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Post by GaryS on Jun 9, 2024 6:09:31 GMT -5
A couple months ago I found out I have prostrate cancer.It is early stage and slow growing so I am confident outcome is going to be good. Was given a choice of removing it, radiation or just monitoring it. I'm not much for waiting for something to happen so I picked radiation. Tomorrow is my first of 5 treatments, one every other day it is a high dose treatment. I could have gone with low dose but that would have been every day for 28 days. I live about 40 miles from hospital that is doing the treatment and depending on the time of day it could take from 45 minutes to 1.5 hours. They said end result is the same so I went with 5. Getting to this point has been a experience and it has taught me there is no way I am gay. I have never had so many things shoved up my ass in the name of medicine and every one more uncomfortable than the next. I have been probed twice, once for a biopsy and once to place gold markers in my prostrate. Best part of that was when two nurses were smearing cream that deadened the area between my nuts and ass hole. Thru it all so far the people at Miami Cancer Center have been great.
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Post by olmucky on Jun 9, 2024 6:33:13 GMT -5
Hope all goes well for you.
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Post by conchydong on Jun 9, 2024 6:35:49 GMT -5
Wishing you the best Gary.
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Post by garycoleco on Jun 9, 2024 6:44:39 GMT -5
Last year my brother in law finished treatment for prostate cancer. He chose some type of pinpoint laser treatment through UM and Baptist. It was out of pocket because insurance wouldn't cover it (I believe). It was a complete success
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Jun 9, 2024 6:46:56 GMT -5
Hoping for the best. The treatment can be very daunting and nerve wracking.
Wife just went thru 28 days low dose for Merkel cell cancer on her leg. Wish they had offered her the 5 day deal. She has her follow up PET scan Friday.
The cancer center people are truly amazing, their compassion and true concern for your well being is something i wish i saw in all walks of life. Moffitt here in Tampa is awesome.
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Post by cadman on Jun 9, 2024 7:08:19 GMT -5
Good luck with the treatments
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Post by swampdog on Jun 9, 2024 7:28:39 GMT -5
Good luck Gary sir! Seems it’s a “popular” cancer these days. Have friends and family that have all been diagnosed and treated. Every one of them is doing great. A couple had it done 15 yrs ago and no problems.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Jun 9, 2024 7:35:24 GMT -5
Wishing and praying for the absolute best outcome for you sir. 👍🙏
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Post by restlessnative on Jun 9, 2024 8:22:16 GMT -5
Hoping for the best. The treatment can be very daunting and nerve wracking. Wife just went thru 28 days low dose for Merkel cell cancer on her leg. Wish they had offered her the 5 day deal. She has her follow up PET scan Friday. The cancer center people are truly amazing, their compassion and true concern for your well being is something i wish i saw in all walks of life. Moffitt here in Tampa is awesome. My dad was treated at Moffitt and I got the exact opposite feeling there. I felt they were clinical and more worried about their research than compassionate towards my dad and other patients. That said, my dad was given 8 months to live and the same treatment options from both opinions we got from supposedly the two best in the area. He wish he would have turned them both down and just kept living until he didn’t as the treatment was unbearable and he didn’t feel bad at all prior to that (the only reason he was even diagnosed was he broke a rib and they saw it when doing X-rays). Gary, hoping for a great outcome and less probing in your future!it certainly sounds like you caught it early enough for full remission.
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Post by One Man Gang on Jun 9, 2024 8:23:17 GMT -5
Good luck Gary. One of my hunting buddies who I work with just retired last year after having his removed and undergoing radiation.
Last week another one of our engineers was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He's 70 and is only going for the radiation starting at the end of this month.
There are a lot of treatment options out there these days. Prayers for a full, fast recovery.
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Post by ferris1248 on Jun 9, 2024 8:31:45 GMT -5
Good luck Gary. Moffitt has a good reputation.
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Post by richm on Jun 9, 2024 8:42:31 GMT -5
My dad did the proton therapy. No cancer now but enlarged prostate, tinkling issues.
My BiL had it removed. No cancer, no tinkle issues. Cant get it up.
Another BiL had enlarged prostate and cancer for years. Tinkle issues. Found a good herbal and shrunk it, tinkle issues went awsy as did the cancer.
They say this issue is for all men, just a matter of when you get it.
Good luck! The radiation stuff works well.
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Jun 9, 2024 9:11:45 GMT -5
Hoping for the best. The treatment can be very daunting and nerve wracking. Wife just went thru 28 days low dose for Merkel cell cancer on her leg. Wish they had offered her the 5 day deal. She has her follow up PET scan Friday. The cancer center people are truly amazing, their compassion and true concern for your well being is something i wish i saw in all walks of life. Moffitt here in Tampa is awesome. My dad was treated at Moffitt and I got the exact opposite feeling there. I felt they were clinical and more worried about their research than compassionate towards my dad and other patients. That said, my dad was given 8 months to live and the same treatment options from both opinions we got from supposedly the two best in the area. He wish he would have turned them both down and just kept living until he didn’t as the treatment was unbearable and he didn’t feel bad at all prior to that (the only reason he was even diagnosed was he broke a rib and they saw it when doing X-rays). Gary, hoping for a great outcome and less probing in your future!it certainly sounds like you caught it early enough for full remission. Sorry to hear that. Wife has been treated there three times. We have had nothing short of stellar treatment there. Would recommend them 100% with no reservations.
We have had nothing but great treatment at Moffitt.
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Post by restlessnative on Jun 9, 2024 9:17:28 GMT -5
My dad was treated at Moffitt and I got the exact opposite feeling there. I felt they were clinical and more worried about their research than compassionate towards my dad and other patients. That said, my dad was given 8 months to live and the same treatment options from both opinions we got from supposedly the two best in the area. He wish he would have turned them both down and just kept living until he didn’t as the treatment was unbearable and he didn’t feel bad at all prior to that (the only reason he was even diagnosed was he broke a rib and they saw it when doing X-rays). Gary, hoping for a great outcome and less probing in your future!it certainly sounds like you caught it early enough for full remission. Sorry to hear that. Wife has been treated there three times. We have had nothing short of stellar treatment there. Would recommend them 100% with no reservations.
We have had nothing but great treatment at Moffitt.
Moffit is a world class center, it was more the doctor than anything. I have friends and family that both work there and serve on the board and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them either (minus that one doctor). I will say when it is terminal cancer, choose the more compassionate than the clinical as the outcome isn’t changing, and somewhat the opposite in a fight for your life, at least from my perspective having lost my dad and grandfather to it, and my wife being a survivor of it.
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Post by Tarpon65 on Jun 9, 2024 9:20:52 GMT -5
Positive thoughts sent Gary.
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