I had a Gleason score of 3+4. After a few years of active surveillance I opted for a treatment David did not mention. You can Google SBRT radiation treatment. It's a short term, highly focused treatment that includes methods of protecting nearly organs from radiation.
I'm approaching the age where I should get this checked out, and when I finally get around to that physical (my wife is becoming increasingly insistent on that happen sooner rather than later), I'll know what questions to ask and which screening to inquire about.
Will be chipping in as soon as I sort out my tax situation, which should be soon.
Thank you for the public service you are doing.
(And if you need any help pushing this content out over Mastodon, let me know - I have my own personal server we can get this listed on, and/or code to pull updates from Twitter if you're pushing out content that way.)
As for the Mastodon stuff - if it makes sense to do a quick show and tell Zoom session, let me know and I can walk you through everything I've learned. Happy to help you make the most of your "time off".
I had a Gleason score of 3+4. After a few years of active surveillance I opted for a treatment David did not mention. You can Google SBRT radiation treatment. It's a short term, highly focused treatment that includes methods of protecting nearly organs from radiation.
I haven't seen that one come up. I hope that you are well and cancer-free!
Thank you. My PSA has dropped from 5.5 to near zero. Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic websites contain a lot of information about the procedure.
I'm approaching the age where I should get this checked out, and when I finally get around to that physical (my wife is becoming increasingly insistent on that happen sooner rather than later), I'll know what questions to ask and which screening to inquire about.
Will be chipping in as soon as I sort out my tax situation, which should be soon.
Thank you for the public service you are doing.
(And if you need any help pushing this content out over Mastodon, let me know - I have my own personal server we can get this listed on, and/or code to pull updates from Twitter if you're pushing out content that way.)
Thanks, Chris.
Don't skip the colonoscopy either. They aren't as bad as people say (the day before is worse), and my mom is a colon cancer survivor.
I'll be posting to Mastodon in a bit and I'd definitely appreciate the assist. I don't have much of a foothold there. I'm still learning that site.
Will do on the colonoscopy.
As for the Mastodon stuff - if it makes sense to do a quick show and tell Zoom session, let me know and I can walk you through everything I've learned. Happy to help you make the most of your "time off".
I don’t know if I need to get that deeply into it, but I do appreciate it. I’ve got a working knowledge and mostly use it to post links atm.