Posted on 10/05/2025 1:58:15 PM PDT by null and void
I’ve recently been diagnosed with cancer. Now that I’ve got your attention, the prognosis is very good, with treatment I have a 95% chance of surviving it for 15 years. That doesn’t say I won’t croak of something else, but that it won’t be the cancer!
It’s prostate cancer, very early detection (insert Public Service Message here, PSA test detected it when it was really small. Guys? Get one!). Lump confirmed by MRI, cancer and lack of metastasizing confirmed by PET scan.
There are several treatment options, surgery, radiation, chemical castration, etc. I’ve ruled out the last one! I’ve already had two surgical procedures, UroLift and TURP, I’m going for something different this time.
Since testosterone is like Miracle-Gro to prostate cancer I’ll be getting shots to block it starting Tuesday. I ‘get to’ experience menopause, oh joy. Don’t be surprised if I start posting in soprano about my hot flashes... I should recover normal testosterone levels within six months after the treatment.
The technology for radiation therapy has vastly improved. Rather than emission from a radioisotope they now use a precisely focused beam from a linear accelerator to do pinpoint irradiation, from multiple angles, minimizing the exposure to surrounding tissues. Even then they further minimize the exposure of the rectum (which touches and practically nestles the prostate) by a one-time injection of a ‘hydrogel’ to provide physical separation. The hydrogel is slowly absorbed by the body but preserves adequate spacing for the course of treatment.
The course of treatment is very small doses done every weekday for 45 days. Total exposure is about 5 minutes each day.
Six months of treatment, two months of testosterone blocker, a bit less than two months of radiation and testosterone blocker, and a final two months of testosterone blocker.
Follow up of periodic PSA test to verify no recurrence.
Easy-peasy.
So of course I have to make it more complicated. Fenbendazole and Ivermectin have shown promise in a few studies as have select vitamins and other supplements, so after talking to my urologist, I’ve started Fenben and IVM and such already.
Great news, wishing you the best of health.
Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all decade, try the veal...
A misheberach…
Yay, glad you’re doing better, FRiend, does suck getting old though, I’m 74 and struggling but the VA is taking care of me.
Prayers for you
Hearty congratulations! Enjoy life.
Great news! Keeping you in my prayers. 🙏
Excellent! Hope you continue to improve.
CC
That’s great!
Hang in there ;^)
Good news nully
Good to hear from ya, Nully! Sounds very promising. Medical advances are amazing. So glad you and the docs caught it early.
Hi Nully,
First of all, prayers offered for successful treatments, and the best recovery that God and medicine and good luck permit.
I’m 74 and have fairly severe BPH (among numerous other infirmities) and my PSA has been around 4-ish for quite a few years... except for once it came back at just over 7, a couple months after a buddy of mine had his prostate removed for cancer which announced itself with PSA of 8. My urologist said to not freak out about the 7, and sure enough it came back down to 4-ish. Weird. I sort of expect that if I live long enough I’ll develop prostate cancer.
I also have MGUS, which if I live long enough will likely blossom into multiple myeloma bone cancer, which is currently killing my wife after 7 years of suffering through the chemo. Getting old sucks — all this body shit starts to catch up with you.
On the bright side you seem to have a good plan of attack for your situation and I will be more than interested to hear updates as you go along. Is it appropriate to tell you to “keep a stiff ..... upper lip”?
Aw, Christ man. What an ordeal.
Noticed that my PPO does not do PSA screening in blood tests like in the past.
Something about too many false positives?
Not sure what the current screening is supposed to be..........
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Hello,
what wonderful news!
From my heart, I wish you God’s rich blessings and all the best for a complete recovery😀👍🏻💐
Congratulations, nully! I hope you continue to feel great!
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