Re: hi all!

[Guest guest]

Tom

A little more than a year ago I was in the same position as you. I was

56 years old, a grandfather of one and about to be divorced. Life seemed

to be ebbing away in front of me but 12 months further on I'm back in

the gym three times a week, facing up to new challenges at work where I

am back full-time and fortunate to have a wonderful girlfriend.

It is the biggest thing that has ever happened to me too and that beats

a marriage break up and all that went with it.

A great pal of mine has just had the radical prostectomy and he too is

smiling again.

It's a question of attitude.

You're lucky in a way because they got you early and you're young enough

to cope with surgery if that's the option you decide to take.

I still get scared. That never goes away but, generally, I don't think

about it too much.

Glad to have you with us. Isn't it great to know that you're not on your

own and that people care!

I live in Yorkshire, England so it's hands across the sea in support of

your situation

Regards

Huxley

In message <bv9ifu+d3beeGroups>, Tom writes

>HI there! I just joined and wanted to introduce myself to everyone

>here!

>

>My Name is Tom Reynolds and I live in Washington State just west of

>Seattle. I am 49 years old, married with one daughter and 1 Grandson.

>

>I have just been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and was given my

>options last night. I have been thinking about them all day long and

>am leaning towards prostate removal surgery. Of all the options

>available this seems to be the most logical one for me at my age. I

>am still going to get more opinions and read more up on it before I

>make a final decision. I have a lot of your thoughts and experiences

>and am taking them all into consideration as well.

>

>This has been the most traumatic thing to happen to me in my life to

>date. I have never been in an operating room, never operated on,

>never sedated. The worst thing I have had to deal with in all of my

>young years is a bad flu in 02. SO this is really something to think

>about and ponder. I have taken the last two days off of work,

>yesterday was to worry, today was to think. My Urologist was very

>straight forward with me and I really appreciate that. I have to

>sort through the options and see which ones I want to live with. I

>don't think any of them are great, but if one of them keeps me going

>until I'm about 90 or so, I'll go with that! My father had this at

>age 65 or so and is still going on. He is 75 now. I think he went

>through radiation therapy, I need to check on that when I talk to

>him. But he is older, so that may have been more appropriate for

>him.

>

>Anyhow, I tend to ramble on so I will close for now. Thank you all

>for having me here. I hope I can help someone as I know you have

>helped me already by your experiences and talk!

>

>Thanks again......Tom (oh. I was T1C gleason score 3+3=6/10

>moderate. This is still a little confusing but I believe I am at the

>low end of the middle end of the scale. I think!

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

HI Ian! THank you for your note and the site info! I tried it out

and found it right away! Looks good! Thanks! My email is

tomren_us@... That's got to work, I get mail all the time!

Thank you again! Tom

> To attention: Tom Reynolds, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.

> Thanks for your note.

> I tried to send a quick note direct to you but seems to be a

problem with

> your e/mail address - please confirm same.

> In first instance may I suggest that you contact Us Too!

International in

> Downers Grove, IL, 60515 at 1- and website

www.ustoo.org for a

> support group in your area.

> Best wishes for speedy treatment and recovery.

> Sincerely

> Ian

> Us Too! Brampton, Ontario

>

>

>

> HI all!

>

>

> > HI there! I just joined and wanted to introduce myself to

everyone

> > here!

> >

> > My Name is Tom Reynolds and I live in Washington State just west

of

> > Seattle. I am 49 years old, married with one daughter and 1

Grandson.

> >

> > I have just been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and was given my

> > options last night. I have been thinking about them all day long

and

> > am leaning towards prostate removal surgery. Of all the options

> > available this seems to be the most logical one for me at my

age. I

> > am still going to get more opinions and read more up on it

before I

> > make a final decision. I have a lot of your thoughts and

experiences

> > and am taking them all into consideration as well.

> >

> > This has been the most traumatic thing to happen to me in my

life to

> > date. I have never been in an operating room, never operated on,

> > never sedated. The worst thing I have had to deal with in all of

my

> > young years is a bad flu in 02. SO this is really something to

think

> > about and ponder. I have taken the last two days off of work,

> > yesterday was to worry, today was to think. My Urologist was very

> > straight forward with me and I really appreciate that. I have to

> > sort through the options and see which ones I want to live with.

I

> > don't think any of them are great, but if one of them keeps me

going

> > until I'm about 90 or so, I'll go with that! My father had this

at

> > age 65 or so and is still going on. He is 75 now. I think he went

> > through radiation therapy, I need to check on that when I talk to

> > him. But he is older, so that may have been more appropriate for

> > him.

> >

> > Anyhow, I tend to ramble on so I will close for now. Thank you

all

> > for having me here. I hope I can help someone as I know you have

> > helped me already by your experiences and talk!

> >

> > Thanks again......Tom (oh. I was T1C gleason score 3+3=6/10

> > moderate. This is still a little confusing but I believe I am at

the

> > low end of the middle end of the scale. I think!

