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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / June 20045 Year aniverasy RRP result.....
Hello to all..... Having been around this group of "selected people" for 5 years now, I feel that I owe it to all to keep you updated on the latest results of PSA test.... For those of you that do not know, I had RRP on 4/99..Dx was PSA of 5.2, age 49, initial Gleason of 8 but downgraded to 6 after RRP analysis, fully continent 1 month after surgery and normal erections after 1.5 year of RRP !!.. ( don't loose faith) Last Friday I received the latest results of the 5 year mark..it was < .13 This has been the same number for the last 3 years....a talk with the technician at the hospital indicated that they can't read any lower....although 3.5 years ago I received a result of < .1 I am still the main volunteer for my Doctor on chatting with new PCa patients and the "poster boy" for the local hospitals cancer center in the area of PCa.... I hope to continue in this capacity for many more years to come !! Your brother in arms, Fernando Corona, California Congratulations on your continuing good reports, Fernando. That's a great volunteer project you do, talking to new patients. jimhoney Congrats on the low PSA, Fernando! I wish you many more! It's good to read of men who have reached that 5-year mark and beyond! I've got a PSA check coming up soon... and it always makes me anxious... Any help with the erections? How did you do it? MikeH > Hello to all..... > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > technician at the hospital indicated that they can't read any > lower....although 3.5 years ago I received a result of < .1 Thanks for the congrats.... I neglected to say that the doc indicated that he "attempted" to save one of the nerve bundles and was clear that only time would prove......the Doc did not want ANY type of ED treatment until I reached the 3 month mark...he indicated that he wanted to make sure that the area healed well.....at first, I tried Viagra 100mg....got a wonderful headache and slight results.....then I tried again another day without eating anything for 8 hours before taking it !!..That was it....it worked...not only did it work, but by not eating anything (specially greasy stuff or any alcohol) for 4 hours prior to taking Viagra, I was able to cut every 100mg pill into about 5 to 6 pieces and get very good results....this happened during the first 8 months or so....after this, no Viagra was needed and back to what I would consider normal complete erections 1.5 years after RRP... Fernando > Congrats on the low PSA, Fernando! > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > technician at the hospital indicated that they can't read any > > lower....although 3.5 years ago I received a result of < .1 hi fernando - you are the first one i've heard of being the spoke person to others who the doctor recommends to talk to. i got a call last december from a person who my surgeon recommended that he call me and it definitely does reassure them that they have made the right decision and they have more confidence in the surgeon too. that is something that i would say is not being done and would be a great asset. whether it is radiation and surgery, if the former patients could volunteer to be in a pool, so to speak and then the new patient could contact anyone in the pool that has had that particular treatment. maybe that is something that needs to be explored more. from your positive comments, i would definitely say that is the direction the treatment centers need to go. congrats on the great results. ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional "Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so." *Hello to all..... Hello and thanks for your post! Gives me great encouragement that i'll be around for that long, at least, hopefully even longer. Al Please be quiet if replying via email, flames will be deleted promptly. I won't even read the whole message... Glad to hear you've had another good PSA test! The big 5 year mark! That means you can donate blood again, etc. And you'll start to hear things like "cured". I know that must be a great feeling. It's also nice to hear that you are talking to other patients. I think the fear factor is so high when someone is Dx'ed with PC that it helps to have someone there who can say I've been there and went through this and I'm okay. Besides I know you probably do a wonderful job of talking to these folks as you have always been an excellent contributor out here. Thanks for being there at your local cancer center and thanks for being out here. To Life!! Bev > Hello to all..... > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Corona, California Congratulations to my friend Fernando. I have been with you along your path and as you well know, and I had RP 10/99. My son's were entering High School and College. Funny, now they are both graduating. I am very happy for you, and so far my PSA's have been negligible Erectile function took 2 years +. John Loomis > Hello to all..... > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Corona, California Congratulations, Fernando. An excellent example, I think, more that you can have a > 0.1 and still be safe. I hope to be congratulating you on your 10-year anniversary duirng 2009.  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 > Hello to all..... > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Corona, California Congratulations Fernando. Gives the rest of us something to look forward to. Chuck H. |
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