15 month post RRP blood analysis results...

[Guest guest]

The results are in and look good.

PSA: 0.00

Cholesterol: 160 mg/dL (range 131-197 mg/dL)

LDL: 90 mg/dL (range 100-159 mg/dL)

HDL: 65 mg/dL (range 30.2-76.8mg/dL)

Triglycerides: 49 mg/dL (range 101-165 mg/dL)

Glucose: 93 mg/dL (range 85-109 mg/dL)

My Cholesterol and LDL have dropped, my HDL has risen, Triglycerides

look great.

Testosterone Free: 1.13 ng/dL (range .80-3.50 ng/dL)

Testosterone (new): 483 ng/dL (range 241-827 ng/dL)

Diet wise, I have been on a high fiber, low fat mostly plant and

minimal animal food consumption program. A combination of heart

healthy, weight conscious, low sugar, dibetic healthy diet.

I try to have 2 glasses of wine a night and lots of water during the

day. I make sure I take only the appropriate vitamins and or

minerals recommended and in their proper dosages...

I run 3.0-6.0 miles daily, presently have 2 days of rest per week on

this training schedule. I am 5'6 " , my present weight is 158, 18 lbs

less than it was 6 months ago.

I am curious if the Testosterone levels were higher, would it boost

my libido but at the expense of a possible reoccurance?

I kind of miss the horny old me.

I have sexual interest, mental images, desire, dreams and

fantasies. I have capability to share intimacy or masturbate and

can become erect. Why am I complaining...?

I guess I just have memories or rememberances of feeling, well more

horny... Not used to this more sedate self. Its heck to be

reminiscent about previous desire. One that rather seemed to never

be quenched... Any suggestions?

I am 52 years old am training to run (2) 5K cross country runs this

September. One run is clothed; one is " bare as you dare " at a

naturist resort (it has been suggested I get more sun too).

Sooo there you are, thats my update.

I have 6 pages of information on a VA print out. If you would like

anyother figures, please feel very free to let me know. I will

happily supply them. I am always looking for ways and means to

improve health and quality of life.

Happy Friday, Mick -- Abilene, TX

[Guest guest]

Brilliant figures, Mick.

I like your attitude.

Well done - and keep doing what you do.

Hope your Horniness come back to you and brightens some lucky persons day!

Regards,

Hughie.

15 month post RRP blood analysis results...

The results are in and look good.PSA: 0.00Cholesterol: 160 mg/dL (range 131-197 mg/dL)LDL: 90 mg/dL (range 100-159 mg/dL)HDL: 65 mg/dL (range 30.2-76.8mg/dL) Triglycerides: 49 mg/dL (range 101-165 mg/dL)Glucose: 93 mg/dL (range 85-109 mg/dL)My Cholesterol and LDL have dropped, my HDL has risen, Triglycerides look great.Testosterone Free: 1.13 ng/dL (range .80-3.50 ng/dL)Testosterone (new): 483 ng/dL (range 241-827 ng/dL)Diet wise, I have been on a high fiber, low fat mostly plant and minimal animal food consumption program. A combination of heart healthy, weight conscious, low sugar, dibetic healthy diet. I try to have 2 glasses of wine a night and lots of water during the day. I make sure I take only the appropriate vitamins and or minerals recommended and in their proper dosages... I run 3.0-6.0 miles daily, presently have 2 days of rest per week on this training schedule. I am 5'6", my present weight is 158, 18 lbs less than it was 6 months ago.I am curious if the Testosterone levels were higher, would it boost my libido but at the expense of a possible reoccurance?I kind of miss the horny old me.I have sexual interest, mental images, desire, dreams and fantasies. I have capability to share intimacy or masturbate and can become erect. Why am I complaining...?I guess I just have memories or rememberances of feeling, well more horny... Not used to this more sedate self. Its heck to be reminiscent about previous desire. One that rather seemed to never be quenched... Any suggestions?I am 52 years old am training to run (2) 5K cross country runs this September. One run is clothed; one is "bare as you dare" at a naturist resort (it has been suggested I get more sun too).Sooo there you are, thats my update.I have 6 pages of information on a VA print out. If you would like anyother figures, please feel very free to let me know. I will happily supply them. I am always looking for ways and means to improve health and quality of life.Happy Friday, Mick -- Abilene, TX

[Guest guest]

I'm due for my annual in the next couple weeks, scared to death. Been

about 16 months for me and I'd sure like to have your results. Hope

all continues for you in the future.

