High PSA was...... NEJM Article

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Fuller, the only treatment available was ADT

(Androgen Deprivation Therapy). As I said in my original post, his story is in

the December 199 Insights magazine that you can read here http://www.prostate-cancer.org/resource/pdf/Is2-4.pdf

As a matter of interest someone sent me the URL for a job add for Chief Pilot

at Polar Air. Unfortunately it doesn’t say who the present incumbent is,

but Bill Whatley would be about 65 now – just coming up to retirement age

for pilots.

It is coincidental that there is this

exchange about high PSA levels right now because eight of the men who had

initial PSA levels of over 100 have update their stories this month on my Yana site

( http://www.yananow.net/Chart-PSA.htm

for the index) whilst the man with the highest recorded level on my site (4,212.0

in 1999 – Trueman Seamans at http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/TruemanS.htm

) updated his story in March and the second highest (3,568.0 ) posted his story

in January this year.(Colin C at http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/ColinC2.htm

)

I think when people worry themselves sick

about perceived ‘jumps’ involving decimal points of fractional PSA

levels, it might help them to read the stories of men like this – and

Emerson’s at http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/E.htm

to realise that there is a life after prostate cancer for most of us –

even those with a dire diagnosis.

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 "

From: ProstateCancerSupport [mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of F, C

Sent: Saturday, 31 May 2008 8:35

PM

To: ProstateCancerSupport

Subject: RE:

NEJM Article

Terry,

What was his treatment after the failed

surgery?

Fuller

From:

Terry Herbert <ghenesh_49optusnet.au>

Subject: RE: NEJM Article

To: ProstateCancerSupport

Date: Friday, May 30, 2008, 10:35 PM

The highest PSA score I have ever seen mentioned was in the

December 1999 (Vol 2 No 4) There is a story entitled “Overcoming

Impotence” which tells the story of Whatley. Briefly, he was

diagnosed at the age of 41 in 1985 so no one knew what his PSA was then, but

by 1992 it was 12,600 (Twelve thousand six hundred) after a failed surgery.

Four years later his PSA was 2.4 but it started increasing again and at the

time of writing it was 109 (October 1999). He was at that time aged 55 and

was Chief Pilot of Polar Air Cargo, one of the largest air cargo airlines in

the world. I see he is still listed as Chief Pilot on the Pilots Job Listing

site at http://members. fortunecity. com/raksasa/ Nationals2. htm

but i don’t know how old that URL is – or if it is current.

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.prostatecancerw atchfulwaiting. 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 "

From: ProstateCancerSuppo rtyahoogroups (DOT) com [mailto:

ProstateCancerSuppo rtyahoogroups (DOT) com ] On

Behalf Of Emerson

Sent: Saturday, 31 May 2008 4:46

AM

To: hrpca group; PCa Under Yahoo

Group; PPML List; Yahoo PCaGroup

Subject: [ProstateCancerSupp

ort] NEJM Article

Is anyone familiar with the story of a " Bruce

" ?

My father heard a story of a man apparently written up in the New England

Journal of Medicine, something

about the highest PSA every recorded at the time...now he is

" fine " .

Sorry to be so sketchy, this is all my dad could remember.... ..

--

Emerson

www.flhw.org