Sorry for the confusion, the stats you are reading in my sig is
unfortunately (or should I say fortunately at this point)  *my* tale
of the tape.

My Dad was diagnosed with PCa 12 years ago at age 61 with a Gleason
Score of 8. He was a man who had never taken care of himself
healthwise and had to get a double bypass, just to be able to get the
seeds that were pretty much his only option at that time.

The brachytherapy bought him another eleven years after which it had
gotten into his bones. He has been receiving Taxotare every three
weeks for a little over a year. His Dr. is now suggesting this because
his response to the Taxotare is not what it was and there's a spot on
his liver now as well....

Alan,

I'll cut and paste my response to UC below. Unfortunately my Dad's
about as advanced as one can be in this battle :(  He takes great
solace in the fact that his misfortune had me screening at 40 and
hopefully I caught mine early enough at 45.

"Sorry for the confusion, the stats you are reading in my sig is
unfortunately (or should I say fortunately at this point)  *my* tale
of the tape.

My Dad was diagnosed with PCa 12 years ago at age 61 with a Gleason
Score of 8. He was a man who had never taken care of himself
healthwise and had to get a double bypass, just to be able to get the
seeds that were pretty much his only option at that time.

The brachytherapy bought him another eleven years after which it had
gotten into his bones. He has been receiving Taxotare every three
weeks for a little over a year. His Dr. is now suggesting this because
his response to the Taxotare is not what it was and there's a spot on
his liver now as well...."