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Vital Info

Name:
Edward (edwardr)

Member Since:
March 11, 2011

Location:
San Diego, California 92121

Birthday:
December 30, 1943

Profile:
Cancer Fighter

Cancer Info

Type of Cancer:
Prostate Cancer

Diagnosis Date:
December 24, 2007

Stage of Cancer:
Stage 3

Grade of Tumor:
Grade 2

Hormone Therapy:
Tamoxifen

What I Hate Most About Cancer:
Just about everything and even the name it's self makes me sick!

What I Have Learned From Cancer:
`Not a dam thing. It is a unwanted invader.

Things My Supporters Can Do To Help:
Just understand I'm a quite man and hold to much inside. Drives my wife crazy

Tips for others on how to deal with the physical side effects of chemo/cancer:
Try and hold your head high and remember you didn't ask for this crappy stuff.

Tips for others on how to deal with the mental struggles of chemo/cancer:
Look at all your options and talk with everyone who has any good idea’s about fighting this hiding cowardly cancer. They have many new advances and procedures. Prostate cancer is usually a slow moving type of cancer. So weight all you treatment’s and learn all you can about what your fighting. Then make the decision based on your studies.

Prostate Cancer Symptoms:

Hard to really explain there were changes in sex, things didn’t work like it should. And one day we were driving and I had a sharp pain in the area or the prostate. Can’t think of anything else.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects:

Retropubic Radical Protateclocy December 16 2008, Scaring and some pain when walking. Not much at all.

Hormone Therapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:

Leuprolide, Flutamide 2009 thru June 2010, At present taking some time off until PSA starts to increase. Last tested .05
on 02/12/2011.