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

HI Louisa! Thank you for your hugggggsssss and here's some more

right back at you! HHHHHHHHUUUUGGGGGGGGSSSSSSSSSS! Thank you for

your note and great thoughts!

I am sorry to hear of your Dads Cancer too but from what I am

learning, what we have is very fixable in one way or another.

Another thing that is very fixable is our attitudes about this all.

When I get a great note from a nice person like you, that makes me

feel great! When I see all of the other notes here from other people

wishing me well, that does so much for my attitude and general well

being. Thank you Louisa! Please write more and anytime you want too!

I will let you know how I am doing and I hope your Dad is well on

his way to recovery! I'd love to hear how he is.

Thank you again! I appreciate it! Tom

>

[Guest guest]

HI ! Thank you so much for your very informative note! It is

great to hear of your and your pals success! That is great and I am

very glad for you two! It is very good to hear that your life is

coming together very nicely!

Thanks again and I will keep you informed of what I am going to do

and what the results are. This is a great group and Thank you for

the great support from so far away! This brings us all together!

Thanks again.....Tom

> Tom

>

> A little more than a year ago I was in the same position as you. I

was

> 56 years old, a grandfather of one and about to be divorced. Life

seemed

> to be ebbing away in front of me but 12 months further on I'm back

in

> the gym three times a week, facing up to new challenges at work

where I

> am back full-time and fortunate to have a wonderful girlfriend.

>

> It is the biggest thing that has ever happened to me too and that

beats

> a marriage break up and all that went with it.

>

> A great pal of mine has just had the radical prostectomy and he

too is

> smiling again.

>

> It's a question of attitude.

>

> You're lucky in a way because they got you early and you're young

enough

> to cope with surgery if that's the option you decide to take.

>

> I still get scared. That never goes away but, generally, I don't

think

> about it too much.

>

> Glad to have you with us. Isn't it great to know that you're not

on your

> own and that people care!

>

> I live in Yorkshire, England so it's hands across the sea in

support of

> your situation

>

> Regards

>

> Huxley

>

> In message <bv9ifu+d3be@e...>, Tom <tomren_us@y...> writes

> >HI there! I just joined and wanted to introduce myself to

everyone

> >here!

> >

> >My Name is Tom Reynolds and I live in Washington State just west

of

> >Seattle. I am 49 years old, married with one daughter and 1

Grandson.

> >

> >I have just been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and was given my

> >options last night. I have been thinking about them all day long

and

> >am leaning towards prostate removal surgery. Of all the options

> >available this seems to be the most logical one for me at my age.

I

> >am still going to get more opinions and read more up on it before

I

> >make a final decision. I have a lot of your thoughts and

experiences

> >and am taking them all into consideration as well.

> >

> >This has been the most traumatic thing to happen to me in my life

to

> >date. I have never been in an operating room, never operated on,

> >never sedated. The worst thing I have had to deal with in all of

my

> >young years is a bad flu in 02. SO this is really something to

think

> >about and ponder. I have taken the last two days off of work,

> >yesterday was to worry, today was to think. My Urologist was very

> >straight forward with me and I really appreciate that. I have to

> >sort through the options and see which ones I want to live with.

I

> >don't think any of them are great, but if one of them keeps me

going

> >until I'm about 90 or so, I'll go with that! My father had this

at

> >age 65 or so and is still going on. He is 75 now. I think he went

> >through radiation therapy, I need to check on that when I talk to

> >him. But he is older, so that may have been more appropriate for

> >him.

> >

> >Anyhow, I tend to ramble on so I will close for now. Thank you

all

> >for having me here. I hope I can help someone as I know you have

> >helped me already by your experiences and talk!

> >

> >Thanks again......Tom (oh. I was T1C gleason score 3+3=6/10

> >moderate. This is still a little confusing but I believe I am at

the

> >low end of the middle end of the scale. I think!

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Tom,

when I got the diagnosis in Sept this year and found it to have a

gleason of 9 in 1 of the 12 samples 8 were normal the other gl 6 I

thought my life was over. One of the first things I did was to buy a

plot near my parents. My wife and kids were walking around like I had

already died. 4 days later( and 4 2nd opinions later) I found my

doctor and a plan. My prostate was enlarged so I had to shrink it

before we did anything else. He thought it might take 6 months to do

but it went from 86cc to 32cc in 3 1/2 months and feb 19th Ill get

the seeds and a few weeks later the radiation for 25 doses. I did all

the tests and scans and all were normal. I wake up in the morning and

look for symptoms but they arent there I look for side effects but

there really arent any. People tell me I havent looked better. We all

have to relax and go on with our lives and be thankful for modern

medicine. Get started on your treatments and life will be fine.

> HI there! I just joined and wanted to introduce myself to everyone

> here!

>

> My Name is Tom Reynolds and I live in Washington State just west of

> Seattle. I am 49 years old, married with one daughter and 1 Grandson.

