Still doing great.
Today, I am having lunch with a man who had prostate cancer surgery less than a month ago. Fay Von Herzen, former member at Christ UMC, connected the two of us. Clyde is 72 years old, and was attending his granddaughter's softball games two weeks after surgery! WOW. Of course, he had the robotic surgery which is less invasive. Unfortunately, I am not a candidate for robotic surgery. Mine will be the old fashioned kind. But I am impressed that some men can bounce back so quickly.
I will have plenty of questions for Clyde.
Hope you experience the love of God today!
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Cure Prostate Cancer
My PC Odyssey
April 2008 (Age 59 at prostate cancer diagnosis, discovered in UTI treatment)
Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test: PSA 4.4 (4.0 and below is "normal")
DRE palpable tumor
May 15, 2008 – Biopsy Pathology: 10 of 15 cores had cancer.
Right lobe (2 of 5 cores 40%) Gleason 3+3
Left lobe (3 of 5 cores 10%) Gleason 3+3
Right lesion (5 of 5 cores 100%) Gleason 3+3
Right base lesion (100%) Gleason 3+3
Right seminal vesical (ambiguous results - possible nerve involvement "lesion too small for grading")
Composite Gleason score 3+3=6 (On a scale of 2 to 10)
Bone scan and pelvic/abdomen CT show no visible metastasis
Began weight loss program (lost 26 pounds between diagnosis and surgery)
June 15, 2008 – Began two months hormone therapy (Casodex 50 mg)
July 1, 2008 – Trelstar HT shot (3 month dose)
July 11, 2008 – EKG, OK
July 16, 2008 – Echo-cardiogram, OK
Aug 25, 2008 – Donated first unit of my own plasma for surgery
Sept 3, 2008 – Stress test OK, and donated second unit of plasma
Sept 5, 2008 – Pre-op visits with Urologist and GP
Sept 10, 2008 - Hospital Pre-Op Visit, chest X-ray, one more EKG
Sept 15, 2008 – Open Radical Prostatectomy (Non-laproscopic, non-robotic)
Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test: PSA 4.4 (4.0 and below is "normal")
DRE palpable tumor
May 15, 2008 – Biopsy Pathology: 10 of 15 cores had cancer.
Right lobe (2 of 5 cores 40%) Gleason 3+3
Left lobe (3 of 5 cores 10%) Gleason 3+3
Right lesion (5 of 5 cores 100%) Gleason 3+3
Right base lesion (100%) Gleason 3+3
Right seminal vesical (ambiguous results - possible nerve involvement "lesion too small for grading")
Composite Gleason score 3+3=6 (On a scale of 2 to 10)
Bone scan and pelvic/abdomen CT show no visible metastasis
Began weight loss program (lost 26 pounds between diagnosis and surgery)
June 15, 2008 – Began two months hormone therapy (Casodex 50 mg)
July 1, 2008 – Trelstar HT shot (3 month dose)
July 11, 2008 – EKG, OK
July 16, 2008 – Echo-cardiogram, OK
Aug 25, 2008 – Donated first unit of my own plasma for surgery
Sept 3, 2008 – Stress test OK, and donated second unit of plasma
Sept 5, 2008 – Pre-op visits with Urologist and GP
Sept 10, 2008 - Hospital Pre-Op Visit, chest X-ray, one more EKG
Sept 15, 2008 – Open Radical Prostatectomy (Non-laproscopic, non-robotic)
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