Guest guest Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Happy New Year . Please unsuscribe me from your list of update/s receipients. Thank you and oblige. Seton During18 Falcon CrescentEnfieldEN3 4LTPhone: 020 8804 6021Fax: 020 8372 2771Mobile: 07957 867356Carphone: 07940 896813E-mail: saro@... proton beam Hi all, am new to this group but have been a member of the Circle since the beginning of our journey. A mere 10 weeks (feels like a lifetime). My husband is 58 and was treated for low grade early stage bladder cancer the last 6 months of 2005. His prostate cancer is stage T1c or T2a depending on which doc we are talking to. Gleason 3+3, PSA 5. 2 cores positive out of 12. My uncle was treated at Loma this past summer, so that was our initial introduction to protons. We did hours and hours of research and contacted some of the members of BOB individually. We have decided that proton treatment is the most tissue sparing (we were especially concerned about protecting the bladder) with the potential for the least amount of side effects. Our Uro actually ruled out surgery because if the bladder cancer returns it could complicate that situation. He actually seemed to be in favor of WW, but Gregg could not go along with that. Just one point to add the to the proton thread. Is is my understanding that in the early days of LL and prostate cancer (10 years ago or so) the men were being treated with a combination of photon and proton. They still treat some patients with a combination. The proton was used as a boost. So I personally would like to think that the rate of impotence and all of the other nasty problems has got to be lower now. The science and techniques of delivery are better and they have settled on the ideal dose. In our case that will be 79.2 CBg E. Gregg and head for Southern CA this Friday. I will return home on Monday and we will see each other every couple of weeks. Now we are just waiting. I am not looking forward to a 9 week separation after all we have been through together, but my daughter says the time will pass quickly. And then we wait and see. Hard stuff any way one looks at it. Trying to enjoy the moment and not worry. Biggest waste of energy in the human experience. Laurel No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.16.4/615 - Release Date: 03/01/2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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