Guest guest Posted December 5, 2000 Report Share Posted December 5, 2000 Dana... The exact same thing happened to me...I just started this WOE November 1st and have lost 25 pounds and am down 2 jean sizes already....I can hardly believe it! 272/247/165 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2000 Report Share Posted December 5, 2000 In a message dated 12/5/00 12:52:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, whirlwindpatrol@... writes: << Anyway, the other strange thing is I'm not hungry at all. I don't want carbs. I like eating the foods I'm eating, it's just easy to forget to eat, and I'm not eating as much as I thought I would. Did anyone else have the same experience when starting out? Dana >> YES!!!! I still feel like I have to force myself to eat 6 times a day. I've never hungry and I like that but wish I didn't have to snack to keep the metabolism going. I'm too scared to try not eating cuz I might stop losing! K in MI 275/245/160 since 11/9/00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2000 Report Share Posted December 5, 2000 Dana, I'm just finishing my second month on this WOL, and I completely understand what you've written. The first two weeks I lost ten pounds (must have been water). Then the weight loss seemed to stall, but the inches kept going down. I stayed within two pounds of my initial loss (usually up 2) for a month! I had a very bad day a week ago where I went back to 0 ketones, and it took me three days to reverse that. Since then though, my weight loss seems to have resumed to 1 pound a week. I'm learning patience, and I'm slowly gaining some finesse in my menus. I've realised that this is a 'slow and steady wins the race' type of lifestyle that I've adopted, and I'm very satisfied with it. I know I won't be at my ideal by Christmas, but I do feel better every day, and that is a victory I can't measure. Jodi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 -Tom: Not sure I understand what's going on here. Were you having problems before being diagnosed with the prostate cancer? How old are you? I don't know that TUMP is used for this cancer. Your relatively low grade cancer scores would allow you several options for effective treatments with low level side effects I'd think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Lots of years of BPH, but no PCa diagnosis until last few months. I'm 64, 65 in Dec. I hope you're right re: options, and everything I've read indicates you are. I'd just like to regain control of my bodily functions, and the Cypro doesn't seem to be making this happen. The TUMP was intended to make sure I don't go into urinary retention after the next step, which at the time I thought would be brachytherapy. Now I want to avoid another catheter at all possible costs. Tom Lauterback From: ProstateCancerSupport [mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of mccartney_7 Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:48 AM To: ProstateCancerSupport Subject: Re: Reality Check -Tom: Not sure I understand what's going on here. Were you having problems before being diagnosed with the prostate cancer? How old are you? I don't know that TUMP is used for this cancer. Your relatively low grade cancer scores would allow you several options for effective treatments with low level side effects I'd think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 > I've also changed my thinking re: the next step to external > beam from brachytherapy to avoid future catheterization. May or > may not make sense; I hate to make such a vital decision based > on what should be such a trivial concern. Tom, I don't know the answer to your questions, but I have a few thoughts about them. First off, from what I have read, the outcomes for external beam radiation and brachytherapy are about the same. As far as I know (and you need to consult a real radiation oncologist to get a more knowledgeable opinion), you won't hurt your chances of cancer control by switching to EBRT if that's what you wish to do. I've had both. They both have side effects. However the EBRT is particularly easy to take. Normally there would be no incisions, no catheter, no anesthetics, no hospital stay. If something goes wrong, for example if the radiation causes the prostate to swell and block the urethra, a catheter could be required. But I think that happens rarely. I was almost at that point after one of my HDR brachytherapies, but not after any of the external beam treatments. As for your incontinence, that may be due to a botched TUMP rather than a botched catheter. It might be time for you to consult a different urologist than the one you've been seeing. I hate it when doctors refused to admit that they may have done something wrong and just gloss over the problem and push you out the door - probably fearing that you'll sue them if they admit to having messed anything up. When you see a new doctor he'll probably take the same attitude as a professional courtesy to his colleague ( " No, I don't think he screwed up. It was just bad luck. " ) I do think it's important to find out what's really causing your incontinence. Infection seems less likely than damage from the TUMP to me. People get urinary tract infections all the time without becoming incontinent. It bothers me that the doctor gave you antibiotics in this case, but what do I know? In any case, I think it would be very valuable to find out what has gone wrong with your sphincter before subjecting it to possible further damage from radiation. Best of luck for the future. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Tom -- > > I need to ask your help with a reality check. I've been diagnosed for about > 2 months, T1c, PSA 5.7, Gleason 6, neg. bone scan, 87% Partin, undecided re: > next step. > > > > I had the microwave thermotherapy as well as a Lupron shot to prep me for > the next step. I hate the Lupron effects but I REALLY hate what I assume is > the result of the microwave and/or catheterization. What is " microwave thermotherapy " ? That's new to me. > I'm quite incontinent several weeks after having the catheter removed. My > uro cavalierly stated I have an infection and put me back on Cypro. That was > over a week ago, and there's been no change. The blood that I was seeing in > the urine has gotten a bit better, but there are still traces. For those of > you who have been catheterized and/or microwaved, is this typical 5-6 weeks > later? I'm getting scared. I know there's a healing process involved, but > this has dragged on for a long time. It's not typical for surgery patients. After the catheter is removed (one week to three weeks after surgery, depending on the doctor) most patients don't bleed much, if at all. [i didn't bleed at all, but did get a urinary stricture -- a whole different problem.] And most surgery patients (not all!) recover reasonable continence within a month. If your bladder sphincter has been destroyed, removed, or damaged, that might account for the incontinence. > I've also changed my thinking re: the next step to external beam from > brachytherapy to avoid future catheterization. May or may not make sense; I > hate to make such a vital decision based on what should be such a trivial > concern. I _think_ that external beam patients sometimes have urinary problems that require catheterization. Check with your doctor, and online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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