or "witty wrap-up" [expand title=”Show this Post” swaptitle=”Hide this Post” rel=”prostate-highlander” findme=”auto” trigclass=”noarrow prostate_text colomat-trigpos”] not sure I have anything witty to add here… in fact, I've found the pressure to produce something on a daily basis has definitely affected my normal writing style – although perhaps the subject matter also had something to do …
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Day 29 – Pasteurization Proliferation
or "lather, rinse, repeat" [expand title=”Show this Post” swaptitle=”Hide this Post” rel=”prostate-highlander” findme=”auto” trigclass=”noarrow prostate_text colomat-trigpos”] so, since my first round of anti-androgen therapy (ending with my 3rd injection at the end of October, 2012), we've been back in that "watchful waiting" state, simply monitoring my PSA every 3 months with a view to start …
Day 28 – Post-photon Pasteurization
or "singing soprano" [expand title=”Show this Post” swaptitle=”Hide this Post” rel=”prostate-highlander” findme=”auto” trigclass=”noarrow prostate_text colomat-trigpos”] at first glance, it may not seem germane… but look it up – throw "synonym" and "pasteurization" into your favorite search engine and check it out! You'll find words/phrases like "made sterile", "neutered", "desexualized", "spayed"… and they're all appropriate! as …
Day 27 – Post-photon Period
or "more www" [expand title=”Show this Post” swaptitle=”Hide this Post” rel=”prostate-highlander” findme=”auto” trigclass=”noarrow prostate_text colomat-trigpos”] trying to be too cute, I guess… but, the period from January, 2005 until March, 2012 was simply more worried watchful waiting, getting my PSA tested every 3 months with checkup appointments every 6 months. actually, there was …
Day 26 – Post-prostate Payoff
or "focus on this" [expand title=”Show this Post” swaptitle=”Hide this Post” rel=”prostate-highlander” findme=”auto” trigclass=”noarrow prostate_text colomat-trigpos”] my first PSA result, 3 months following my radiation treatments was 0.02 on the border of being non-existent… they use < 0.02 to denote undetectable. Even my oncologist was surprised at the sudden drop, as usually it takes about …
Day 25 – Post-prostate Photons
or "7 ½ weeks of bad-ass beams" [expand title=”Show this Post” swaptitle=”Hide this Post” rel=”prostate-highlander” findme=”auto” trigclass=”noarrow prostate_text colomat-trigpos”] preparing for this exercise was intense, as it involved the coordination of numerous volunteers over a period of almost 7 ½ weeks. we needed folks to babysit when I was at appointments and my wife was …
Day 24 – Post-prostate Penciling
or "my first tattoo(s)" [expand title=”Show this Post” swaptitle=”Hide this Post” rel=”prostate-highlander” findme=”auto” trigclass=”noarrow prostate_text colomat-trigpos”] so… we proceeded to phase II of treatment. this was the first time my care was really transferred into the hands of oncology specialists (not counting my wife, of course), since until now all treatment and follow-up was handled …
Day 23 – Post-prostate Poppy
or "lest we forget" [expand title=”Show this Post” swaptitle=”Hide this Post” rel=”prostate-highlander” findme=”auto” trigclass=”noarrow prostate_text colomat-trigpos”] just a brief aside… in case you hadn't noticed – the poppy in the header block, slowly withered away over the past 11 days – which was pretty much keeping pace with the dwindling number of folk wearing them …
Day 22 – Post-prostate PSA
or "watch the bouncing ball" [expand title=”Show this Post” swaptitle=”Hide this Post” rel=”prostate-highlander” findme=”auto” trigclass=”noarrow prostate_text colomat-trigpos”] the one constant following a diagnosis of prostate cancer – regardless of treatment – or no treatment at all… is the mandatory PSA tests on a regular basis – usually every 3 months. this becomes a watch and …
Day 21 – Post-prostate Props
or "you want me to What?" [expand title=”Show this Post” swaptitle=”Hide this Post” rel=”prostate-highlander” findme=”auto” trigclass=”noarrow prostate_text colomat-trigpos”] sorry for bailing yesterday – but sometimes life just becomes a lot more "interesting" than you expected and the day gets away from you… getting back to my story of life now "after" prostate surgery – …