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xnoel |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 782 Location: Waurika OK | On November 23, my urologist called and informed me that my prostate biopsy showed that I had prostate cancer. Not a great day, but not totally unexpected, my PSA was 80. CT scan showed none in any organs. Right before Christmas he called back to report that bone scan showed 3 spots that he felt was prostate cancer in the bone. Not a good day, but we have not despaired at all. This meant that surgery to remove the prostate and radiation was no longer an option. We had a face to face today and I will start hormone therapy next week. This is not to whine, my outlook is positive and the doctor feels that I have years ahead of me. Only time will tell. What this is about: ALL YOU GUYS OVER 50 - GET A YEARLY DRE & PSA TEST! DON'T PUT IT OFF! And now, back to your regularly scheduled fan club stuff. | ||
Jeff W. |
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Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039 Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Pegleg, Wishing you the easiest path possible. | ||
Capo Guy |
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Joined: December 2004 Posts: 4394 Location: East Tennessee | xnoel, Our prayers are with you. Going to see the Dr in a few weeks for my checkup. | ||
MWoody |
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 13984 Location: Upper Left USA | xnoel, Sorry to hear what you are facing and I agree on your advice. Working around reactors for 25 years it was our running joke that we had to get the finger wave on an annual basis. Best to find out early. If you need someone to vent to or share with or just to know they care enough to listen count myself and many others here in. I don't have the answers but we are here. Life is hard but God is good. | ||
Mike O |
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Joined: July 2005 Posts: 83 Location: Norman, OK | Noel, Will keep you in our prayers. Also would like to dedicate this week's Offertory song to you, we happen to be playing "It is Well With My Soul". Divine providence I suppose...the song sums it up pretty well somehow. Just up the road if you need anything. Still hoping to do some hunting in your neck of the woods before quail season ends. Take Care, Mike O | ||
Mike O |
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Joined: July 2005 Posts: 83 Location: Norman, OK | Noel, By the way, almost forgot to tell you, one of my good friends from our church and hunting buddy is a Urologist here in Norman. If you need a second opinion on anything let me know and I'll set you up with Phil. He's a great guy and a fantastic surgeon. Mike O | ||
cliff |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842 Location: NJ | Noel; I turn 50 on the 24th of next month. The impending thought of being tested has been nagging at me. You just convinced me to make an appointment for as soon as I get back from the cruise. Thanks for that. I'd like t'say that I'll be thinking about you when I go for it, but that . . . . wouldn't sound right :rolleyes: GodSpeed, Buddy. We're all pullin' for ya' . . . | ||
Buckaroo |
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Joined: October 2005 Posts: 400 Location: North Texas | Get well soon. We're with you! | ||
tragocaster |
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Joined: July 2005 Posts: 354 Location: Flushing, MI | Prayers and positive thoughts headed your way. | ||
Styll |
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Joined: November 2004 Posts: 382 Location: USA | Thoughts and prayers are with you. | ||
dragonboy |
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Joined: November 2005 Posts: 111 Location: Southern California | Styll wrote: Thoughts and prayers are with you. Could not have of said it better... | ||
schroeder |
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Joined: November 2004 Posts: 4413 | Lots of people thinking about you, so hang on in there. It really isn't the end of the world, tho it can feel like it. Playing an Ovation 3 times a day is a great medicine. Best wishes from the old world. | ||
cruster |
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Joined: May 2004 Posts: 2850 Location: Midland, MI | Positive vibes, thoughts and prayers out to you. It'll all work out, buddy. I haven't been for a physical in ~16 years. I had one scheduled for this month, but it was the same day my wife was scheduled for surgery, so I cancelled. The soonest they could get me back in is March. I figure I've waited this long, what's another eight weeks. Now you have me wondering... | ||
Slipkid |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301 Location: south east Michigan | When it is caught this early, good things happen. I do not look forward to "the test"...but I go at least every 18 months. | ||
Designzilla |
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Joined: December 2004 Posts: 2150 Location: Orlando, FL | You are in our prayers. Get well quick! | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | We'll be praying for you, xnoel. I was just in for mine last week as well. | ||
Weaser P |
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Joined: October 2005 Posts: 5327 Location: Cicero, NY | They do wonderful things today, xnoel, as some on this board can attest to. We'll be sending a few prayers out for you. And, yes, I'm probably due for the test as well. And don't forget your many friends here too. | ||
bvince |
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Joined: September 2005 Posts: 3618 Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I'll be praying for you also. I've ben hemming and hawing about getting an exam for the past year, and I'm 48, but you just convinced me. Thanks | ||
Paul Blanchard |
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Joined: February 2002 Posts: 1817 Location: Minden, Nebraska | Hi, brother; Gabriel told Mary that nothing is impossible with God. He knew what he was talking about, and we've seen the truth plenty enough times. Hold on! | ||
fillhixx |
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Joined: November 2005 Posts: 4820 Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | My best wishes are with you as well. When I turned fifty (this year) told my Dr. I wanted the PSA. He said I was too young and healthy :D to worry about it. I insisted anyway, to get a 'base line' measurement to compare later results. On that basis he agreed with me. Get it early, for later reference. It's kinda like recon before the battle. | ||
xnoel |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 782 Location: Waurika OK | Thanks for all the kind words. Glad some are seriously going to make that appointment. We are real optimistic about the future. Mike, It Is Well With My Soul, is one of my favorite hymns. The story behind the lyrics is great: the man who wrote them had lost a daughter to a ship wreck, as he later traveled on another ship, the captain slowed down near the spot where her ship had gone down. As he gazed over the rail at the sea, the idea for the song came to him. It is a wondereful song. Again, thanks to all and it is going to work out fine. | ||
TRboy |
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Joined: February 2003 Posts: 2177 Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Your outlook is positive and all our prayers are with you and thank you for the reminder! | ||
BigBearCarolina |
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Joined: December 2004 Posts: 59 Location: North Carolina | xnoel You will most certainly be added to our prayer list and in our thoughts. Thanks so much for thinking of others at a time when you need to make sure you are thinking of what's best for you. God Bless. | ||
Paulcc1 |
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Joined: September 2004 Posts: 1180 Location: Vermont USA | It seems to have been said. So I ask that our heavenly Father will touch you and bring you through this in victory amen. Paul | ||
schroeder |
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Joined: November 2004 Posts: 4413 | For those of you who are about to get tested, maybe you should look at some stuff published today in the US journal Archives of Internal Medicine by John Concato of the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System and Yale University. In the UK (and in most of Europe I think - not absolutely sure) the idea of regular testing in otherwise healthy men has never caught on with the medical profession. I don't have a web link to the article as I read about it in good old newsprint over my lunch. I'm sure you guys can find it. It's very interesting. | ||
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