G'day Gents

I'm not a regular contributor to this news group but I do regularly read the
contents.

Any way I thought I would share this chain of events with you all.

My father died of PC at 76 years old back in 1993.

I had an RP in 1995 aged 43 and now my younger brother aged 51 has been
diagnosed with PC.

I'm not to sure of my Gleason count but my PSA which had been around 4.0 to
4.5 since I first got it checked at aged 38 went to 8.0. The only reason the
doctor got a biopsy done was because of my father and of the increase in
PSA. According to him a PSA of 8.0 was not all that alarming. 4 of the 6
biopsy's were positive and by the time my RP was done the cancer was at the
margins.

My brother has been getting his PSA checked for a few years and it was
normally around 4.0 but went to 4.7 and the doctor ordered a biopsy, 14 of
the 16 were positive. His Gleason is between 3 and 4. He will op for an RP
after the CAT scan.

Needless to say my other three brothers, one older and two younger are
sh.tting bricks! but as I told them the law of averages should see them OK.

To top it off my sister has had a recurrence of breast cancer and under
going chemo.

Anyway works going well, the kids are coming good and I occasionally hit a
decent drive on the golf course.

Good luck to you all.

cheers
Greg Lewis