Yana Updates December 2009 #2

[Guest guest]

Thanks to all of you who took the trouble to mail me

directly and on the List about the value of the site – much appreciated I

can assure you.

JOHN JONAS – if you are a member of this List, please

mail me. You gave an incorrect address on your submission and we can’t

contact you.

NEW POSTS

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/H3.htm

DAVID HERITAGE diagnosed with a PSA of 299.0 ng/ml and staged T4 – has an interesting take on what influence his actions

might have had in reducing his PSA

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

LARRY WHITE chose focal Cryotherapy four years ago and is happy with the

outcome

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

CRAIG PYNN low PSA – 1.53: high GS8 and T3/4 IGRT (Image Guided

Radiation Therapy) and IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy) plus CAB

(Combined Androgen Blockade)

UPDATES

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

TIM GODFREY PSA 0.02 after recent RP (Radical Prostatectomy) and

he’s working on his ED

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

BILL HERRIN three years into his Active Surveillance he is concerned

about a rise in his PSA from 4.3 at diagnosis to 4.6

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

GENE ASKEN has been accepted for PBT (Proton Beam Therapy) at MD

for his GS 9 tumour and has started neo-adjuvant ADT (Androgen

Deprivation Therapy)

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

MARK H has started ADT (Androgen Deprivation

Therapy) after failed RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy) and

EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy) and is looking for views on when to go

intermittent

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

JOE MAC is on intermittent ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) but has

been diagnosed with radiation damage to his bladder after EBRT (External Beam

Radiation Therapy)

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

JEREMY BACON continues to report on the outcome of his recent focal

HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) therapy

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

KEN E was undecided but chose brachytherapy and is happy with his

choice

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

PETER EWART-BROOKES diagnosed in December 2007 with a T4 and a PSA over

1,000 ng/ml he chose intermittent ADT and has just had to cancel his

‘holiday’

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

PETE APPLE rejoices in his undetectable PSA after RP (Radical

Prostatectomy) in 2007 for a GS 9 diagnosis, but still fears failure

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

CHRIS BITNER having second thoughts about his decision to have RALP

(Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy) resulting in slight incontinence and

100% ED

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/MikeC2.htm

MIKE C PSA is rising after Brachytherapy in February 2008 – is it

a ‘bounce’?

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

MELVIN G PSA still undetectable four years after Brachytherapy, but

ED remains

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

DAMON BUTLER updating after his first week into PBT (Proton Beam

Therapy) at Loma – and is as enthusiastic about the experience as

most are

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/B2.htm

PETER BOON good result after neo-adjuvant ADT (Androgen Deprivation

Therapy) and EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy)

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 "