You check your oil, have you checked your PSA lately?

FWIW...25 years ago my brother had a metastasized melanoma. Chemo aftereffects were a worry of his too. He tried smoking some weed after each chemo cocktail and it helped. On chemo days he'd take the afternoon off for treatment, then go home and take a few hits. He was always able to go to work the day after. The worst his side effects were was that he felt tired out but no nausea or barfing.

He was not a pot smoker but had heard it helped some folks with the chemo after effects so he tried it with good results. It might be worth a stop at your local cannabis store. There are more options now and it's possible you could have similar results to my brothers.
 
You have got all of our best wishes and prayers on this fight.

Prostate cancer is hugely common and often not diagnosed because symptoms are similar to old age. Having to get up to take a leak overnight for example. Even PSA tests give false positives and negatives. I heard once that all males will get prostate cancer at some point, but some will get it so late in life they will never know they have it.
 
You have my prayers for a speedy recovery. Thank you, and all the others, who have shared their experiences. Good advice to follow.

Jaybeaux
 
Sorry to hear that Mike. Hope for a successful treatment, and recovery. I would seriously look into how pot helps with the side effects of the treatments.
My brother in law had colon cancer and he ended up getting a subscription for pot, and he said it helped with his pain, and appetite better than anything else he used.
I would try the store in Walla Walla, or Prosser. I've heard good things about the Walla Walla one.
 
Mike,
Godspeed. Throttles forward (I like that). Thanks for giving us all life-saving advice.
Tim
 
We've already hit the pot shop, and I'm not talking clay pots. We have a variety of joints, some with high THC content, some mild and some with no THC but lots of CBD.

Who'd have ever thought that a retired cop who used to bust people for pot would now be on the tokin' end of the joint. :cool:

When I was setting up the schedule to get my chemo treatments I was able to schedule them around a cruise our club does every spring and fall up the Snake River.

We always have a campfire going 24/7 and go through a TON of wood. The's a house being built next to us so I've been robbing their scrap pile for pieces of 2x6. I've cut a lot of it up into 14" pieces that can fit into boxes to haul up there. GW and I took 6 or 7 boxes of the cut wood down to the boat today. I'm stocking up because, come hell or high water, I'm NOT missing that cruise.

Throttles forward and don't look back.
 
GFC

That sucks, so sorry to hear that. Hoping you come through this!!


Dave
 
Best wishes to you Mike. You have a great attitude.

I’m glad you mentioned to just get the test. I had my annual physical last December and asked the doctor about prostate checks. Either the test or the “manual” inspection. I was told they don’t do the manual type any more, and at 45 years old the blood test wasn’t called for since there are too many false positives at my age. I think I’ll push for the test next time.
 
b_arrington said:
Best wishes to you Mike. You have a great attitude.

I’m glad you mentioned to just get the test. I had my annual physical last December and asked the doctor about prostate checks. Either the test or the “manual” inspection. I was told they don’t do the manual type any more, and at 45 years old the blood test wasn’t called for since there are too many false positives at my age. I think I’ll push for the test next time.
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I just had my annual comprehensive physical and the manual test is alive and well in Canada. Or at least I think it is. The Doc did give me a rose and dimmed the lights. Hmmmmm
(Lightening things up a bit).
 
Creekwood said:
I just had my annual comprehensive physical and the manual test is alive and well in Canada. Or at least I think it is. The Doc did give me a rose and dimmed the lights. Hmmmmm
(Lightening things up a bit).
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You got a rose? Nice - what a polite society is Canada.

It's not like I wanted to get probed, but I was pretty surprised at the response. I's rather get the probe and know early than the alternative.
 
Damn.

Thoughts and prayers Mike. As others have said, you've got a great attitude and that's part of the battle.
 
Sorry to hear this GFC... I applaud your positive attitude.

Throttles forward and don't look back!
 
Creekwood said:
I just had my annual comprehensive physical and the manual test is alive and well in Canada. Or at least I think it is. The Doc did give me a rose and dimmed the lights. Hmmmmm
(Lightening things up a bit).
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OK Creekwood, I gotta ask you a question and I'm afraid it's as bit personal. When the doc did the manual test did he have both of his hands on your shoulders? And did he kiss you on the back when he was done?

When the urologist did the manual check on me I told him "Geesh doc, usually when I meet a guy for the first time I just shake hands with him."

I wouldn't have made a comment like that except he was a bit of a standup comic.
 
Sorry to hear this Mike... Thoughts, prayers and a speedy recovery !!!
My mantra currently is "do not allow the fear of tomorrow to steal from the joy of today".
My Dad was diagnosed & treated years ago and just turned 88 last week...
 
Gofirstclass said:
OK Creekwood, I gotta ask you a question and I'm afraid it's as bit personal. When the doc did the manual test did he have both of his hands on your shoulders? And did he kiss you on the back when he was done?

When the urologist did the manual check on me I told him "Geesh doc, usually when I meet a guy for the first time I just shake hands with him."

I wouldn't have made a comment like that except he was a bit of a standup comic.
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I don't remember. The last thing I remember was him asking me if his handkerchief smelled like chloroform right after he gave me the rose.
 
b_arrington said:
You got a rose? Nice - what a polite society is Canada.

It's not like I wanted to get probed, but I was pretty surprised at the response. I's rather get the probe and know early than the alternative.
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Joking aside, our firm requires annual medicals and it includes both the PSA blood test and the manual prostate check (and a lot of other blood work to check levels of just about everything), abdominal ultrasound to measure and look at organs, and a cardiac treadmill stress test. Costs about CAD$1,600 per year. Well worth it IMO. I have been lucky, but I do know that I have a heart that skips a beat every few minutes when I am at my max heart rate exertion. Found out that 3 years ago. Got sent for a cardiac echo and wore a holter monitor and BP monitor for 25hrs to make sure nothing else. All good for now and its being monitored and I am aware that if I feel something it might be something. Would never have known. I also got sent for a prostate ultrasound about 8 years ago because of some symptoms I talked about with the Doc right when he did the prostate exam. Turned out to be prostatitis and did a course of antibiotics. If I had not been in for the "forced" annual medical I would not have gone to the doctor and those symptoms were very similar to prostate cancer, and I was ignoring them (for only about 6 months).

Bottom line, get your prostate checked guys!
 
Mike, Sorry to hear this. I'll add our family history so we can keep informed. My Dad had cancer at age 64, had it removed, and was doing great. According to his Dr. at 10 years, they consider you cancer free and quit testing. (Incidentally I started tests at 40 instead of the recommended 50 since it was family hx now) At the 9 year mark, he happened to question the Doc about his PSA, and it was .1. Now, he should be 0 right? So they retested in 3 months and it was .2. Referred to Urologist, and it was now .4. So then he had to get radiation "in the area" of the prostate since something was growing again. Moral of the story: Removal isn't always the end. Keep getting tested. Mike
 
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