Not up to things was.... Spreading Cancer

[Guest guest]

,

Don’t apologise for not being up to

things. None of us were when we were first told about our prostate problems –

most of us didn’t even know that we had a prostate, where it was and what

it did!!

Because I found so much difficulty in

finding basic information when I was diagnose almost 15 years ago, I (with some

cyberpals) decided to set up a website that would help newly diagnosed men, or

men about to undergo procedures, gain a better understanding of the issues and

some of the ‘language’. That site is YANA

– You Are Not Alone Now at http://www.yananow.net

and you might find it useful to go along there, and particularly the page labeled

http://www.yananow.org/PSA101.htm

which gives some basic information about the PSA test and its unreliability. Be

sure to click on the link or go straight to the page where I describe my 28 day

experiment when I had a daily PSA test to see what variance there was. It’s

at http://www.yananow.org/PSAexperiment.htm

I have also written a booklet you might

find useful. I called it A Strange

Place, because that’s where we all found

ourselves. That’s on the site at http://www.yananow.org/StrangePlace/index.html

You can read it on site or download it and if you’d like a gard copy you

can mail me and I’ll send one out free of charge.

The more you learn about the disease the

better, I believe.

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

From: ProstateCancerSupport [mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of Quill

Sent: Tuesday, 8 February 2011

4:01 AM

To: ProstateCancerSupport

Subject:

Re: Spreading Cancer

Hmmm I am lost a touch now as I have to say I am not

up on these things but I also should say I am learning. My

PSA a year ago was 2.19 this year it us to 2.79 then just three months later it

is now up to 3.01. Not sure if me being on a new diet might have changed the

last one or not. I don't know what my staging unit is though or what that is

even about. Sorry for not knowing these things. They did find a hardness on one

side the specialist said and that is the reason for the biopsy. For most parts

there is not much one can do without having the biopsy I suppose. So that is

why it is booked along with help here from the group. Just a touch scared I

guess. Hard for me even saying that as I was raised not to show my emotions

sign of weakness. Did me well for a good number of years I have to say that and

still does to some extent but now this came along has me a bit worried. Well

rambled on here enough, get back to my shop work keeps my mind on the straight

and narrow. Cold here today down to minus 10 and snowing. Thanks

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> > Hi Folks here I wanted again to thank you for all your support

> > in helping me deal with having this Biopsy next month. What I am

> > really concerned with is if the Biopsy could cause cancer or if I do

> > have it could it spread it to other places of my body by having the

> > biopsy. I booked it for March 8th. At any rate, still major scared

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> > will do it. Thanks again.

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