Yana Entries

[Guest guest]

These entries are the last of those that came in

while I was away on holiday – there should be smaller postings in future.

NEW STORIES:

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/M2.htm

PAUL M - opted for RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic

Prostatectomy)

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/C.htm

PATRICK

CARMODY -

newly diagnosed with Gleason Score 8 and undecided

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/MarcJ.htm

MARC

JORDAN - opted

for Surgery after diagnosis in June

UPDATES TO EXISTING STORIES

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/MarkW3.htm

MARK WITZ – all going well after his RALP (Robotic Assisted

Laparoscopic Prostatectomy)

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/LionelR.htm

LIONEL

REPASKY - had

good initial meeting at Florida Proton Institute but could not get insurers to

agree to proton beam – going with EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy)

and HDR (High Dosage Brachytherapy)

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/D.htm

RUSSELL DOUGHTY– an amusing update after his EBRT (External Beam

Radiation Therapy) and ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy)

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/C.htm

KEVIN

COLLISON –

reporting an undetectable PSA 12 months after RALP (Robotic Assisted

Laparoscopic Prostatectomy)

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/WendellJ.htm

WENDELL

JEFFRIES- has started his EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy)

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/HughA.htm

HUGH

ARMITAGE - has

finished his proton beam therapy and enthuses over his treatment at Loma

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/SteveJ.htm

STEVE JENNINGS – another undetectable PSA after RALP

(Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy) – still some Erectile

Dysfunction issues

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/RoyW.htm

ROY WHITE - PSA down to 6 from his PSA of 7,000 – Gleason Score 10

diagnosis – he’s pretty happy with that result

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/M.htm

CHUCK

MAACK a

Platinum member in his seventeenth year, he has a slowly rising PSA

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/AlS2.htm

AL S has recently finished his EBRT (External Beam

Radiation Therapy) following ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) and

brachytherapy

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/SteveC.htm

STEVE CALL had his 12 month post RALP (Robotic Assisted

Laparoscopic Prostatectomy) check-up and all’s well

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/AmadorA.htm

AMADOR

MONTEJANO has finally had radiation treatment to his painful right femur and

is feeling better

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/C2.htm

DAVID COLLINS

couldn’t

wait 3 months for his PSA, but is happy that latest test is down

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/KishanP.htm

KISHAN

RAO POLEPALLY is

very concerned with a rising PSA after orchidectomy and Casodex therapy. If you

mail him, please bear in mind that the level of medical attention in India does not equal that in the US

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/DennisD.htm

DENNIS DENNISISSURE – his artificial sphincter is working well:

his action against the VA less well

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/CrisS.htm

CRIS

SWANSON - eleven months after surgery he is still battling some ED

issues, but continence is acceptable

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/MarkM.htm

MARK

MAL402 - still

on ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) after his RALP (Robotic Assisted

Laparoscopic Prostatectomy) because of his Gleason 9 diagnosis

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/BramV.htm

BRAM V – rising PSA got him off Active

Surveillance and on to ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy)/EBRT (External Beam

Radiation Therapy)/Seed Implants

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/IanV.htm

IAN

VAGG –

still in Thailand

using alternative methods in addition to his Eligard

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/JospephK2.htm

JOSEPH

KING - very happy with the outcome of his RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic

Prostatectomy) – as is his wife

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/N2.htm

GARY

NEALE newly

diagnosed and chose RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy)

All the best

Terry Herbert

I have no medical qualifications but I was diagnosed

in ‘96: and have learned a bit since then.

My sites are at www.yananow.net and www.prostatecancerwatchfulwaiting.co.za

Dr

“Snuffy” Myers : " As a physician, I am painfully aware that most of the decisions

we make with regard to prostate cancer are made with inadequate data "