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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. Worse, there are horrible 'traps' on the way - I've just come out of hospital having survived a DVT.<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. But time could be tighter - I've just survived the consequences of a DVT.<br><br>

Revision as of 07:19, 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.