YANA updates to June 16, 2011

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NEW POSTS:

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/B3.htm

DAVID BAGNALL newly diagnosed and still

undecided

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/N2.htm CHARLES NIERLING recently

diagnosed and undecided – leaning towards PBT (Proton Beam Therapy)

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/GlenL2.htm

GLEN L bitterly regrets his RALP (Robotic

Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) choice and loss of erectile function

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/BucciG.htm

BUCCI GAMMS the third of three brothers to have a prostate cancer diagnosis he

is recovering from RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) but is fed up

with his treatment

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

PATRICK CALLAHAN chose Brachytherapy with neo-adjuvant ADT (Androgen

Deprivation Therapy)

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/L.htm

PETER LLEWELLYN our first Maltese resident chose IMRT (Intensity Modulated

Radiation Therapy) with neo adjuvant ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy)

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

STEPHEN B chose Brachytherapy with neo-adjuvant ADT (Androgen Deprivation

Therapy)

UPDATES FROM MEMBERS:

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

PAUL M four years after RALP, PSA is undetectable and ED is only minor

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/DennisD.htm DENNIS DENNISURE Silver

Member has been accepted for Provenge after ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy)

failure following RP (Radical Prostatectomy) and EBRT (External Beam Radiation

Therapy) and attempts to stop his incontinence

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/R.htm

SCOTT RUSH is holding off the Brachytherapy and considering AS (Active

Surveillance)

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/T2.htm

PAUL T chose PBT (Proton Beam Therapy) for his April 2011 diagnosis

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/ArneS.htm

ARNE SOEDERKVIST Gold Three star member has been on ADT

(Androgen Deprivation Therapy) holiday since December 2009 but PSA is slowly

rising

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/MelP.htm MEL

PANTHERSFAN PSA stable two years after PBT (Proton Beam Therapy) – some

slight proctitis and ED issues

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/H6.htm JOHN HAYES another increase in his

PSA – to 6.4 ng/ml – has him moving from AS (Active Surveillance)

to RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy)

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/LarryE.htm LARRY E still on ADT (Androgen

Deprivation Therapy) eighteen months after RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic

Prostatectomy) and concerns about lymph node involvement

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/PatP.htm PAT

PRIESTLEY after going back to his pomegranate regimen his PSA has fallen back

to previous levels

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/C.htm ROGER CARNELL continues with AS

(Active Surveillance) after a cystoscopy report on his

microscopic hematuria

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/AllanM.htm

ALLAN MURRAY PSA still undetectable after his RP (Radical Prostatectomy)

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/C2.htm JOHN

COLEMAN Gold Three Star member diagnosed in 1998 with GS 7 T3 PSA 27 chose ADT

(Androgen Deprivation Therapy) and EBRT (External Beam Radiation Treatment) and

has been on ADT vacation for some years

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/H.htm GEORGE HARDY back on ADT (Androgen

Deprivation Therapy) in the face of a rising PSA after a long ADT vacation

after his EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy) for a GS 6 T4 PSA 182 he is looking

for other long term survivors with high PSA

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/JohanM.htm JOHAN MEYER PSA still undetectable

six years after RP (Radical Prostatectomy)

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/NeilC.htm NEILCONNELL nine years after his

RP (Radical Prostatectomy) his ED and continence

are still there and he now has a rising PSA

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/JeffN.htm JEFF NOVAK has had 17 out of 45

zaps at Loma in his PBT (Proton Beam Therapy) coice after 12 months AS

(Active Surveillance)

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/ArthurC.htm ARTHUR CLAYTON still has an

undetectable PSA 18 months after RP (Radical Prostatectomy)

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/JakeK.htm JAKE K thirteen months after SRT

(Salvage Radiation Therapy) for failed RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic

Prostatectomy) has an undetectable PSA

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/C.htm CHRISTOPHER CHRIS

after some very poor diagnostic work and three surgeon urologists suggested RP

(Radical Prostatectomy) for his GS 9 PSA 84 diagnosis is now heading for IMRT

(Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy) in July and possibly joining GTx trial

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/MikeS.htm MIKE HASSEL SHEARER PSA still

undetectable after RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy) but has

ED

http://www.yananow.org/Squarf.htm LORENZO Q SQUARF while not exactly

a Member, Squarf has some interesting things to say about the fourteen years

that have passed since he refused a biopsy after an elevated PSA

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/MikeMc2.htm MIKE MCINERNEY PSA still

undetectable but has ED after RP (Radical Prostatectomy)

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

KEVIN COLLISON PSA undetectable after RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic

Surgery) – no side effects

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/F.htm DAVID F007 one

year after RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy) and PSA is

undetectable and sexual function ‘pretty good’

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/SixG.htm SIX GLEASON has

had an upward blip in his PSA after four years on AS (Active Surveillance)

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/RussS.htm

RUSS SUERETH Gold One Star Member back on ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy)

after three year ‘vacation’ following failed RP (Radical

Prostatectomy) and EBRT (External Beam Radiation Treatment)

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/TerryF.htm

TERRY FEE PSA still undetectable – some ED issues after his RP (Radical Prostatectomy)

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/RobP.htm

BOB PARSONS PSA down again – still swears by diethylstilboestrol (DES)

as his principle manager after nine years

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/EGB.htm

E G B PSA down to 0.20 after successful HIFU (High Intensity Focused

Ultrasound) and ED is fully a thing of the past

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/DougG.htm

DOUG G recovering well from RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery)

http://www.yananow.org/Mentors/W2.htm

DAVID WHITEHOUSE another

undetectable PSA and no side effects after RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic

Surgery)

NEW LINK/ NEW PIC

I have included a link

on the NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Guide on the

http://www.yananow.org/choices.htm

CHOOSING A TREATMENT page. This Guide with the NCCN Guide are designed for use

by the medical profession but can be very helpful in the process of gaining an

understanding about options

And finally, just a

small addition to http://www.yananow.org/troopc.htm#leo

TROOPC for those who need a smile about a DRE

All the best

Prostate men need enlightening, not frightening

Terry Herbert - diagnosed in 1996 and still going

strong

Read A Strange Place for unbiased information at http://www.yananow.org/StrangePlace/index.html