS since. Following major motorcycle accident trauma in 2007 Psa's now staying over 10 and rising (August, 13.4) Started Finasterde and undergoing further investigations soon.

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At 9:44am on August 11, 2009, peter augustinus said…
Hi Shawn, How are you doing ?? My PSA is playing "ping pong " with me last 6 months, I think I must check on this drug you mentioned "Abiraterone" in one of your prevoius emails. I have also dropped a email to Mike Scott, Eurologist in my side of the woods are difficult just to pick up phone and "question " them on this disease, great to have this social link to "keep in touch" with the people in the know "
At 4:14am on May 27, 2009, Guy75 said…
2&1/2 months in (66 seeds) so perhaps early days yet. Off to see doc this pm to see about alternate meds as it would be good to get back to work and still be able to pee at the same time. Know what you mean about the orgasm thing -v.wierd!
At 4:44am on May 25, 2009, Guy75 said…
Thanks for getting back. Interesting to hear how things going for you. Sounds like pspitive improvements all round. I heard similar reports to you about Viagra and regular exercise in the ere toon department. Things in this area seem fine at present for me. The bigger problem at the ment is flow. This was fine when taking alpha blockers but these seemed to be making me overly tired. Replacing them with saw palmetto helped the tiredness but I felt in real danger of locking up altogether as the flow got less and less so have gone back on the tamsulosin until I can get the doc to recommend a better alternative.

Keep well.
At 5:03am on January 14, 2009, Guy75 said…
Hi Shawn

interesting to see you have been on AS for 6 years. I was thinking about pursuing this as an option and wish I had seen your story sooner. But given I would have to do AS for 22 years just to get 65 (which is at the low end of average patient ages I have seen quoted) I have decided to go for brachytherapy as the least worst choice.

Anyway, good luck with the investigations.
At 10:24pm on November 10, 2008, Angela Jenkins said…
Good to hear from you. All is well here. Jimmy just passed his one year mark. PSA still undetectable. Continence was nearly 100% six weeks after surgery. ED getting better every day. Life is great!! Are you still riding since your accident? Sounds like you've had quite a time. When's your next PSA? How often will you be testing from here out? Take care.
At 10:28pm on November 9, 2008, Angela Jenkins said…
Shawn - how are you doing with your treatment? How are you feeling? Just checking in on you.
At 3:48am on October 29, 2008, peter augustinus said…
Shawn, how are you going, been a while since we spoke ?? If ever in East London please look me up, be great to chat. Stay in the loop !!
Peter Augustinus
At 12:43am on September 21, 2008, Angela Jenkins said…
Shawn - I see you were scheduled to start radiation yesterday. How are you feeling?
At 4:43am on August 19, 2008, peter augustinus said…
Shawn, thanks for email, great, not that far from me ! Will contact you later, am on my way to Port Elizabeth in a hurry, my mom unfortunately passed away yesterday, my brother is waiting in PE he flew out from Paris where he lives. Will email you again for a "chat" Take care,
Peter East London South Africa
At 1:20pm on August 18, 2008, E. Michael D. ("Mike") Scott said…
Shawn: If you don't hear from Peter for a few days, it may just mean he's off in the veld somewhere with a bunch of tourists looking for lions and feeding the tourists warthog meatballs or something!

I have had a few communications with Dr. Coetzee at the Foundation. He's based in Pretoria. Tt looks like he and his colleagues have the right idea! Keep well. We'll have to find you a few more South Africans who are a little closer to home. I can't believe there aren't any!

Mike

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