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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / July 2009Funny (if you like dark humor) story
I have been on ADT (zoladex) for the past two years in conjunction with brachy and beam radiation. My ADT was stopped six months ago so today I went to my URO for a psa and check up. As far as I am concerned todays' psa is the real deal because it takes (I'm told) six months for the zoladex to get out of your system. I'm sitting in the adjacent office and my URO walks in and says "5.11". My heart sank. He looks at me and says "what's the matter?" A 5.11 psa and he asks what the matter is? He says, oh no, your psa is 0.03. I'm reading 5.11 on your cap. I was wearing my 5.11 tactical baseball cap. (5.11 is a clothing/equipment line for law enforcement/military.) Maybe some of you will enjoy this story. An honest mistake on his part - just happenstance. Once my heartbeat came back to normal we had a good laugh about it. > I have been on ADT (zoladex) for the past two years in conjunction with > brachy and beam radiation. My ADT was stopped six months ago so today I [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > story. An honest mistake on his part - just happenstance. Once my > heartbeat came back to normal we had a good laugh about it. I think my heart would of stoped beating.lol Great psa!! sue :I have been on ADT (zoladex) for the past two years in conjunction with : brachy and beam radiation. My ADT was stopped six months ago so today I : went to my URO for a psa and check up. As far as I am concerned todays' : psa is the real deal because it takes (I'm told) six months for the : zoladex to get out of your system. I'm confused. I thought you began your treatment during November 2007. Smatter of fact, that all that I thought I knew about you - and obviously not even that. Can I now assume you were diagnosed early in 2007 and began treatment mid-2007, or was it the 1st of 2007? : He says, oh no, your psa is 0.03. I'm reading 5.11 on your cap. I was : wearing my 5.11 tactical baseball cap. (5.11 is a clothing/equipment : line for law enforcement/military.) Maybe some of you will enjoy this : story. Great story. I love their tactical t-shirts, but always had a problem concealing a .45 in their ballcap. :-)  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 PSAD 0.19 years EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 PSAD .056 years Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 and every 4 months there after PSA .07 .05 .06 .09 .08 .132 .145 PSAD 1.4 years Casodex added daily 07/06 PSA undetectable since; last checked on 06/04/09 Illegitimati non carborundum Sorry I confused you Steve. Nov 2007 was brachy. Best I can remember I was diag. in Feb 2007 followed by 2 yrs of ADT starting in Mar 2007. Had 3500 gy of beam in Jun 2007 and about 3500 gy with the brachy. The VA did/does the diag, ADT, and aftercare, and a local civilian hospital did the rest. The original diag was gleason 7, but I let Epstien at JH read the slides too and he came up with gleason 6. Anyhow, I'm still here (radiation proctitus and all). All things considered I don't recommend this crap to anybody, but you gotta do what you gotta do. : Best I can remember I : was diag. in Feb 2007 followed by 2 yrs of ADT starting in Mar 2007. : Had 3500 gy of beam in Jun 2007 and about 3500 gy with the brachy. That 'splains it : All things considered I don't : recommend this crap to anybody, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Aint it the truth! 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 PSAD 0.19 years EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 PSAD .056 years Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 and every 4 months there after PSA .07 .05 .06 .09 .08 .132 .145 PSAD 1.4 years Casodex added daily 07/06 PSA undetectable since; last checked on 06/04/09 Illegitimati non carborundum > ... Anyhow, I'm still here (radiation proctitus and all). ... I'm glad to know that you're still here. As for the other problem, I found that copious use of Preparation H made a big difference both in relieving the irritation and in allowing things to heal. Alan > I have been on ADT (zoladex) for the past two years in conjunction with > brachy and beam radiation. My ADT was stopped six months ago so today I [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > story. An honest mistake on his part - just happenstance. Once my > heartbeat came back to normal we had a good laugh about it. Is the "subject" pun intended? >> I have been on ADT (zoladex) for the past two years in conjunction >> with brachy and beam radiation. My ADT was stopped six months ago so [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Is the "subject" pun intended? No - this is not a pun. It honestly happened just like I told it. |
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