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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / March 2005PSA still going down :)
Hi again all Today I had my first fraction of 23 total of 3DCRT (which was unremarkable). However, I've been on ADT since I entered this treatment regime, Nov 1, 2004, and I feel this is somewhat remarkable. PSA so far 21.0 (entry) --- 2.4 (6 wks) - 0.45 (12 wks) - 0.15 (18wks). Testosterone levels are below the measurement standard here in Au. (at castration level). I just hope they don't burn my butt off with that mean EBRT machine. -- Reader to complete... -- Please reply to this ng as my email adress is fake: -- Regards -- CC congrats on the new number clarence and may you keep that number around for a l-l-o-o-o-o-o-n-n-n-n-g-g-ggggg time...... ~ 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." http://community.webtv.net/PALMER_ENT/doc >Hi again all > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >However, I've been on ADT since I entered this treatment regime, Nov >1, 2004, and I feel this is somewhat remarkable. CORRECTION! /begin PSA so far 21.0 (entry) --- 2.4 (6 wks) - 0.45 (12 wks) - 0.13 (18wks). /end >Testosterone levels are below the measurement standard here in Au. (at >castration level). [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >-- CC -- Reader to complete... -- Please reply to this ng as my email adress is fake: -- Regards -- CC Great News......Just don't let them burn your butt off..... Wishing you 0.01 or less or what is acceptable after EBRT John Loomis > Hi again all > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > -- CC Good news on the PSA readings. May they stay low forever. > I just hope they don't burn my butt off with that mean > EBRT machine. How will you know it worked if they don't give you at least a little radiation burn? The surgery guys have the big zipper on the stomach to prove that something actually was done while they were sleeping. But we radiation targets won't know anything happened if we don't see those singed hairs and skin rashes to prove that they didn't just put us on a table and make buzzing noises. :) When I had EBRT they didn't actually burn my butt off, but they did burn off most of the hair and give me some radiation burns on the skin. But it all came back pretty quickly with no obvious long term effects. Alan Alan, If that's the proof, what can those of us who had seeds show, other than that "glow" for a few weeks? ;-) Tom > Good news on the PSA readings. May they stay low forever. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Alan Good point Tom. It would be useful to know whether they actually did anything. Maybe you can sit on an unexposed roll of film and see what develops? Alan > Alan, > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> >> Alan >How will you know it worked if they don't give >you at least a little radiation burn? I have two dosimeters implanted in me (one in the prostrate and another in adjacent tissue) that measure the amount of radiation I get (internally) and transmit the result after each session and compare it to the planned amount I should be receiving! (See: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UFV/is_7_14/ai_69299543 and http://www.siceltech.com/products_sensors.htm for more info.) <snip> >I just hope they don't burn my butt off with that mean EBRT machine. <snip> HeY guys, I was only speaking figuratively. I'm well aware of what SE's to expect after the buzzes. What DOES concern me a little is that I'm already experiencing a slight "Throttling" of the Urine Stream after only 3 Fractions. I've got another Fraction today and then will be off for 4 days for the Easter (au) break. I had a TURP 16 yrs ago, but some say the residual "squared off" scar tissue can cause a partial or total blockage to the Urine Flow as it is not as resilient as a nicely rounded natural one :-( Already cut back on the Tramadol which also contributes to this, but will have to mention the "Flow" TODAY if still problematical. Worst case scenario, portable External Ultrasound to determine the retention and then a CATHETER!! :-(( Anyone else in the group touched on this before? -- Reader to complete... -- Please reply to this ng as my email adress is fake: -- Regards -- CC >I had a TURP 16 yrs ago, but some say the residual "squared off" scar >tissue can cause a partial or total blockage to the Urine Flow as it >is not as resilient as a nicely rounded natural one :-( > >Anyone else in the group touched on this before? I had a TURP a year prior to my RRP, and had salvage EBRT 24 months after that. Never had a urine flow (nor continence) problem after the RRP, nor during/after the EBRT. Good luck with your treatments! Larry >>I had a TURP 16 yrs ago, but some say the residual "squared off" scar >>tissue can cause a partial or total blockage to the Urine Flow as it [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >after that. Never had a urine flow (nor continence) problem after the >RRP, nor during/after the EBRT. <snip> Well there'd be no chance of that after the prostate was removed! I'm on ADT and RT only. My prostate REMAINS! -- Reader to complete... -- Please reply to this ng as my email adress is fake: -- Regards -- CC > <snip> > >I just hope they don't burn my butt off with that mean EBRT machine. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Anyone else in the group touched on this before? I haven't had a TURP, but I did have great difficulty urinating after my radiation treatments. After the last HDR I couldn't urinate at all. The doctors "showed me the implements" (a catheter) and that somehow stimulated me to force some out. I used Flowmax for about 3 months after the end of radiation before everything calmed down and I was back to more or less normal. Alan <snip> >I haven't had a TURP, but I did have great difficulty urinating >after my radiation treatments. After the last HDR I couldn't [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Alan Amazing what FEAR does!! I actually got some Flomax yesterday to bust the dam. Thanks for the reply, and please exclude yourself from my "Yank Bashing" rant further down the list :) -- Reader to complete... -- Please reply to this ng as my email adress is fake: -- Regards -- CC |
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