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=<span style="color: firebrick">Or: are you over 45yrs and male? Please monitor your PSA annually= | =<span style="color: firebrick">Or: are you over 45yrs and male? Please monitor your PSA annually= | ||
I didn't. '''I didn't do ill. Until it was too late'''. PSA>45, stage 3 prostate cancer with very bad histology, inoperable. <br><br> | I didn't. '''I didn't do ill. Until it was too late'''. PSA>45, stage 3 prostate cancer with very bad histology, inoperable. <br><br> | ||
You can do different (as the UEA motto says) and monitor your PSA. With PSA<10 what matters most is the doubling time. Doubling times of years might need attention. Doubling times of months are dangerous.<br><br> | '''You can do different''' (as the UEA motto says) and monitor your PSA. With PSA<10 what matters most is the doubling time. Doubling times of years might need attention. Doubling times of months are dangerous.<br><br> | ||
Unexpectedly, I have survived 5.5 years on hormone therapy. Physically it has not been a comfortable period. I shed my academic activities (Head of School, etc.) and focused tightly on the research for which I had grant, and therefore, post-docs.<br><br> | Unexpectedly, I have survived 5.5 years on hormone therapy. Physically it has not been a comfortable period. I shed my academic activities (Head of School, etc.) and focused tightly on the research for which I had grant, and therefore, post-docs.<br><br> | ||
Now (June 2013), however the doubling time is one month and it is critical that my current course of chemotherapy holds it back. | Now (June 2013), however the doubling time is one month and it is critical that my current course of chemotherapy holds it back. But time could be tighter - I've just survived the consequences of a DVT.<br><br> | ||
Revision as of 08:19, 26 June 2013
Organ Recital: a tale of woe, my organs and cancer
(As you get older conversations drift into a comparison of ailments, organs and illnesses. In our family this is called an Organ Recital.)
Or: are you over 45yrs and male? Please monitor your PSA annually
I didn't. I didn't do ill. Until it was too late. PSA>45, stage 3 prostate cancer with very bad histology, inoperable.
You can do different (as the UEA motto says) and monitor your PSA. With PSA<10 what matters most is the doubling time. Doubling times of years might need attention. Doubling times of months are dangerous.
Unexpectedly, I have survived 5.5 years on hormone therapy. Physically it has not been a comfortable period. I shed my academic activities (Head of School, etc.) and focused tightly on the research for which I had grant, and therefore, post-docs.
Now (June 2013), however the doubling time is one month and it is critical that my current course of chemotherapy holds it back. But time could be tighter - I've just survived the consequences of a DVT.