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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / July 2005Curt's lastest psa
this confirms that the chemo was not working for curt. his last psa came back 157. up 12 in one month.and he had had chemo on schedule before that test. it will be interesting to see what it is next month after missing a round of chemo. take care all Lori it will make more than a 12 point jump - unfortunately, but it is not linear in rise time. the chemo was just slowing it down. all the best, ~ 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 Our prayers are with you both. > this confirms that the chemo was not working for curt. his last psa came > back 157. up 12 in one month.and he had had chemo on schedule before that [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > take care all > Lori Lori, I'm very sorry for your trouble. You & Curt are in my prayers. Steve U I guess the next one will tell the tale of the tape. I gotta feeling the next few months are going to be very difficult on you Lori. My prayers are going out for you. Looks like I'm going to have another talk with St. Peregrine.  SignaturePSA 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 > this confirms that the chemo was not working for curt. his last psa came > back 157. up 12 in one month.and he had had chemo on schedule before that [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > take care all > Lori >I guess the next one will tell the tale of the tape. I gotta feeling the > next few months are going to be very difficult on you Lori. My prayers [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> take care all >> Lori thanks. it couldn't be much more so. Curt's pain was so bad this am that he was crying and had to take meds and stay resting until they kicked in. I asked him if he wan't to do chemo to stop the pain and he said no. still not as bad as that for 10 days. last night he lamented how unfair it is that he is sick. and this business could be so successfull. IOW he is starting to mourn the future. probably evidence of another step in the grieving process. I've been there forever. just kind of ranting. Lori > thanks. it couldn't be much more so. Curt's pain was so bad this am that he > was crying and had to take meds and stay resting until they kicked in. I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > just kind of ranting. > Lori Not a rant, Lori. Post your every experience if it helps. Believe it or not, it helps us as well to know what to expect. SignaturePSA 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 >> thanks. it couldn't be much more so. Curt's pain was so bad this am that > he [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Not a rant, Lori. Post your every experience if it helps. Believe it or > not, it helps us as well to know what to expect. thanks Steve, we tried something a little different last night. we put on another fentanyl patch and will remove the first one tonight. and he took a dose of pain meds right before bed and we was pretty good this am. kind of spry and a bit randy. his only pain meds are advil vicodin fentanyl suckers now using patch he jokes that if it was me I'd be hooked up to a pain pump 12 hours per day. and I would have to agree. I don't believe in unnecessary suffering but maybe it's the MAN in him, but he's still Superman. he made it through boot camp, jump school, the paratroopers, Grenada, Honduras, his first marriage <g>. I am still pushing for the pain consult at the cancer clinic. thanks again Lori > thanks Steve, > we tried something a little different last night. we put on another fentanyl > patch and will remove the first one tonight. and he took a dose of pain meds > right before bed and we was pretty good this am. kind of spry and a bit > randy. Oh, how I miss "randy". Lori, How are the kids handling all of this? I know the little one is still probably too young to completely understand but the oldest one has to be feeling the strain of Curt's illness and your anguish. Bev > >I guess the next one will tell the tale of the tape. I gotta feeling the > > next few months are going to be very difficult on you Lori. My prayers [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > just kind of ranting. > Lori > Lori, > How are the kids handling all of this? I know the little one is still > probably too young to completely understand but the oldest one has to be > feeling the strain of Curt's illness and your anguish. > Bev I've been trying to get Sam into a child Psychiatrist. Appt is July 26, I made that over 2 months ago! I busted him with cigarettes and pot less than 1 hr before we were to leave for Basketball camp. I had a hinky feeling about him and asked him to empty his pockets and it took a bit but he threw the stuff down on the grass (more drama for the neighbors) that would have been great for his future to get caught at St John's University with that!! needless to say, he is grounded to the family for the rest of the summer and many more changes in store. including new friends (he had done the classic change of friends thing with the skateboarding over basebalk this year) I took him to his doc and we had an hour of his time!!! he put sam on 20 mg Prozac per day. get that evaluation on the 26th and see him no later than a month from yesterday. Curt is on an upswing again and Sam is working with him every day this week. making good money and not being bored cause he is working too hard. I've brought them lunch 3 times this week. Sam goes to California to stay with his Grandparents (his deceased father's parents) for his usual month in the summer. they know what's going on so they have orders to watch him closer than previous years. he confessed that he drank a wine cooler last summer while in the care of his 19 yr old cousin and her friends. thanks for asking. I'll keep you posted. Lori |
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