New Member undergoing radiation treatment

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the following person glaughter@... who has

joined the ProstateCancerSupport group and says:

I was diagnosed with Gleason 8 prostate cancer and am

presently undergoing radiation treatment. I would like to learn from others how

they are dealing with similar circumstances.

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.

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. Jun '07 PSA 35.0

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