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Bill Sherrard - 22 Sep 2004 20:58 GMT

The drug Viadur is donating 1 Dollar for every click on thier logo on
the National Prostate Cancer Coalition site. They will donate up to
10k and the logo will be up until the end of the day on Friday Sept
24. Please go by and hit is a few times! Thank you. The link is below.

http://www.4npcc.org/

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Olfart - 22 Sep 2004 23:51 GMT

> The drug Viadur is donating 1 Dollar for every click on thier logo on
> the National Prostate Cancer Coalition site. They will donate up to
> 10k and the logo will be up until the end of the day on Friday Sept
> 24. Please go by and hit is a few times! Thank you. The link is below.
>
> http://www.4npcc.org/

Consider it done. BTW I got my first Viadur implant about 3 weeks ago and so
far it has Lupron shots beat by a mile as far as side effects
George
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 MD
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 - Completed 6/8/04
8/30/04 - 1 yr Viadur Implant instead of 4mo Lupron

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Steve Kramer - 25 Sep 2004 02:19 GMT

So, how's the PSA, George?

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Prostate 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
Lupron (1 mo) 07/21/2003 @ 48
PSA .07 .05 .06
Lupron (3 mo) 8/03, 12/03, 4/04,
non illegitimi carborundum

> > The drug Viadur is donating 1 Dollar for every click on thier logo on
> > the National Prostate Cancer Coalition site. They will donate up to
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> Radiation - IMRT to begin 3/30/04 - 42 treatments - Completed 6/8/04
> 8/30/04 - 1 yr Viadur Implant instead of 4mo Lupron

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Olfart - 25 Sep 2004 14:08 GMT

Doc doesn't check PSA until 3mo after the implant and every 3mo after that.
With the Viadur I don't feel nearly as tired as when I had Lupron and
flashes are only 1 or 2 a day. Hope that continues.

> So, how's the PSA, George?
>
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> > Radiation - IMRT to begin 3/30/04 - 42 treatments - Completed 6/8/04
> > 8/30/04 - 1 yr Viadur Implant instead of 4mo Lupron

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Steve Kramer - 25 Sep 2004 15:07 GMT

I've been on Lupron for 1 year and 2 months. I rarely get hot flashes
anymore and when I do it's no more than as if someone set the thermostat to
75 degrees (F). I guess I'm lucky about side effects. I sleep 8 hours
every night and never get tired without what I would consider the
appropriate amount of work or effort.

I am glad for those who suffer the side effects of Lupron that there is an
alternative.

Of course, I do have to worry about bone mass. I might be susceptable to
that.

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> Doc doesn't check PSA until 3mo after the implant and every 3mo after that.
> With the Viadur I don't feel nearly as tired as when I had Lupron and
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> > > Radiation - IMRT to begin 3/30/04 - 42 treatments - Completed 6/8/04
> > > 8/30/04 - 1 yr Viadur Implant instead of 4mo Lupron

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