My rare visit

Hi Everyone -- and particularly Steve Kramer (whose name is the only one I
recognise from my time!)

As I've said on earlier visits I don't pop in often because I haven't kept
up with the advances in treatments.

I like to pop in now and then to be able to say that there definitely can be
a light at the end of the tunnel for some of us. In October 2000 I was
diagnosed with extensive PCa stage 2 with s Gleeson of 3 (don't remember the
rest of the stats). I opted for RRP, and recently had a PSA of 0.0.

While my doctor says I can probably start to use the word "cured", I still
prefer to consider that a long-term and perhaps unlikely goal. But, that
said, my life has been great (apart from the not uncommon (for that time)
erectile dysfunction. That, I learned to live with.

Hopefully, my experience might encourage others.

Ray Walsh
Perth, Australia

"Ray Walsh" <raywalsh@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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> Hi Everyone -- and particularly Steve Kramer (whose name is the only one I
> recognise from my time!)

Great to hear from down under again, Ray! It's been almost two friggin
years!


> a light at the end of the tunnel for some of us. In October 2000 I was
> diagnosed with extensive PCa stage 2 with s Gleeson of 3 (don't remember
> the rest of the stats). I opted for RRP, and recently had a PSA of 0.0.

PSA 4.8, Stage T1c before surgery, I guess T2 after. Gleason 3+3=6. And a
young man of 60 at the time.

> While my doctor says I can probably start to use the word "cured",

That is truly a wonderful sentence to read.

--
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, <0.04, <0.04, <0.1 2/12/08
Illegitimati non carborundum