Yana Updates 21 June - 27 June

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CHANGED PAGE

http://www.yananow.net/Peyronies.htm

PEYRONIE’S

DISEASE I have made some changes to this page which may be of interest, especially

to men contemplating surgery

NEW POSTS:

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

VINCE ELDER diagnosed earlier this month and undecided

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

DOUG MRCO comes in as a Gold Two Star member who had surgery in 1998, EBRT

(External Beam Radiation Therapy) for failed surgery and

is now on ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy).

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/L2.htm

GEORGE L newly diagnosed and undecided

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

AL DILGER has been on

an Active Surveillance routine but successive rises in PSA have him thinking

about ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) or Brachytherapy

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

RON ROUNDY chose RALP (Robotic Assisted

Laparoscopic Surgery) and is five days out – all gone well so far

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

DAVE WOTJA diagnosed on June 15 and has already decided on RALP

(Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy) – one of the quickest decisions I can recall

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

TOM Z newly diagnosed - June 25 - and undecided

UPDATES FROM MEMBERS

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

JOHN COLEMAN Two Star Gold Member who chose ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy)

and EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy) in 1998, his PSA is down a little,

other health issues under control, he’s off on another cruise

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

HARRY MOORE Three Star Gold Member was startled by a positive PSA reading 14

years after his RP (Radical Prostatectomy) and ADT

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/F3.htm

JOHN FARROW Silver Member doing very well on an Abiraterone Trial after failed

ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy)/EBRT (External Beam Radiation Treatment) for

a GS8 diagnosis

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

ANTON SCHWARZ continues on his Active Surveillance path despite an increase in

PSA and has an interesting comment about his insurers – after five years

they will not pay for AS monitoring, but will pay for invasive treatment!

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

GEORGE HARDY Silver Member diagnosed with a PSA of 185.0 and staged T4 chose

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

Therapy)has a slowly rising PSA three years after starting his ADT

‘holiday’ and shows

clearly why every man should have an oncologist, NOT a urologist as the

‘lead specialist’ – as women do for breast cancer

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

IAN YEARWOOD chose Watchful Waiting and has a slowly rising PSA which is still

well below the level at diagnosis

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/G3.htm

SCOTT G two years after diagnosis and he’s waiting for his test results

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

MARK MALDONADO after failed RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy)

for GS 9 tumor and intermittent ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) he is

considering EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy) or Provenge

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/SteveS2.htm

STEVE S three years diagnosis and RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic

Surgery) his PSA is still undetectable but without ED medication he has ongoing

problems

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

GREG B three years after RP (Radical Prostatectomy) his

PSA is still zero – as his erectile function

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

MIKE C fifteen months after RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy)

everything is back to ‘normal’ – maybe it is the fishing and

traveling that does the trick

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

JOE ECKER coming up to two years after his RP (Radical Prostatectomy) PSA is

undetectable, ED is improving …..and Joe still worries a bit….

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

COLIN GIBSON two years after RP he is dealing with ED issues and an

AdVance™ sling has sorted out his incontinence

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

FRANK P one of the few members ho have chosen CyberKnife® is very pleased

with the outcome so far

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/JimF2.htm

JIM FOTTER two years after RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy)

bi-mix does the trick for ED

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

GENE C chose Watchful Waiting when he was diagnosed twelve months ago and his

PSA is down

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

JEFF H three years after his RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery)

everything is going well – no longer needs ED medication

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

SCOTTY ALLEN has come to grips with his ADT (Androgen

Deprivation Therapy) side effects and has undetectable PSA after RP (Radical

Prostatectomy) and EBRT (External Beam Radiation Treatment)

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

TIM CANNEY Silver Member has been on Active Surveillance

for eight years now but still gets jumpy with PSA fluctuations

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

DAN WILLIS his problems continue: incontinent and with ED after RP

(Radical Prostatectomy) and EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy) he had an artificial sphincter fitted but had to

have it removed

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

DOUG LAWLESS chose Brachytherapy but is happy with the latest PSA of 0.68 and

no side effects

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

DORSEY DELAVIGNE had Brachytherapy in March and everything

is fine with PSA trending down

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.net/StrangePlace/index.html