"Double-Boarder" Triple ?

Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3
Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3 Member Posts: 3,803 Member

Just wanted to tell my friends here that the prostate biopsy came back positive.

Very minor, Stage 1. Easily treatable with radiation or surgical removal. I've got to talk to a radiation oncologist and surgeon to make that decision.  Chemo is virtually never used on prostate cancer, and is never curative for prostate cancer.

This is not a life-threatening diagnosis, so "Do not cry for me, Argentina."  Also, it is absolutely unrelated to lymphoma.

I am posting regarding this on the Prostate Board, and will not tie up space here regarding it.

I was getting tired of wellness, and needed a little drama in my life !  I am totally OK with this, so you be OK with it also.

 

Any prayers welcome,

max

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  • illead
    illead Member Posts: 884 Member
    OK, no tears

    If you say so Smile.  We're just relieved they caught it early, and know you will do fine.  Please keep us informed with your progress though, cause you know we love ya!

    Becky

  • jimwins
    jimwins Member Posts: 2,107
    Hi Max

    I am thankful it's minor and very treatable but I think you'vce had enough experience with cancer :).  As far as drama, you've probably had enough of that or you could keep up with the Kardashians :).  Gosh, now you're gonna be on two boards!  I'm sure you will be as welcomed and helpful there as you are here on this board.  I know you'll keep us updated.

    Thanks for sharing and you're in my prayers,

    Jim

     

     

     

  • Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3
    Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3 Member Posts: 3,803 Member
    jimwins said:

    Hi Max

    I am thankful it's minor and very treatable but I think you'vce had enough experience with cancer :).  As far as drama, you've probably had enough of that or you could keep up with the Kardashians :).  Gosh, now you're gonna be on two boards!  I'm sure you will be as welcomed and helpful there as you are here on this board.  I know you'll keep us updated.

    Thanks for sharing and you're in my prayers,

    Jim

     

     

     

    Double-dipper

    I have been using that Board for a few months, learning, gathering information.  If my life were a location, I guess it would be Syria.

    The guy who recommended Pabst Blue Ribbon therapy owes me a refund !

  • Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3
    Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3 Member Posts: 3,803 Member
    illead said:

    OK, no tears

    If you say so Smile.  We're just relieved they caught it early, and know you will do fine.  Please keep us informed with your progress though, cause you know we love ya!

    Becky

    Theme

    B&B,

    I aint goin nowhere, if I may speak in Southern.

    As I mentioned some time ago, my theme song is the Doobie Brother's old hit, Cheat the Hangman .

     

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  • Mary N.
    Mary N. Member Posts: 100

    Double-dipper

    I have been using that Board for a few months, learning, gathering information.  If my life were a location, I guess it would be Syria.

    The guy who recommended Pabst Blue Ribbon therapy owes me a refund !

    I have also been looking at

    I have also been looking at the prostrate cancer forum because my husbands prostate cancer flared up again.  It has since gone down with the hormones and then I check this one for me.  Actually the guy who recommended Pabst was wrong.  It is Sierra Nevada.  Best wishes to you double dipper!

  • illead
    illead Member Posts: 884 Member
    Mary N. said:

    I have also been looking at

    I have also been looking at the prostrate cancer forum because my husbands prostate cancer flared up again.  It has since gone down with the hormones and then I check this one for me.  Actually the guy who recommended Pabst was wrong.  It is Sierra Nevada.  Best wishes to you double dipper!

    Yea Sierra Nevada

    Their brewery is only 40 miles from us Smile

    Becky

  • Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3
    Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3 Member Posts: 3,803 Member
    illead said:

    Yea Sierra Nevada

    Their brewery is only 40 miles from us Smile

    Becky

    Not choosey

    Becky,

    Doc approved any grog 5% Al/Vol, or above !

  • allmost60
    allmost60 Member Posts: 3,178 Member

    Not choosey

    Becky,

    Doc approved any grog 5% Al/Vol, or above !

    Sorry....

    Well darn, Max....

