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At 7:01pm on September 12th, 2008, Itzy Be'er said…: Hi Phil,
I was diagnosed on Oct 2001, Gleason 8 (4+4), bPSA was 560, lot of bones metastasis and 2 lung nodules. Physical statues were pretty bad.
6 months of Hormonal treatment, Czodes 50 mg daily + Zoladex injections drove my PSA down to nadir of 0.4.
Right after that PSA started climb up. Within 4 weeks it rises up to 2. Urgent action was needed and I pushed to chemotherapy. The protocol is weekly low dose chemotherapy, contain 3 components: Taxotere, carboplatine and estracyt. It drove my PSA down to UD (less than 0.05).
If you want I can send you the protocol (my email address is Beer1@012.net.il).
Present PSA UD. Very good QOL.

It is my belief that some principals are essential to my struggle:
Always know what your medical statue is. Blood test helps with that. I use to have blood works every four weeks. It let me response very quickly to a change in my PSA.
Don't let the PSA to go up. It is always easier to control it when it low.
Try to be always ahead to your cancer. Be ready with the next treatment in the barrel.
When you notice that your PSA increase, (which means that your present treatment fails) don't wait, no miracle will happened, just switch to the next treatment. Delete Comment

At 5:20pm on September 12th, 2008, Itzy Be'er said…: Hi Phil,
I was diagnosed on Oct 2001, Gleason 8 (4+4), bPSA was 560, lot of bones metastasis and 2 lung nodules. Physical statues were pretty bad.
6 months of Hormonal treatment, Czodes 50 mg daily + Zoladex injections drove my PSA down to nadir of 0.4.
Right after that PSA started climb up. Within 4 weeks it rises up to 2. Urgent action was needed and I pushed to chemotherapy. The protocol is weekly low dose chemotherapy, contain 3 components: Taxotere, carboplatine and estracyt. It drove my PSA down to UD (less than 0.05).
If you want I can send you the protocol (my email address is Beer1@012.net.il).
Present PSA UD. Very good QOL.

It is my belief that some principals are essential to my struggle:
Always know what your medical statue is. Blood test helps with that. I use to have blood works every four weeks. It let me response very quickly to a change in my PSA.
Don't let the PSA to go up. It is always easier to control it when it low.
Try to be always ahead to your cancer. Be ready with the next treatment in the barrel.
When you notice that your PSA increase, (which means that your present treatment fails) don't wait, no miracle will happened, just switch to the next treatment.

At 3:53pm on September 10th, 2008, Phil Olsen said…: Itzy,

I would like to know more about your prior condition, treatment(s), and recovery.

Phil

At 12:33pm on June 26th, 2008, Itzy Be'er said…: I don't think I know more than any of the skilled doc. I am just advance PCa patiant. But the fact is that in my case, the treatment I got works very well and I will be happy to share my expirience and knowlege I got.
Itzy

At 11:26am on June 26th, 2008, Bill Manning said…: Itzy

Thanks for your comment. Just one question where and when did you get your medical degree? I am just wondering why you think you know more or are better informed than the highly skilled doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in NYC and confirmed by the doctors at Dana Farber, who have advised me in my case.

I am really glad things worked out for you.

Bill Manning

At 5:10pm on June 24th, 2008, Arnon Krongrad, MD said…: Thank you Itzy. That Tech Manual was indeed a LOT of work.

Yes, I was born in Beilinson Hospital. My parents were members of Misgav Am in the 1950s and I have been there a few times, but I don't know the Nahariya area. I have family in Haifa and friends in Timrat. Maybe next time in Hilla.

At 12:11am on June 24th, 2008, Lenny Hirsch said…: Boker Tov. You have not posted your amazing recovering story. Your recovery from the death bed can give many men hope. Good to have you here

At 5:18pm on June 23rd, 2008, Arnon Krongrad, MD said…: Hi Itzy. It's good to see you here. Please look around and join any group that seems interesting to you: Surgery, Primary Issues, Israel. Please let me know if you have any questions. Arnon PS: Where is Hilla?

At 4:37pm on June 23rd, 2008, Angela Jenkins said…: Itzy - welcome to the network! You'll find resourceful dialogue with other PC survivors here on the social network and current information regarding PC updated daily on the sister site (prostatecancerinfolink.net). Take a look around at the groups and discussions. I'm sure you'll want to join the Israel group with Lenny and others. If you have any questions or comments about this site, please let us know.