Yana Updates September 27 - October 13 2010

[Guest guest]

Apologies for the delay in posting these entries. I

have been out and about with visitors who came to

see a bit of Australia.

I’m up to items sent in on Monday October 4 and hope to catch up by the

end of the weekend.

NEW POSTS:

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

TODD TEN EYCK chose Taxotere after failed RP (Radical Prostatectomy) now

considering ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy)

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

ANDREW MCCONNELL on intermittent ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) since May

after diagnosis in 2008

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

BRYAN METCALF joins as a four star Gold member – diagnosed in 1996, a

vintage year!! – has battled through various trials after his failed RP

and is currently stabilized on DES (diethylstilbestrol)

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/RonM4.htm

RON MILLER four years out from RP (Radical Prostatectomy) which he says

improved his sexual activity

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

PARKER ROBINSON has been given a 10% chance of survival for a GS 7 diagnosis

with a high PSA and has chosen neo adjuvant ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy)

and EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy)

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

ALAN MEYER joins us as a Silver member – diagnosed in 2003 and choosing

HDR (High Dose Radiation Brachytherapy) plus EBRT (External Beam Radiation

Therapy) and ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy)

UPDATES FROM MEMBERS

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

FRANK F has just completed EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy) after

failed RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy)

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

TIM GODFREY eleven months after his RP (Radical Prostatectomy) he is still

battling ED – and possibly Peyronie’s

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

SAM FULLERTON Silver member – diagnosed in 2002 when he chose EBRT

(External Beam Radiation Therapy) still has minimal side effects and a stable,

low PSA

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/M3.htm

JOHN M happy with the continuing drop in PSA after PBT (Proton Beam Therapy)

in Florida

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

DAVID HERITAGE diagnosed in 2008 with a PSA of 266, T4 staging he took an ADT

(Androgen Deprivation Therapy) vacation from Zoladex in 2009 but a rising PSA

put him back onto Casodex

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

DEAN BUCK a bit concerned about his PSA levels but no side effects after PBT

(Proton Beam Therapy) in Florida

in 2009

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

DAVID N is confused by conflicting advice from experts – should he have

adjuvant ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) after apparently successful RP

(Radical Prostatectomy) for GS 9 tumor?

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

KEITH TWEED rejected for NanoKnife he chooses PBT (Proton Beam Therapy)

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/JimW3.htm

JIM WILSON went ahead with his RP (Radical Prostatectomy) and is recovering

well

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

KLAUS VON HAGEN very concerned about the prospect of Zometa and wonders if it

is essential or overboard

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/M5.htm

PETER MICHAELS diagnosed with Low Risk disease at age 46 he was headed for

surgery but instead chose Active Surveillance and is now has almost completed

his second year

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

BARRY LITCHFIELD treating a rising PSA for ten years with alternative

medicines has resulted in widespread bone metastasis

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/ChrisB3.htm

CHRIS BUTTERISS Gold member recommenced ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy)

after failed RP (Radical Prostatectomy) and salvage EBRT (External Beam

Radiation Therapy) with excellent results

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

CHRIS O’DELL three years after RP (Radical Prostatectomy) no change

– ED dealt with by injections

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

REINHARD POLLER three years after PBT (Proton Beam Therapy) he is puzzled why

so many men choose surgery

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

FRANK XG his PSA is down after his IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation

Therapy) but has had a liver transplant

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

FRED WEINBERG makes it to Silver five years plus from his RP (Radical

Prostatectomy) with no problems

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

RONALD JOHNSON seventeen months after RALP

(Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy) he feels his ED is getting better

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

FRANK P chose CyberKnife® and is very happy with the results

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

BOB JONES Platinum member diagnosed in 1993 and chose EBRT (External Beam

Radiation Therapy) and ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) which ultimately

failed and he chose Cryotherapy as his salvage therapy

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

TOMAS BERGMAN very happy with his PSA after PBT (Proton Beam Therapy) in Florida – and no

side effects

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

WALTER R still has ED after his RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic

Prostatectomy)

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

TOM KEATING still on Avodart plus Active Surveillance and his PSA is down

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

JOSE OCHOA concerned about a rise in his PSA from 0.01 to 0.04 after his RALP

(Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) and is looking for men in a similar

position

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

MICHAEL PENNY hits Silver status and has had a second biopsy on his Active

Surveillance choice with no sign of progression

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

KENT WILLIAMS is twelve months out of his PBT (Proton Beam Therapy) at Loma

and like so many graduates has fond memories of his time there despite a

small PSA bounce

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/RickD2.htm

RICK DANCER has included links to the institute

that delivered his Calypso® therapy to show how it was done

http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/P3.htm

JOHN P had his RALP

(Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) last month and found it difficult to

sleep afterwards

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

PAUL TWEEDY chose RALP

(Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery) and is on the recovery path

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

BOB THURMOND chose RALP (Robotic Assisted

Laparoscopic Prostatectomy) three years ago: undetectable PSA plus ED

REVISED PAGES:

A couple of additions:

1. http://www.yananow.net/pdt.htm PHOTODYNAMIC

THERAPY link to a trial recruiting in New

York for a variance on the therapy termed

vascular targeted photodynamic therapy

2. http://www.yananow.net/choices.htm#alt

COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE– additional link to the Holistic

Medicine page at Smilow

Comprehensive Prostate

Cancer Center

3 http://www.yananow.net/choices.htm#hifu

HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) includes link to HIFU trial for men

with failed EBRT (External Beam Radiation Therapy)

4. http://www.yananow.net/elephant.htm

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM added a link to the Wall Street Journal article The

Prostate Cancer Quandry

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