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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / May 2004Brachy for Ron
Well, according to my calculations I do believe Ron is probably receiving his brachytherapy while I type this. (Ron's using the same radiation oncologist as my husband.) Just sending him lots of good wishes for good seeding and a speedy recovery. Bev Thanks, Bev. And to EVERYONE in this NG, even those who think brachy is a bad decision. You, too, have helped me clarify my thinking about all this. I've been home for about an hour now with a rice-filled sock pressed to my perineum (ask Bev about that). So far, so good. But as we all know, the side effects from brachy don't develop immediately. I'll keep you all posted. > Well, according to my calculations I do believe Ron is probably receiving > his brachytherapy while I type this. (Ron's using the same radiation > oncologist as my husband.) > > Just sending him lots of good wishes for good seeding and a speedy recovery. > Bev > Thanks, Bev. And to EVERYONE in this NG, even those who think brachy > is a bad decision. You, too, have helped me clarify my thinking about > all this. I've been home for about an hour now with a rice-filled > sock pressed to my perineum (ask Bev about that). So far, so good. > But as we all know, the side effects from brachy don't develop > immediately. I'll keep you all posted. Glad you got through the Brachy OK. May your future be filled with <.01's. Now what about the Rice? Raw, cooked, whole grain, with or without the sub gum chicken and egg roll ??? Age - 69 8/12/02 - PSA 3.7 10/13/03 - PSA 4.69 11/11/03 - PSA 4.8 11/18/03 - Biopsy - 10 cores one core-25% of core-Gleason 4+4=8 all other cores benign tissue 12/10/03 - Consult - Oncologist 12/16/03 - Consult - Radiation Oncologist Treatment Plan - Northeast Ga Cancer Center HT - started 12/17/03 - Eulixen & Lupron (2nd 4 mo Lupron-4/26) 2/10/04 - Started - Flowmax and Megastrol Radiation - IMRT to begin 3/30/04 - 42 treatments Ron, FWIW, on Wednesday I had a consultation with the radiation oncologist who is going to perform my brachy, he told me of a local urologist (unnamed of course) who stated that if he had to face the decision of treatment options, he would have a tough time making a decision between RRP and Brachytherapy considering the current data. Tom > Thanks, Bev. And to EVERYONE in this NG, even those who think brachy > is a bad decision. You, too, have helped me clarify my thinking about [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Just sending him lots of good wishes for good seeding and a speedy recovery. > > Bev At 61, I tend to agree. It is a hard decision. It just might be even money as far as cancer is concerned.  SignatureProstate Cancer Survivor (so far), not a doctor PSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 Erection 05/12/2003 @ 48 HTbegins 07/21/2003 @ 48 PSA .07 .05 Lupron 7/03, 8/03, 12/03, 4/04 > Ron, > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > recovery. > > > Bev Just FYI, I had my seeds implanted in October, 1999, and all is still well......best wishes to you Ron, and everyone else for that matter. John Hanley Brachytherapy: October, 1999 98 I-125 Seeds Age at treatment: 62 Pretreatment PSA: 7.5 Gleason: 3+3 = 6 Most recent PSA: 0.3 ---------------------------------- > Thanks, Bev. And to EVERYONE in this NG, even those who think brachy > is a bad decision. You, too, have helped me clarify my thinking about > all this. I've been home for about an hour now with a rice-filled > sock pressed to my perineum (ask Bev about that). So far, so good. > But as we all know, the side effects from brachy don't develop > immediately. I'll keep you all posted. John, Just how low has your PSA dropped and has it wiggled around at all or has it stayed very consistent? Also where did you have your brachy (med center or local hospital/doctor)? Sorry, but I just can't remember. Bev > Just FYI, I had my seeds implanted in October, 1999, and all is still > well......best wishes to you Ron, and everyone else for that matter. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > But as we all know, the side effects from brachy don't develop > > immediately. I'll keep you all posted. |
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