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Weathering the Storm...Nine Months Later but Who is Counting1 comment

Roger Passman wrote 3 days ago: Weathering the Storm…Nine Months Later but Who is Counting At six-o’clock in the morning … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, Cancer, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Cancer Survivor, Zero Cancer...The Fight to End Prostate Cancer, lived experience, existential experience, Surgery, Prostate

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YAPCaB wrote 1 week ago: Great news from the oncologist yesterday – the Lupron reduced my PSA to 6.9 from 17.1! That … more →

Tags: Cancer, Treatment, drugs, PSA, Lupron, Treatment Details, Cancer Treatment, Prostate Cancer, hormone treatment

Belonging . . . The Vagaries of Community or The Fragmented Self4 comments

Roger Passman wrote 2 weeks ago: The Vagaries of Community Belonging . . . The Vagaries of Community or the Fragmented Self I created … more →

Tags: ethics, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Zero Cancer...The Fight to End Prostate Cancer, thinking in Jewish, lived experience, existential experience, History, historicity, Critical Reading

Remarkable and Exciting New Developments in Cancer Treatment! 2 comments

YAPCaB wrote 3 weeks ago: Reblogged from drherbertrappaport: EXCITING NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CANCER TREATMENT PROSTATE CANCER: NE … more →

Lupron and 17.19 comments

YAPCaB wrote 1 month ago: Received my first one month shot of Lupron today. The last one was well over a year ago. This is par … more →

Tags: Cancer, Treatment, drugs, Depression, PSA, T.M.S, anxiety, Lupron, depression 2

Consumption of dairy products may increase your risk of hormone-sensitive cancers1 comment

jkyates2013 wrote 1 month ago: I mentioned last week that I would return to the subject of dairy products and cancer. Is there a li … more →

Tags: breast cancer, Cancer (General), ovarian cancer, testicular cancer, dairy and breast cancer, dairy and cancer, Dairy and ovarian cancer, Dairy and prostate cancer, Dairy and testicular cancer

Is screening for prostate cancer really necessary?

jkyates2013 wrote 1 month ago: Last May, a prominent health-care panel (the US Preventive Services Task Force, or USPSTF) recommend … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, prostate specific antigen, PSA Screening, screening for prostate cancer, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Prostatitis

Long-term outcomes and toxicity in patients treated with brachytherapy for prostate adenocarcinoma younger than 60 years of age at treatment with minimum 10 years of follow-up - Abstract

chicagoprostate wrote 2 months ago: Published on 03-11-2013 OBJECTIVE: To report the outcomes and late toxicities in younger patients wi … more →

Tags: brachytherapy, Men's Health Week, Patient Empowerment, Prostate-cancer-prevention, PSA, treatment options, brachytherapy, Men's Health, Prostate

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YAPCaB wrote 2 months ago: Visited the oncologist last week and found out my latest PSA score is 10.6. That’s not too bad … more →

Tags: Cancer, drugs, Depression, PSA, T.M.S, Lupron, depression 2, Treatment Details, Cancer Treatment

I Was Sure It Was the Front Office7 comments

YAPCaB wrote 3 months ago: Was I ever wrong. I just started my TMS treatments under a new psychiatrist not too long ago, as you … more →

Tags: Treatment, Depression, T.M.S, anxiety, depression 2, Treatment Details, Prostate Cancer, antidepressant, transcranial magnetic stimulation

Anxiety11 comments

YAPCaB wrote 3 months ago: I’m not sure why this last increase in PSA and the prospect of more scans has me so freaked ou … more →

Tags: Cancer, Treatment, drugs, Depression, PSA, Radiation, anxiety, casodex, depression 2

Scans and It Gets Real14 comments

YAPCaB wrote 3 months ago: One of the things I neglected to include in the last post about my visit to the oncologist was we de … more →

Tags: Cancer, drugs, PSA, T.M.S, anxiety, terminal illness, depression 2, Treatment Details, Cancer Treatment

A “Clinical Trial” Too Far1 comment

Dr. Robert A. Nagourney wrote 3 months ago: An interesting paper was published in the January 10 NEJM (Abiraterone in Metastatic Prostate Cancer … more →

Tags: Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, cost of cancer, Clinical Trials, FDA, Dr. Robert Nagourney, Cancer Clinical Trials, New England Journal of Medicine, abiraterone, Cost of healthcare

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YAPCaB wrote 3 months ago: Today was day 3 for TMS. It was substantially less uncomfortable. Ina couple days it will probably b … more →

Tags: Treatment, drugs, PSA, Radiation, T.M.S, anxiety, casodex, depression 2, Treatment Details

It is Raining Outside Chicago In January2 comments

Roger Passman wrote 3 months ago: It is Raining Outside Chicago In January It is raining, well not quite rain, rather a mixture of rai … more →

Tags: ethics, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Zero Cancer...The Fight to End Prostate Cancer, meaningful decisions, Postmodern ethics, Prostate, prostatectomy, Denial

Always Already Being In The Material World 4 comments

Roger Passman wrote 4 months ago: Always Already Being In The Material World To borrow a phrase from Martin Heidegger without necessar … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, Cancer, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Cancer Survivor, Zero Cancer...The Fight to End Prostate Cancer, meaningful decisions, responsibility, In the Moment, Emmanuel Levinas

Showing Improvement

Roger Passman wrote 4 months ago: Showing Improvement I am old enough to realize that every single new day, in fact every single momen … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, ethics, Cancer, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Cancer Survivor, Zero Cancer...The Fight to End Prostate Cancer, meaningful decisions, responsibility, In the Moment

Was He Always Like This?6 comments

YAPCaB wrote 4 months ago: Sometimes I wonder what folks who follow this blog wonder about me. One question stands out in my mi … more →

Tags: Cancer, Treatment, drugs, Depression, Travel, PSA, Radiation, anxiety, Mental Health

Looking Back and Forward8 comments

YAPCaB wrote 4 months ago: My year in review. I saw lots of cool places. Took lots of photos. Had many good times with my wife … more →

Tags: Cancer, Treatment, drugs, Depression, Radiation, anxiety, casodex, terminal illness, depression 2


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