This month my psa was drawn again. It is .036. It has dropped minimally since my February psa analysis. That decline continues to be good news. I will have to see my urologist in August, after that draw.
This lower psa makes me glad that I have chosen to retire. Even though I am fascinated by the process of changing a culture and have some success at it, the window of health presented by the numbers make it foolish to not go now. I am looking at the Travel section and the travel magazines with new impulsive attention. I plan to take some of those trips, but in the US and in Canada (Newfoundland) and abroad (Norway).
In addition, the lasting effects of my battle are weight that I am having trouble losing. I have been at 205 or so for months. Hopefully exercising after retirement will bring me down to 190. And ed. This condition remains strong (or weak depending on the outlook). I am not sure how to resolve this. Maybe I will return to cialis. But what I have found is that a marriage based on love, respect, and appreciation can accommodate this condition. And, since my wife is such a fine cook, I can live the old adage "Lovin' don't last, cookin' do.
I am looking forward to a summer of biking and some area travel.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Cancer Free for a Year
I originally wrote the following paragraphs in early February 2010.
I just returned from my yearly urologist checkup. I am cancer free. Thanks to you for all your support. It has been so important over the past two years.
Here are the details. My PSA, which I had drawn in early February, was .04. That is ‘undetectable;’ in my condition anything over .2 is worrisome. Since my radiation treatment the psa has never been as high as that. It is also the second time it has gone down, which is the trend my radiologist said to watch for. The meeting with the urologist was very short. He once again told me that I had made the correct set of decisions by doing surgery first and then radiation. Had it happened in the other sequence, apparently things would have been much worse for me, granted the aggressiveness of the cancer. He also told me that had I waited another year, it would have metastasized, much to my long life detriment. So Mike, Joanne, Michael, Danielle, Morgan and Madison, thanks for throwing that/being willing to dance where I wrecked my knee trying to show off. That’s when they found the cancer. Joan, thanks for insisting that I contact Dr. Sershon. Mark, a hug from the heart.
What next? Well, I keep up the psa every three months and see the Dr. again in a year. If I am still cancer free then (you can see with that choice of words why I am not just totally jumping all over the place), the worst is over. In the meantime, I am the ‘didn’t work’ poster boy for Cialis ads—but I have never seen the point of TWO bathtubs out in the woods. The dr told me he could solve that problem by teaching me how to give myself a shot in the appropriate place, but I told him I would let him know.
I just returned from my yearly urologist checkup. I am cancer free. Thanks to you for all your support. It has been so important over the past two years.
Here are the details. My PSA, which I had drawn in early February, was .04. That is ‘undetectable;’ in my condition anything over .2 is worrisome. Since my radiation treatment the psa has never been as high as that. It is also the second time it has gone down, which is the trend my radiologist said to watch for. The meeting with the urologist was very short. He once again told me that I had made the correct set of decisions by doing surgery first and then radiation. Had it happened in the other sequence, apparently things would have been much worse for me, granted the aggressiveness of the cancer. He also told me that had I waited another year, it would have metastasized, much to my long life detriment. So Mike, Joanne, Michael, Danielle, Morgan and Madison, thanks for throwing that/being willing to dance where I wrecked my knee trying to show off. That’s when they found the cancer. Joan, thanks for insisting that I contact Dr. Sershon. Mark, a hug from the heart.
What next? Well, I keep up the psa every three months and see the Dr. again in a year. If I am still cancer free then (you can see with that choice of words why I am not just totally jumping all over the place), the worst is over. In the meantime, I am the ‘didn’t work’ poster boy for Cialis ads—but I have never seen the point of TWO bathtubs out in the woods. The dr told me he could solve that problem by teaching me how to give myself a shot in the appropriate place, but I told him I would let him know.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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