Systemic Treatment – my experience and update
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Looking good
Hi Vasco,
In the absence of other indications it is looking good.
One day at a time.
The wife has discovered Pimms drank at French strength, 50:50 with ginger ale and a handful of ice.
I will raise you a G&T, hic!
Best wishes,
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Consultation by phone. This is VIP luxury Services
Well,
So it was. I had my PCa consultation this time on the phone. It felt good to be treated as a VIP by the NHS. They could do this more often even if Covid-19 fades away. The hospital doesn't get overcrowded and the patient avoids long trips to city and the messy typically of major hospitals. In particular, this time where Lisbon is confronting a chaotic state with increasing contagious Covid-19 cases. The area is getting the highest daily number of new cases for the whole country.
The consultation was short as my PSA is still low (1.82). The doctor scheduled me for a consultation in February 2021.
Time to go for a swim.
VG
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Looking good
Hi Vasco,
That seems great, as long as you keep jogging along at that level it seems that the bandit is hiding in the trees and unlikely to bother you.
Glad to hear that you are keeping well, it is too cold for swimming much round here without a wetsuit unless you are particularly hardy.
I will have an update over the next few days as I have a blood test and a consultation with Pooh.
Best wishes,
Georges0 -
Congrats
Congrats Vasco,
You can rest easy for another year. Stay safe and have a brewsky on me.
Dave 3+4
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You sound pleased
You sound pleased with yourself. I ceratinly enjoy reading your journey. So I give you something I wrote a while back on my journey. Great news mind, body, and soul.
I have seen a good part of this world.
I have met a lot of people, not like me, but like me.
Their smiles, their trials and tribulations.
I desire to move around and look.
I want to be a part of so many adventures, I do not know where to start.
I am searching for something that nobody can give me.
And that nobody can take away from me.
I have witnessed both life and death.
I am not too sure that they are so far apart.
I have seen good and bad.
And been a part of both.
I am here. I exist.
I looked in the mirror and it was me.
I yearn for peace.
The peace that only my soul can give me.
Where do I go from here?
Robert Richards
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Cheers !
Vasco,
I'm delighted.
Get a pack of our previously-discussed Pabst Blue Ribbon. If nothing else, it will ensure hearty urine flow, but you won't care !
max
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Where do I go from here?
Thanks fellas. I will keep me busy till the next consultation. In taking the last sentence from the poem of Lighterwood, I started with a trip to the vast Alentejo region tasting the wines and local specialties. The food is great and that oblige me to forget some principals of the PCa. I can't avoid their cheeses, sausages and farm breads. Probably the bandit is enjoying as much.
I promise I will behave well.
Thanks
VG
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Butter
Hi Vasco,
Brittany is famous for its butter which is used in rich cakes like this Kouign Amann.
https://www.davidlebovitz.com/long-live-the-k/
Patisserie aka posh cakes is somewhere between an art form and a religion in France.
The local diet is satirised in this T shirt!
https://www.spreadshirt.fr/shop/design/breton+pur+beurre+t-shirt+homme-D5d6d202fb264a14c27714557?sellable=aZaen0RjZBSymGXNAqQ1-6-7&appearance=2&affiliateID=1232095&gclid=CjwKCAjwrvv3BRAJEiwAhwOdMzVjz8uuR7dE4YTvw5bRlPrDadaNCyRGB0LoNqrYkxf9YKN6VYcSVxoCHlIQAvD_BwE
Best wishes,
Georges0 -
StrollVascodaGama said:Where do I go from here?
Thanks fellas. I will keep me busy till the next consultation. In taking the last sentence from the poem of Lighterwood, I started with a trip to the vast Alentejo region tasting the wines and local specialties. The food is great and that oblige me to forget some principals of the PCa. I can't avoid their cheeses, sausages and farm breads. Probably the bandit is enjoying as much.
I promise I will behave well.
Thanks
VG
Be aware that the average wealthy American would pay $50,000 or more per person for the leisurely "wine-tasting" journey that you describe....
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Nothing betterVascodaGama said:Where do I go from here?
Thanks fellas. I will keep me busy till the next consultation. In taking the last sentence from the poem of Lighterwood, I started with a trip to the vast Alentejo region tasting the wines and local specialties. The food is great and that oblige me to forget some principals of the PCa. I can't avoid their cheeses, sausages and farm breads. Probably the bandit is enjoying as much.
I promise I will behave well.
Thanks
VG
Good wine, good food. Smile, I am.
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Living in peace with the bandit
Should I say that the doctor was right last June in scheduling our next appointment to Feb 2021, or is there any other reason for the bandit to keep that quiet?
The unexpected happen again. The PSA decreased to 1.55 (from 1.82 in Apr) matching the levels of 2016. The only justifiable reason for its retreat is the flourishing covid-19 event. Could the virus turn the cancer indolent?
My PSA histology since the end of ADT is summarized as follows:
May 2012: PSA=0.02, T=<0.01 (End of Eligard’s effectiveness; Starting Off-Drugs period
Aug 2012: PSA=0.02, T=0.11
Nov 2012: PSA=0.03, T=0.56
Jan 2013: PSA=0.13, T=2.52
May 2013: PSA=0.71, T=3.84 ng/ml (384 ng/dL)
Sep 2013: PSA=0.88, T=4.90May 2014; PSA=1.20, T=341
Sep 2014; PSA=1.24, T=356
Mar 2015; PSA=1.49
Nov 2015; PSA=1.46May 2016; PSA=1.59
Sep 2016; PSA=1.56, T=364
Apr 2017; PSA=1.81, T=377
Sep 2017; PSA=1.57, T=306
Dec 2017; PSA=2.05 ; T=329Apr 2018; PSA=1.83
Oct 2018; PSA=1.96, T=414
Dec 2018; PSA=2.13May 2019; PSA=1.88
Aug 2019; PSA=2.14
Nov 2019; PSA=1.95, T=375
Apr 2020; PSA=1.82Aug 2020; PSA=1.55
Hard to understand but happy for the continuing this Off-drugs vacation.
Thanks,
VG
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PSA still below 2.5 ng/ml
Hi all,
I just want to inform those following my story on the last PSA blood test (Nov 2020) that come out as 1.98 ng/ml (T=357). This is still below the threshold of 2.5 reserved by my doctor to restart ADT. The next uro consultation is scheduled for April and I wonder if the PSA will reach such level by that time.
Meanwhile I have been fighting another war against my android phone and windows computer. Both decided to behave badly, broking down, probably due to digital virus, which shut me down from this forum for about one month. I got a new phone but kept the computer, but I also won the war against the android and managed to get my old Xiaomi operating nicely.
Covid19 is flourishing in Europe. Fortunately I got a negative PCR test for three genetic materials identifying the SARS Cov1 and Cov2. I hope you all are fine.
Best,
VG
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Good news
Great news Vasco, hope you stay below the 2.5 limit. Have a safe holiday. We are struggling in the Cleveland, Ohio area with Covid also. Vacines could be in peoples arms literally by early next week If the FDA approves today. End in sight?........
Dave 3+4
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Technology/Cancer
Wow. Fixing the technology and whooping the cancer. What a come back. I was wondering where you were. Glad for your good news. Keep posting. Your test tube has been put under the burner a lot. You have a wealth of knowledge and the ability to put words on paper so that it can be understood. Best of luck on your journey and to all who have tasted this battle, but will not give up.
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