New Member - Father wants information

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Welcome to Dawn - swinaz99

swinaz99@... who has joined

the ProstateCancerSupport group and

says:

My dad w/ca-I would like to know if others have

survived w/symptoms similar to his

So sorry to hear of your father’s diagnosis.

You might find it useful to visit YANA - You Are Not

Alone Now www.yananow.net a site

set up for newly diagnosed people which gives some basic information in plain

language with links to more complex sites. The second section of the site is

where we invite men to tell their stories and how they arrived at their

decisions regarding treatment. Many people have mailed me 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 father’s diagnosis – Age, PSAs leading up to the

diagnosis, 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.

Please mail us if there is anything specific we can

help you with at this difficult time.

All the best,

Terry Herbert in Melbourne, Australia

Diagnosed ‘96: Age 54: Stage T2b: PSA 7.2:

Gleason 3+3=6: No treatment. November '06 PSA 31.4

My site is at www.yananow.net

As a physician, I am painfully aware that

most of the decisions we make with regard to prostate cancer are made with

inadequate data: Dr “Snuffy”

Myers.