Two New Members

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Welcome to the following who have joined the ProstateCancerSupport group:

Email address: jjluth61 jjluth61@...

Comment from user:

I have my first Radiation Feb 5 Is there a lot of

things I should expect. My hot flashes are hitting 4 to 5 a hour. Is that normal?

And

Email address: ducboy2001

fmr1010@...

Comment from user:

I would like to learn of the experience of others

with this disease.

Sorry to hear of your diagnosis but welcome to the

club you never wanted to join. No doubt you’re in a bit of a state of

shock, and perhaps feeling isolated. You’ll find plenty of friendly folk

on this List who will do what they can to help you through.

You might find it useful to visit YANA

- You Are Not Alone Now www.yananow.net a site set up for newly diagnosed

people. The first section gives some basic information in plain language with

links to more complex and technical sites. The second section of the site is

where men are invited to tell their prostate cancer stories and how they

arrived at their decisions regarding treatment. Many people have mailed to say

how useful they have found this, especially because most of the men are happy

to respond to specific questions. The section of the site can be found by

clicking the link labelled Experiences or going to http://www.yananow.net/Experiences.html

But in any event, please post some details of

your diagnosis – your Age, your PSAs leading up to the diagnosis, your

Gleason Score and Staging (these terms are all explained on the YANA site) and any questions you might have. Just

remember – there are no dumb questions. We all started off where you are

now, but we’ve collectively learned a lot over the years.

For jjluth61 – It seems

you have had a hormone shot ahead of your radiation – is that so? I’m

guessing this because of your reference to hot flashes. You ask if this is

normal and the answer is yeas and no – evrryone has an individual

reaction to drugs of any sort and some men have reported continuous problems

like yours, while others do not. I’m sure there will be someone on the

List who can give you some idea of how to deal with this issue.

All the

best

Terry Herbert

in Melbourne Australia

Diagnosed

‘96: Age 54: Stage T2b: PSA 7.2: Gleason 3+3=6: No treatment. June '04:

TURP. Nov '06 PSA 31.4

My site

is at www.prostatecancerwatchfulwaiting.co.za

It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he

doesn’t know, and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows

everything. Joyce Carey