QOL question - based on your loved one's experienced

Many of you talked about QOL, so here's a question: after RT or RP, it
is said that you'll hope or believe that you will have reasonablely
good QOL for 10 years or so... For families that has reached or nears
this milestone, has their loved one's QOL changed for the worse and if
so how (bedridden, paralyzed, pain, chemotheraphy disabled,death,
etc.)? I am not expecting responses on normal expected side effect
like some incontinence or ED. As mentioned in my previous posts, the 2
years of my relatives sufferings scares me, especially how it affected
their families. Thanks.

"cmdrdata" <cmdrdata@mail.com> wrote in message
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> Many of you talked about QOL, so here's a question: after RT or RP, it
> is said that you'll hope or believe that you will have reasonablely
> good QOL for 10 years or so... For families that has reached or nears
> this milestone, has their loved one's QOL changed for the worse and if
> so how (bedridden, paralyzed, pain, chemotheraphy disabled,death,
> etc.)? I am not expecting responses on normal expected side effect
> like some incontinence or ED. As mentioned in my previous posts, the 2
> years of my relatives sufferings scares me, especially how it affected
> their families. Thanks.
>

My father died of PCa. Radiation (cobalt) and chemo made him really sick
and it seemed like he was going through one or the other a lot for several
years. But, in between, he did okay and continued working until a week
before his death. Personally, for me, it was a bad enough existence that I
was sure that I would never go through chemo.

However, I figure my death is going to be a little less horrendous and the
time I'm having now, especially with my grandchildren, is certainly worth
trying to ward it off for a couple of years -- and, especially now that
chemo is so much improved. I don't like the sides of HT, but I'm having a
good time.



--
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
EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47
PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32
Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 (4 mo), 12/03, 4/04, 09/04, 01/05, 5/05, 10/05,
2/06, 6/06
PSA .07 .05 .06 .09 .08 .132 .145
Casodex added daily 07/06
PSA <0.04
Non Illegitimi Carborundum

Steve Kramer wrote:
> he did okay and continued working until a week
> before his death.

I can't personally agree with that choice of end-game activities, but
MAN do I admire his guts. That's a man to admire.

I.P.

May I presume all of your have read Walsh's Preface? That was my first
intro to PC research.

I.P.

"I.P. Freely" <fuhgheddaboutit@noway.nohow> wrote in message
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> Steve Kramer wrote:
>> he did okay and continued working until a week before his death.
>
> I can't personally agree with that choice of end-game activities, but MAN
> do I admire his guts. That's a man to admire.

You probably would have. USMC. Fought in Korea. Earned 3 purple heart
awards (and sent home to avoid a 4th)and two rockers on his stripes in only
3 years and nominated for the Silver Star. The war ended and he went home,
married, tried being a butcher (because my mom wanted him to) and became a
cop (because he wanted to). He became a detective in 6 years and retired
from Homicide Squad one week to the day before his death. He was 50.

Interesting the things you find out later....

A Homicide sergeant brought me his picture in the mid-90s. He told me that
they had had the picture on the wall at Homicide since my father died and
that on each anniversary of his retirement a detective would bring in
donuts; and when that detective retired, another started doing it; and then
another... When the last detective that worked with him retired, the
sergeant brought me the picture.

Thanks for sharing this info.

I.P. Freely wrote:
> May I presume all of your have read Walsh's Preface? That was my first
> intro to PC research.
>
> I.P.