Clarence,
Welcome back! You have been through a lot. I hope you feel better soon.
Steve U

Thanks for the SOLE reply Steve U

Obviously my Yank Bashing worked ;p

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Um, I'm unsure whether I could "void" under supervision. Best of luck.

Glad to see that CC got through the HDR procedure more or less intact.
I've read about it and shudder.

The PSA is very good, especially considering the fact that it must have been
tested within a very short time after the HDR.

I presume that the catheter is a member of the Foley family. Mine, after
the botched cryo, was a suprapubic. I hope that, when it's removed, CC will
find himself in the category of horses -- or maybe bulls.

Of course, the T level and PSA artifacts of the ADT. In the new year,
after stopping ADT, I reckon that an increase in PSA (and T) can be
expected. Some is OK, but too much calls for restarting the ADT.

By way of comparison, I can report that my last six PSA's clocked in at
<0.01. I intend to suspend ADT in October and observe the result. I do
expect a rise in PSA, and will resume ADT if it rises to 1.0 ng/mL,
which is my chosen cutpoint. This is much lower than my med onc's idea.
Well, she doesn't have a prostate; I do and it's MY call.

On the whole it appears that CC is progressing. Considering his starting
point, I'm glad to see it.

Regards,

Steve J

"Never -- never -- never give up!  Never go gently.  There will be plenty of
gentle after we die, so until then -- fight -- control the rhythms and tempo
of the dance, even when you have to let the PCa dancing bear lead for awhile
-- even when you have to wear the lead suit as you dance -- never let the
bear set the rhythm and tempo of your dance with life -- when the bear
finally takes control, it will be a very hollow feeling for him, because I
will be gone -- dancing in a better place."
--E. B. (Burns) Mixon, PCa survivor, June 14, 2005 on The Prostate
Problems Mailing List
Thank you, Burns.

I'm glad that the treatment is all over for you and all you've
got to do now is finish off with the Lucrin.

As you may recall, my treatment was very similar to yours - two
HDRB treatments + 25 EBRT + Lupron.  My PSA has bounced around
like crazy since the Lupron wore off, but so far I'm doing okay
and don't have any real evidence of disease progression.

Don't be alarmed if you do get bounces.  My highest post treatment
PSA was 1.8, but it's down to 0.6 at the last reading.  I hope your
urinary symptoms clear up quickly, and here's hoping we both, and
everyone else with this disease, pull through.

    Alan

Thanks also to Steve and Alan

I'm having difficulties "learning" the catheter BAG positions.
The leg bag is only 500ml and soon fills up, causing a downward pull
and paining the end of "john henry" :(
I seemed to solve this by using an old pair of underpants as a support
sling.
Now I have to clip the 2,000ml night bag onto the drain of the leg bag
and then hang the big one on something like a small towel rack on the
side of the bed (theoretically). Something wrong with the fluid
dynamics here??
Problem is I thrash around a lot at night and the large bag can
sometimes slap me in the face! (women used to do that to me lol).
So I'm up re-stringing the whole mess a few times a night.

Hope I can void (RSN) Real Soon Now!!

Soldiering on....

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