[Guest guest]

I always get psyched out. I guess it is something I can't help, or

haven't learned how as of yet. I try to own up to it and not let it

control me. I work on fear, stress and negative thinking issues along

with all the rest of this stuff.

Monday, I go see my VA doc for my annual assessment. I am

intererested in their take on the situation.

I am glad you wrote. Thank you for the positive encouragement.

Wishing you the best on your results, Mick -- Abilene, TX

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> I'm due for my annual in the next couple weeks, scared to death. Been

> about 16 months for me and I'd sure like to have your results. Hope

> all continues for you in the future.

>

[Guest guest]

Mick,

I don’t think there is a man around

who doesn’t get a bit jumpy or edgy before his next PSA test. I met

a man on the Lists years ago – Mac – who had been a Marine

helicopter pilot in Vietnam.

He always said that getting PSA tests was very similar to going out on a

sortie. It was wonderful when you got back, but you knew you’d have to go

out again.

He was a lovely guy – a surgeon by

trade who booked for surgery three days after diagnosis, read up all he could

over the weekend, cancelled his surgery and was the first man I ever heard who

had proton beam radiation (I can hear Fuller cheering at that!!) He had a

wonderful sense of humour and his best contribution, I thought was the

Cockroach analogy which you can find at http://www.yananow.net/troopc.htm#cocky

Maybe reading that and a few of the other bits on the site will take your mind

off Monday’s meeting :- )

Last I heard of Mac was about 6 years ago

when he was three or four years into remission. He said all was going well, but

likened any prostate cancer treatment to jumping off a high building. There were

no problems on the way down, it was the stopping that created a difficulty.

All the best

Terry Herbert

in Melbourne Australia

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

3+3=6: No treatment. Jun '07 PSA 42.0 - Bony Metastasis: starting ADT

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

From: ProstateCancerSupport [mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of dolphin_79605

Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2007

3:57 PM

To: ProstateCancerSupport

Subject:

Re: 15 month post RRP blood analysis results...

I always get psyched out. I guess it is something I

can't help, or

haven't learned how as of yet. I try to own up to it and not let it

control me. I work on fear, stress and negative thinking issues along

with all the rest of this stuff.

Monday, I go see my VA doc for my annual assessment. I am

intererested in their take on the situation.

I am glad you wrote. Thank you for the positive encouragement.

Wishing you the best on your results, Mick -- Abilene, TX

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> I'm due for my annual in the next couple weeks, scared to death. Been

> about 16 months for me and I'd sure like to have your results. Hope

> all continues for you in the future.

>

[Guest guest]

Worry:

It has been said, " Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through

the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other

thoughts are drained. "

Worry is simply fear, and as the saying above implies, it can lead to

serious consequences, if we let it. My wife recently had a bad bout

with the consequences of worry. She suffers from high blood pressure,

and takes medication to control it. We had work done on our home

(replacing floors and windows) during the last two weeks, and in the

middle of it had guests staying for several days. I knew she was

uptight, but did not know how much the stress was affecting her,

until the work was over and the guests left. Then she went back to

checking her BP, and it was at first about 150 (normally it runs

around 125-135). So she started worrying about the increase. Next

day, it was 170! She worried more, in spite of my attempts to calm

her fears. In another two hours, it was 185! Needless to say, off we

went to her GP. The nurse took the BP and it was 190, a new record!

In came the doc; this lovely lady immediately told her to " Stop

worrying! " She told her that occasionally stress causes such things,

and that she would be fine, and would not have to go to the hospital.

(This was my wife'e real worry, she hates hospitals). The doc

discussed all the things that had caused the stress, gave her a

prescription for new medication to try, just in case the old medicine

had stopped working, and told her to relax for about 20 minutes and

she would recheck the BP.

Guess what, 20 minutes later the BP had dropped to 138!

The point is, why worry about the PSA? It will be what it is, and you

know that you will have the strength to deal with the consequences

because you have already been through the " hard part, " selecting your

treatment and going through it. Think about this: If it is slightly

elevated, what then? You will simply have our PSA rechecked in

another couple of months or so, right? Are you going to let this

consume you, or are you going to get on with this business of living?

I highly recommend the latter!

I will post my recent PSA experience later, this is getting too long!

Fuller

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> I'm due for my annual in the next couple weeks, scared to death.

Been

> about 16 months for me and I'd sure like to have your results. Hope

> all continues for you in the future.

>