"Debbie13331" <nos
...@family.net> wrote in message
> Hello all,
> We had our doctor's appointment last Thursday and he confirmed that
> Allen's post-prostatectomy reading of 0.26 was an indicator of cancer
> return (prostatectomy was 2.5 years ago, 3+4, capsular penetration but
> clear margins - he's 53). Today was test day, a full body bone scan and a
> CT scan of the pelvic area. We'll get results in about a week (it is hard
> to wait, isn't it?) He has a ultrasound and biopsy at the end of the
> month
> (even harder to wait...) Radiation is likely. Can anyone say what to
> expect with radiation? We were thinking a few minutes, but saw something
> on television that sounds like a minimum of 4-hours??? Allen is brusing
> easily and can't explain it. He's worried about that too. Does that
> sound familiar to anyone? He not on any meds other than for high blood
> pressure. As always, insights are welcome. Debbie (devoted wife of 26
> years)
scan. And, even then, I don't know of anyone whose cancer was found with
one at Allen's current PSA.
Radiation -
The longest day is getting 'measured' for radiation. They will scan him and
make sure they know where is prostate bed and contiguous organs are and then
mark him with a permanent marker or tattoo.
Then, every day for 30-40 weekdays, he will go in, drop his drawers, lay on
a table, lift his shirt, and a machine, similar to a huge dentist's x-ray,
will move about him and zap him from several angles. 15 minutes later or
so, he's up and gone. He will feel nothing.
However, the radiation does take a temporary toll, eventually, with fatigue,
urethra burning, diarrhea, etc. To combat these, I walked 3 to 5 miles a
day, 3 to 5 times a week. I slept one hour more every night. I drank
gallons of water.
All in all, it proved to be the least bothersome of all the prostate
treatments I have had to date.
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PSA 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 <0.04, <0.05
Non Illegitimi Carborundum
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