>

> I have just been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and was given my

> options last night. I have been thinking about them all day long and

> am leaning towards prostate removal surgery. Of all the options

> available this seems to be the most logical one for me at my age. I

> am still going to get more opinions and read more up on it before I

> make a final decision. I have a lot of your thoughts and experiences

> and am taking them all into consideration as well.

>

> This has been the most traumatic thing to happen to me in my life to

> date. I have never been in an operating room, never operated on,

> never sedated. The worst thing I have had to deal with in all of my

> young years is a bad flu in 02. SO this is really something to think

> about and ponder. I have taken the last two days off of work,

> yesterday was to worry, today was to think. My Urologist was very

> straight forward with me and I really appreciate that. I have to

> sort through the options and see which ones I want to live with. I

> don't think any of them are great, but if one of them keeps me going

> until I'm about 90 or so, I'll go with that! My father had this at

> age 65 or so and is still going on. He is 75 now. I think he went

> through radiation therapy, I need to check on that when I talk to

> him. But he is older, so that may have been more appropriate for

> him.

>

> Anyhow, I tend to ramble on so I will close for now. Thank you all

> for having me here. I hope I can help someone as I know you have

> helped me already by your experiences and talk!

>

> Thanks again......Tom (oh. I was T1C gleason score 3+3=6/10

> moderate. This is still a little confusing but I believe I am at the

> low end of the middle end of the scale. I think!

[Guest guest]

Glad to hear the great news Tom. I go in for my 3month check next week. I will let you know how that goes.

Larry E. Tom wrote:

HI there! This is Tom again! I just got home from my three month check up and had to tell you all what's going on with me!My PSA level is now undetecable. YEAH! Now is that good news or what? I think it's great! I will have to go back in three months and so on until my dr feels that it is really all gone. That may take a year or two but that's fine! I got through the first one and couldn't be happier! Thank you all again for listening to me for the last few months and I hope you all have a speedy recovery as well. Take care and have a great week! Tom

[Guest guest]

Thank you Larry! It is such great news finally! I hope yours is just

as good! I gotta hand it to my Dr. Everything he told me has come

true, even this PSA result. It just gets better and better everyday.

I have been practicing my kegels and that is getting better too.

Finally! I am impatient though, he did say that some people take

longer for everything to come back in place, but that I am doing

great. I was so happy I almost floated out of his office.

Let me know how your results go too. This is such a great support

group! I am glad I found it! Thank you all!

Bye for now....Tom

> HI there! This is Tom again! I just got home from my three month

> check up and had to tell you all what's going on with me!

>

> My PSA level is now undetecable. YEAH! Now is that good news or

> what? I think it's great! I will have to go back in three months

and

> so on until my dr feels that it is really all gone. That may take

a

> year or two but that's fine! I got through the first one and

> couldn't be happier!

>

> Thank you all again for listening to me for the last few months

and

> I hope you all have a speedy recovery as well.

>

> Take care and have a great week!

>

> Tom

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

congratulations Tom...what wonderful news !!

Hugssss

LouisaNew Zealand

> >Reply-To: ProstateCancerSupport >To: ProstateCancerSupport >Subject: Hi all! >Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 23:16:16 -0000 > >HI there! This is Tom again! I just got home from my three month >check up and had to tell you all what's going on with me! > >My PSA level is now undetecable. YEAH! Now is that good news or >what? I think it's great! I will have to go back in three months and >so on until my dr feels that it is really all gone. That may take a >year or two but that's fine! I got through the first one and >couldn't be happier! > >Thank you all again for listening to me for the last few months and >I hope you all have a speedy recovery as well. > >Take care and have a great week! > >Tom > Check out news, entertainment and more on the Xtra Broadband Channel

[Guest guest]

THank you Louisa! It is great news! It's just going to keep getting

better and better from now on! I am so relieved too! Thank you

again!

Tom

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I'm sorry to hear that your condition has deteriorated! I was just dx

with MS this summer and as part of my " treatment " I have started

Ambrotose. I think it is too early for me to tell if it is helping,

but the good news is that I haven't had any further exasterbasions

while I have been on it. I do know it cannot hurt you and I agree we

are a nation of malnourished humans! Good Luck!

Roe

>

> hi everyone! i'm new to this group, but agree with a lot of what

i've

> read, so far. i have had ms for 11 years, and do pretty well,

> overall. i'm on avonex (10 years). my condition has deteriorated

> some, over the past 5 years. i looked into " the gold coast cure " in

> july, and have to say, although my symptoms are about the same, the

> vitamins and other recommended supplements have given me more

energy.

> i just learned about Ambrotose, and am wondering, are you taking it?

> is it helping? i don't want to throw my money away, but i definitely

> think america is VERY malnourished (i don't mean under-nourished!).

i

> look forward to reading your replies. thanks in advance!

>

>

>