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« Reply #100 on: March 22, 2012, 07:05:36 PM » |
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Great to hear, Bob. We're pulling for ya.
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« Reply #101 on: March 22, 2012, 07:13:07 PM » |
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How exactly did you get your prostate tested?
Blood work I presume?
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« Reply #102 on: March 22, 2012, 07:28:28 PM » |
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How exactly did you get your prostate tested?
Blood work I presume?
Routine PSA test...urine sample, blood. results should be as close to 0.0 as possible. |
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« Reply #103 on: March 22, 2012, 07:33:23 PM » |
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I guess anything is possible...but the bottom line is this...if it did accelerate the prostate cancer, then it probably saved my life, as my fathers fate was to be mine....my battle with this was much easier and detected early on, as opposed to having to deal with it at a older age.
fuck me bob that must be the stupidest thing you have said so far, and believe me you have said plenty beyond everything else that is absurd in that statement, dont you know that the older you are the slower mitosis/cell replication occurs and so the slower your cancer spreads |
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« Reply #104 on: March 22, 2012, 07:41:24 PM » |
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fuck me bob
that must be the stupidest thing you have said so far, and believe me you have said plenty
beyond everything else that is absurd in that statement, dont you know that the older you are the slower mitosis/cell replication occurs and so the slower your cancer spreads
tell that to my father there was nothing absurd about my statement, if you know what you're talking about. It's purely a hypothetical at best, but if indeed my cancer was accelerated by my own doing, then it's quite possible that exposing it now has Led to an early treatment and much better prognosis of recovery... The longer the cancer would have been present in my prostate, the more likely it would been to have spread outside of the prostate and into the vital organs and bone....THATS the difference Stick to what you know, kid.... |
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« Reply #105 on: March 22, 2012, 07:49:43 PM » |
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Bob, if I sent you a hundred bucks, could you give me some steroids?
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« Reply #106 on: March 22, 2012, 08:21:26 PM » |
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Great news Bob and I'm happy for you and your family.
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« Reply #107 on: March 22, 2012, 08:22:11 PM » |
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Routine PSA test...urine sample, blood. results should be as close to 0.0 as possible.
Mine always tests 0.5. |
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« Reply #108 on: March 22, 2012, 10:28:30 PM » |
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Good to hear it! I wish the very best for u my friend!!!
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« Reply #109 on: March 22, 2012, 10:41:11 PM » |
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actually, many docs advocate HRT as part of the therapy...I rule nothing out these days.
I've been on HRT for the better part of three years. When my doctor diagnosed my prostate cancer last January, he had me immediately stop the testosterone cypionate injections. Recently, I was advised to stop taking DHEA too. Incidentally, I had another PSA in February as part of my annual physical exam. In one month after stopping the testosterone cypionate my PSA went from 9.7 to 6.1. I see my urologist in May. I will be scheduling the Da Vinci robotic prostatectomy then. I am anxious to see if my PSA continues to fall between now and then and what he has to say about this. A couple of years ago, I had a cancerous growth on the bottom of my foot. Most of it was excised at the doctor's office to send to the lab for testing. What remained eventually disappeared and so the planned radiation was deemed unnecessary. That was a really weird situation which my doctors cannot explain to me. |
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« Reply #110 on: March 23, 2012, 12:18:22 AM » |
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Thats very very good to hear it. Bob.  |
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« Reply #111 on: March 23, 2012, 12:31:45 AM » |
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Great to know your well Bob.
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« Reply #112 on: March 23, 2012, 01:10:28 AM » |
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actually, many docs advocate HRT as part of the therapy...I rule nothing out these days.
say what?! I didn't read the whole thread, but I'd definitely say you aren't going to find many doctors recommending androgens for anyone with prostate cancer. Androgens fuel prostate cancer cell growth. That's why ANTI-androgens are a treatment for prostate cancer. Most docs would be reluctant to even recommend HRT in someone with low testosterone who has a history of prostate cancer. |
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« Reply #113 on: March 23, 2012, 01:20:34 AM » |
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I guess anything is possible...but the bottom line is this...if it did accelerate the prostate cancer, then it probably saved my life, as my fathers fate was to be mine....my battle with this was much easier and detected early on, as opposed to having to deal with it at a older age.