      I was hoping you would get a clean report and not have to deal with anything new. Sure glad it's in the early stage and treatable. You hang in there and let us know how things go. I see my Oncologist on the 30th, so I'm a bit anxious on what the next plan will be...if any. I'll post if anything new is decided. Prayers for you....Sue

  • Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3
    Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3 Member Posts: 3,803 Member
    Sue !

     

    Always a special delight to here from you Sue.  I hope things go well at your oncologist.

    Early prostate is usually either surgically removed or hit with some radiation. I am seeing a radiation onc Monday, and a urological surgeon the week after for opinions. My Gleason Score (a rating of how aggressive the cells are) is very low, indicating indolent/lazy disease.

    max

  • Aaron
    Aaron Member Posts: 237
    Well hell

    i expect there are better ways to get your kicks than to send oncologists kids to college max, but to each their own brother;) I'm sure glad they got to it early and thinking back to the stories you told me about the last go around this should be a walk in the park, relatively speaking. Be well my friend

  • Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3
    Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3 Member Posts: 3,803 Member
    Aaron said:

    Well hell

    i expect there are better ways to get your kicks than to send oncologists kids to college max, but to each their own brother;) I'm sure glad they got to it early and thinking back to the stories you told me about the last go around this should be a walk in the park, relatively speaking. Be well my friend

    Correct !

     

    You are exactly right, Aaron. Compared to six months of r-abvd, one surgery, or a few radiation sessions should seem pretty mild. I told my adult kids, when they asked about treatments,

    "Oh, this will be about like getting a flu shot at the drug store compared to the last cancer experience."

    I has laproscopic removal of my gall bladder when I had my port removed several years ago. I recall that when I woke up in recovery the pain was vicious, and I was yelling for some meds. My thought was "This is much less pain than an open incision?  Liar !" The docs brag about less scarring. What they don't ordinarily mention is that you are hung with your head tilted down, and then your abdomen is pumped full of gas (I believe it is nitrogen, or some other inert gas), so that a camara can be moved around inside. No wonder it hurts ! You have been balooned up like the Michelin man !  I am not going to be on Baywatch any more, so a little scarring does not matter to me.

    Removal of the prostate is actually pretty tricky, whether done by laproscopic or open incision, and would take about a week to start to recover from, but I need some catch-up time for old movies and TV classics anyway.  It is very tightly hidden between other organs. I read recently that until the late 1800s, anatomists did not even know that there was such a thing as a prostate; it was believed before then to be some sort of appendage to the bladder.

    If I go radiation an issue is that it can take years thereafter to determine if there is relapse, because the radiation makes the PSA levels randomly drift up and down, and they become hard to interpret.  I might be gone from excessive bacon consumption by the time that resolves !

    max

  • Sten
    Sten Member Posts: 162 Member

    Correct !

     

    You are exactly right, Aaron. Compared to six months of r-abvd, one surgery, or a few radiation sessions should seem pretty mild. I told my adult kids, when they asked about treatments,

    "Oh, this will be about like getting a flu shot at the drug store compared to the last cancer experience."

    I has laproscopic removal of my gall bladder when I had my port removed several years ago. I recall that when I woke up in recovery the pain was vicious, and I was yelling for some meds. My thought was "This is much less pain than an open incision?  Liar !" The docs brag about less scarring. What they don't ordinarily mention is that you are hung with your head tilted down, and then your abdomen is pumped full of gas (I believe it is nitrogen, or some other inert gas), so that a camara can be moved around inside. No wonder it hurts ! You have been balooned up like the Michelin man !  I am not going to be on Baywatch any more, so a little scarring does not matter to me.

    Removal of the prostate is actually pretty tricky, whether done by laproscopic or open incision, and would take about a week to start to recover from, but I need some catch-up time for old movies and TV classics anyway.  It is very tightly hidden between other organs. I read recently that until the late 1800s, anatomists did not even know that there was such a thing as a prostate; it was believed before then to be some sort of appendage to the bladder.

