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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / October 2007PSA update - Steve Kramer
Good morning, Steve. I've been off Casodex for about 2 months. Yesterday my PSA measured 0.13 - virtually unchanged from 0.14 six weeks ago. I think the side effects of the Casodex are almost all gone. I'm feeling great with good energy level and the muscle soreness is almost gone. Even the fuzzy mind is about back to it's pre-Casodex level of age-induced fog. Take care. My best to all. Burney RP in 1995 RT in 2000 ADT (Casodex) 10/06 - 8/07 burney dot huff at mindspring dot com >Good morning, Steve. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >burney dot huff at mindspring dot com Hi Steve, And here is my update (last monday): <0.02 So far so good. Salvage RT seems to be working... Best wishes. Just RP: March 1999 (PSA 18.5) Salvage RT: March - May 2005 (PSA 0.21) > And here is my update (last monday): <0.02 > > So far so good. Salvage RT seems to be working... That's great! 2½ years of straight-line nadir! SRK Steve, I guess while we're updating your records -- 10/15/07 PSA <.01. Going on 3 1/2 years post-op.  SignatureJerryW Please respond to group; email address is not valid 2/11/04 PSA 2.6, Suspicious DRE (age 62) 2/23/04 Biopsy: Gleason 3+4=7, T2a, left lobe 5/18/04 RRP, Path: Gleason 4+3=7, T2c, both lobes Fully continent by 9/04 PSA through 10/15/07: <0.1 Correction: PSA <0.1 (got that decimal in the wrong place...no ultra-sensitive test) > Steve, > > I guess while we're updating your records -- 10/15/07 PSA <.01. Going on 3 > 1/2 years post-op. More great news!!! > Steve, > > I guess while we're updating your records -- 10/15/07 PSA <.01. Going on 3 > 1/2 years post-op. > Good morning, Steve. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > gone. Even the fuzzy mind is about back to it's pre-Casodex level of > age-induced fog. I wish I had your courage, Burney. Sounds like heaven. Hi, Steve. Courage? I thank you for the compliment, but I'm not sure if it's courage or something else. For me, the decision to stop taking Casodex was not too different from all the other decisions I've made getting this far. It just seemed to be the thing to do. I don't know if I had more symptoms than others, such as yourself, or if my symptoms were more severe, or if I simply have a lower tolerance level - or a combination. Anyway, being off is just about like heaven! Life really is good again, except for the ticking time bomb that's riding around inside me. I suppose I'll have to do something else about it sooner or later, but for the time being I'll settle for later. Thanks for your good wishes. All my best to you, too! Burney PS - I'm slow responding because my wife and I have been away for a few days. We had a great trip down to the Bend, OR, area, with a day trip to Crater Lake and other good things in the area. It was a great time! One day we walked just over 4 miles and mountain-biked another 4.5. Except for the effects of high elevation, I did just great! I couldn't have managed at all when I was on Casodex. BH >> Good morning, Steve. >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >I wish I had your courage, Burney. Sounds like heaven. RP in 1995 (age 52) RT in 2000 ADT (Casodex) 10/06 - 8/07 burney dot huff at mindspring dot com Great reports, guys. GD > Good morning, Steve. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > burney dot huff at mindspring dot com Thanks, Gourd Dancer! Just fyi, I worked for six different tribes, in WA, CA, and ID, during my career, starting as a financial manager and ending as a general manager. I've spend a bit of time in Indian Country and been to my share of pow-wows. It was all good. Keep dancin'! I didn't get your tribal affiliation, if you ever gave it. Burney >Great reports, guys. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> >> burney dot huff at mindspring dot com RP in 1995 (age 52) RT in 2000 ADT (Casodex) 10/06 - 8/07 burney dot huff at mindspring dot com
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