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Janell Taig - 19 Apr 2005 05:19 GMT

My father was diagnosed 5 years ago with a PSA reading of 7 at the time.
He has had radiation, hormone therapy, and now chemotherapy. His reading
went up to over 900PSA ( has anyone heard of a reading so high?) and now
the cancer has spread to his bones all over his body. He is now going to
have radiation to the bones on the worst spots to manage hopefully 80% of
the pain so he can stop taking morphine and other pain killers.
His one wish is to be at my daughters wedding in September.
Has anyone else had experience with this stage of the disease to let us
know what to expect.

Jan

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J - 19 Apr 2005 07:57 GMT

> My father was diagnosed 5 years ago with a PSA reading of 7 at the time.
> He has had radiation, hormone therapy, and now chemotherapy. His reading
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> Jan

Hi Jan,
I'm sorry to hear about your father.
Martin (Howard's) was 934 in Oct/03
He had left leg swelling and genital swelling. And bone pain. He was offered
radiation therapy. I don't know if he had any or not.
He passed away Dec 21/03
Can they move up their wedding date? or have a civil/family ceremony (maybe
at home) earlier - bride and groom in full garb?
Then the official wedding later?
J

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Steve Kramer - 19 Apr 2005 11:50 GMT

Janell,

At some point, you father was probably on hormone therapy and then,
suddenly, it stopped working. Do you know when that was?

900 is high, especially after treatment, but we have had several in the
thousands, one was 4900!, pass through here. All but two are still alive to
my knowledge.

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PSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46
Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c
RRP 12/15/2000 G7 (3+4), T3cN0M0 Neg margins
PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75
EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47
PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32
Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 (4 mo), 12/03, 4/04, 09/04, 01/05
PSA .07 .05 .06 .05
non Illegitimi carborundum

> My father was diagnosed 5 years ago with a PSA reading of 7 at the time.
> He has had radiation, hormone therapy, and now chemotherapy. His reading
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> Jan

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Alan Meyer - 20 Apr 2005 04:42 GMT

> My father was diagnosed 5 years ago with a PSA reading of 7
> at the time. He has had radiation, hormone therapy, and now
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>
> Jan

Jan,

I'm sorry to hear about your father's condition. I don't think
there's any way to know whether he'll make it to the wedding or
not. His condition is very serious.

I'd like to make some suggestions however that may or may not
be of interest - depending upon how your father and the family
feel about them.

You and/or another family member might sit down with him with a
tape recorder, or perhaps a video camera, and ask him questions
about his life, his youth, his parents, other members of the
family that he knew that are long gone, and so on. He may have
a lot of family and personal knowledge that would make him feel
better to know is not lost, and be of interest to the rest of
the family too. Also, ask him about any diaries or photos he
has that are of special significance to him that he would like
to have distributed to the family.

Perhaps your Dad will have a special message for his
granddaughter and her fiance, or for his future
great-grandchildren, so that if he's not here to see them in
person he can still be with them in spirit. It might be a
comfort to him to be able to record a message like that, and a
treasured keepsake for your daughter and her family.

If you and your Dad want to do this, talk to someone
knowledgeable about the right methods to use for this. You
might want to be able to put the results on CDs or DVDs and
give copies to all the family members.

My best wishes to you, your father, and the rest of your
family.

Alan

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