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Update on my Prostate Cancer
Self | Feb 11, 2020 | FWDude

Posted on 02/11/2020 7:44:24 PM PST by fwdude

Last summer I posted about my prostate cancer predicament. Opted for radical prostatectomy (robotic) and found a good surgeon in the North Dallas/Irving area.

Three month follow up PSA: 0.04, just below “undetectable” Six month follow up PSA: >0.02, lower limit of “undetectable”

Praise God! I was really having a hard year because of this. Now almost completely continent, and “It” is coming back :)

Thanks to FReepers who’ve been praying and counseling me on this trial.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: goodluck; hurray; psa; thanks
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1 posted on 02/11/2020 7:44:24 PM PST by fwdude
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CONGRATS


2 posted on 02/11/2020 7:44:55 PM PST by SteveH (intentionally blank)
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To: fwdude

Happy for ya.......;)


3 posted on 02/11/2020 7:45:44 PM PST by Dawgreg
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Edit: I meant to type <0.02 PSA. Anything below 0.02 is considered 0.02.

I got up to 18.4 right before surgery, so my surgeon was very worried.


4 posted on 02/11/2020 7:45:53 PM PST by fwdude (Poverty is nearly always a mindset, which canÂ’t be cured by cash)
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Excellent.


5 posted on 02/11/2020 7:45:53 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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Great news! BTT


6 posted on 02/11/2020 7:46:28 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: fwdude

Glad to hear it.

Best of luck.

L


7 posted on 02/11/2020 7:46:38 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: fwdude

:)


8 posted on 02/11/2020 7:49:06 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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🥂🍾🥳❣🙏and praises to God❣ Hugs and Thank you for the update.
9 posted on 02/11/2020 7:49:19 PM PST by TianaHighrider (God bless President Trump. Prayers for PDJT and his loyal supporters.)
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To: fwdude

Seize the day, my good man.


10 posted on 02/11/2020 7:50:17 PM PST by fhayek
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!!!!!!!


11 posted on 02/11/2020 7:51:25 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: fwdude

Good news, FRiend.

Good news indeed...:)


12 posted on 02/11/2020 7:52:31 PM PST by rlmorel (Finding middle ground with tyranny or evil makes you either a tyrant or evil. Often both.)
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To: fwdude

Good news! Had a cancer surgery in Dallas myself last week. Waiting on pathology isn’t great, but we are in a good area for this kind of stuff.


13 posted on 02/11/2020 7:53:01 PM PST by StolarStorm
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My prayers for your continuing good health, fwdude!


14 posted on 02/11/2020 7:56:29 PM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: fwdude

Praises!!


15 posted on 02/11/2020 7:57:26 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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To: fwdude

I did the radiation treatment 2 yrs ago for the same issue. Glad you’re on the mend. The results your getting is pretty close to mine. We’re on the right side of the grass. Stay well! Be Safe!


16 posted on 02/11/2020 7:57:43 PM PST by Equine1952
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Wonderful news!!!


17 posted on 02/11/2020 7:59:50 PM PST by Moonmad27
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Good to hear fw! Congtats!


18 posted on 02/11/2020 8:00:12 PM PST by Bommer (I am a MAGA-Deplorian! It is the way! It is the only way!)
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To: fwdude

Yes, I got that T-shirt a few years back. Keep getting the PSA tests.

I tell people that it is a strange disease. In my case I had absolutely no symptoms and never really felt bad, but the PSA test caught it. That’s the test that the Obama HHS dept wanted to cut back on. The first week after surgery was unpleasant, going around with a catheter is absolutely no fun at all.

And it is a condition that does not solicit the sympathy from women that one would hope. The indignity of having to wear a pad...nope, no sympathy at all. “You don’t know what it’s like to occasionally squirt”, same reaction.

Good luck with your recovery.


19 posted on 02/11/2020 8:02:04 PM PST by hanamizu
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Damn, mang, the PSA scale my doc uses is 0.00 - 4.00, and you hit 18.4? Congrats on those post-op numbers. (I was at 0.03 on my last blood board in January. They took out five polyps after my last scoping in ‘15.)


20 posted on 02/11/2020 8:03:32 PM PST by Viking2002 (There's a little Al Bundy in all of us. And we vote.)
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