    If I go radiation an issue is that it can take years thereafter to determine if there is relapse, because the radiation makes the PSA levels randomly drift up and down, and they become hard to interpret.  I might be gone from excessive bacon consumption by the time that resolves !

    max

    Hope that you will get well soon

    Max,

    I wish you good recovery from this new disease.

    Sten

  • Rocquie
    Rocquie Member Posts: 868 Member
    Title

    Max, as soon as I saw the title of your post, I knew you were facing another cancer journey. That is not what I had hoped for. I am glad it is easily treatable, but I'm sorry you have to go through more treatment. 

    I understand that you need to post about the nuts and bolts (tee-hee) at the prostate board but remember that we "lymphomaniacs" care about you and want to know what treatment you decide on and how is it going. 

    And of course, I will remember you in my prayers.

    Hugs,

    Rocquie

     

  • Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3
    Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3 Member Posts: 3,803 Member
    Rocquie said:

    Title

    Max, as soon as I saw the title of your post, I knew you were facing another cancer journey. That is not what I had hoped for. I am glad it is easily treatable, but I'm sorry you have to go through more treatment. 

    I understand that you need to post about the nuts and bolts (tee-hee) at the prostate board but remember that we "lymphomaniacs" care about you and want to know what treatment you decide on and how is it going. 

    And of course, I will remember you in my prayers.

    Hugs,

    Rocquie

     

    Thanks

     

    Thanks dearly, Rocquie and Sten.  Semper fi, do or die (planning only the former, not the latter !)

     

    max

  • Jeff148
    Jeff148 Member Posts: 184
    Max

    You are one positive person.I'm glad they caught it early!! Very treatable. I will continue to pray for you. My recovery continues. I have a CT scan in December. My hair is growing in a strange fashion...a natural pho-hawk. Hair on both sides of my head is growing toward the middle. At least my kids think its cool. It was stick straight before. At least you won't ose your hair again!!

    Jeff

  • Jeff148
    Jeff148 Member Posts: 184
    Max

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  • jimwins
    jimwins Member Posts: 2,107
    Jeff148 said:

    Max

    You are one positive person.I'm glad they caught it early!! Very treatable. I will continue to pray for you. My recovery continues. I have a CT scan in December. My hair is growing in a strange fashion...a natural pho-hawk. Hair on both sides of my head is growing toward the middle. At least my kids think its cool. It was stick straight before. At least you won't ose your hair again!!

    Jeff

    Hi Jeff

    Your hair will be back to near normal in no time.  My hair came back very fine at first and slightly different texture and definitely much darker but now, alas, the grey is returning :).

    It was strange not being able to "lather up" in certain places but thank goodness, I can do that again too ;).

     

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  • ThisisLife
    ThisisLife Member Posts: 101 Member
    :(

    I'm sorry to hear that Max.  But, you are a fighter and I have no doubt this is just another blip on the screen and you will come through it just fine.   Sending you a big 'ol hug!

     

  • girliefighter
    girliefighter Member Posts: 232
    Max,
    Thinking about

    Max,

    Thinking about you

    XXXOOO

    Carie

  • Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3
    Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3 Member Posts: 3,803 Member

    Max,
    Thinking about

    Max,

    Thinking about you

    XXXOOO

    Carie

    Wonderful

     

    Carie,

    Always loved that pink glove pic you use here. It cheered me up just a moment ago. 

    Been fighting insurance "Wellness" requirements. I go to some sort of doc a couple times a month for this or that, all within the same health system, and they all have my medical records online, but the "Wellness Coordinator" is whining because I have not sent them my blood pressure !  They wanted me to take a PSA recently, while I am seeing a urologist for prostate cancer !  These petty clerks are more demoralizing than having a disease itself.  Without small-minded, petty people, however, brilliance and character would not stand out as the rare traits that they are.

    Bless you; I love it when you check back in with the the gang.  Study, study, study !  I worked for years in academic advising at a good college, and health-related professions are absolutly the best thing to enter today,

    max