Sorry to hear about the prostate CA, and I wish you all the best, but I'd say steroids absolutely accelerate prostate cancer, and you could just as easily argue that your prostate cancer may never have manisted itself clinically had you not used steroids. Many prostate cancers are indolent and there are patients we don't even recommend treatment for. With routine PSA screening and minus the steroids your cancer may have ultimately been discovered decades from now at a similarly low-risk stage, but you would have spared yourself all the potential side effects of treatment. Again, I truly wish you all the best, but I think this is one of those areas where steroids actually are bad. |
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« Reply #114 on: March 23, 2012, 03:38:01 AM » |
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say what?! I didn't read the whole thread, but I'd definitely say you aren't going to find many doctors recommending androgens for anyone with prostate cancer. Androgens fuel prostate cancer cell growth. That's why ANTI-androgens are a treatment for prostate cancer. Most docs would be reluctant to even recommend HRT in someone with low testosterone who has a history of prostate cancer.
Perhaps you should read it again... I said POST surgery, not prior to or with the diagnoses of cancer... |
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« Reply #115 on: March 23, 2012, 03:44:34 AM » |
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All the best to you Bob, ive had Relations who have had this (and have it) Nasty business all round thankfully you have caught it early cause ive seen first hand what happens to people close to you when you DON'T CATCH it early.
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« Reply #116 on: March 23, 2012, 04:42:45 AM » |
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A pro BBer who i have the utmost respect for, never had a bad word to say about you and hope everything goes to plan. Heres to your health.
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« Reply #117 on: March 23, 2012, 05:14:11 AM » |
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I mean the way we are living now plus medical science means that in 50 years when the average 40yr old is 90, the quality of life is going to be far greater.Theres even talk that there could be a way to reverse the aging process and live forever (assuming no accidents) within the next 50 years.
You been watchin 'The Island?" |
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« Reply #118 on: March 23, 2012, 05:59:41 AM » |
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Pecan Pie at least once a week, preferably a few times a week will prevent Prostate Cancer. True Story.
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« Reply #119 on: March 23, 2012, 07:10:10 AM » |
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Routine PSA test...urine sample, blood. results should be as close to 0.0 as possible.
Time I get a check up. I'm 35 and haven't had one since.... HS maybe?  |
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« Reply #120 on: March 23, 2012, 07:22:13 AM » |
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Time I get a check up. I'm 35 and haven't had one since.... HS maybe? Just say your prayers everyday and you should be fine. |
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« Reply #121 on: March 23, 2012, 07:50:06 AM » |
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Bob, u ever take finasteride when taking your test?
Finasteride has been linked to more aggressive prostate cancers...
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« Reply #122 on: March 23, 2012, 07:58:07 AM » |
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say what?! I didn't read the whole thread, but I'd definitely say you aren't going to find many doctors recommending androgens for anyone with prostate cancer. Androgens fuel prostate cancer cell growth. That's why ANTI-androgens are a treatment for prostate cancer. Most docs would be reluctant to even recommend HRT in someone with low testosterone who has a history of prostate cancer.
Actually, there are other opinions of the effect of TRT and prostate cancer. Right or wrong, this is an interesting article. http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2008/dec2008_Destroying-the-Myth-about-Testosterone-Replacement-Prostate-Cancer_01.htm |
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« Reply #123 on: March 23, 2012, 08:37:05 AM » |
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Glad to hear the surgery went well. Wishing you health, happiness and prosperity.
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« Reply #124 on: March 23, 2012, 08:38:23 AM » |
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are you going to cool down on the steroid abuse after this episode of health problems?
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