I caught the cancer

[Brisketexan 104781]

2 hours ago, Basil said:

Don't google; ask doctors.

Sure, you say that now, but it's pretty awkward when I ask my doc to find "hot wife threesome videos."

[Dbeasy 15007]

On 7/31/2023 at 11:28 AM, Hate said:

Yeah, that is my Gleason score (3+4). There is no sign of spread and the tumor seems to be in the middle, so I’m hoping for a better chance of them not getting into the nerves.

There are a lot of different treatments for prostate cancer, including many different types of radiation treatments. At MD Anderson are you doing proton therapy radiation or something else? There’s focal therapy options too. 

You are right that the side effects can be brutal which is why getting accurate thorough information about all of the different options is crucial, especially for Gleason 7, because that might be in the Teal range of cancer, which open up a ton of options. 

Jusr make sure you are fully educated. MD Anderson will likely only discuss limited options.

[Hate 20104]

I met with a surgeon and an oncologist. All options for radiation are on the table for me. I wanted to go radiation, but if it comes back in my prostate I’m essentially fucked. So I’ll get rid of the prostate and leave all options on the table for when/if it comes back.

[Sbbruin 21785]

Just got a call from my surgeon to let me know my CT showed a spot on my liver.  I had met with him just a couple of hours after the CT, and at the time, he said it looked pretty clean.  But the radiologist did a thorough review and noticed the hot spot.  So an MRI will be ordered, and we'll see.  Not news I was hoping for.  

[South Austin 52198]

39 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Just got a call from my surgeon to let me know my CT showed a spot on my liver.  I had met with him just a couple of hours after the CT, and at the time, he said it looked pretty clean.  But the radiologist did a thorough review and noticed the hot spot.  So an MRI will be ordered, and we'll see.  Not news I was hoping for.  

[Hate 20104]

Just got a call from my surgeon to let me know my CT showed a spot on my liver.  I had met with him just a couple of hours after the CT, and at the time, he said it looked pretty clean.  But the radiologist did a thorough review and noticed the hot spot.  So an MRI will be ordered, and we'll see.  Not news I was hoping for.  

Kick it’s ass, Bruin!

[Basil 745]

1 hour ago, Sbbruin said:

Just got a call from my surgeon to let me know my CT showed a spot on my liver.  I had met with him just a couple of hours after the CT, and at the time, he said it looked pretty clean.  But the radiologist did a thorough review and noticed the hot spot.  So an MRI will be ordered, and we'll see.  Not news I was hoping for.  

I had that happen last fall.  Got the call, "hey come in for an MRI cause we need to look at something some dipshit thought he saw on the CT."  It was nothing.  So hope for that.  

[Brisketexan 104781]

1 hour ago, Sbbruin said:

Just got a call from my surgeon to let me know my CT showed a spot on my liver.  I had met with him just a couple of hours after the CT, and at the time, he said it looked pretty clean.  But the radiologist did a thorough review and noticed the hot spot.  So an MRI will be ordered, and we'll see.  Not news I was hoping for.  

Hey...maybe it's just a smudge.  A dirty spot, on your soul.  From the impure thoughts you have.  About Bea Arthur.

Just a thought.  I may be wrong.  But I bet I'm right.

[Gatorubet 30163]

20 minutes ago, Basil said:

I had that happen last fall.  Got the call, "hey come in for an MRI cause we need to look at something some dipshit thought he saw on the CT."  It was nothing.  So hope for that.  

Same same.  Spots. Spots on liver on CT.  Verified on MRI.  They were spots. Just not cancerous spots.  

#teamhemangioma

[Gatorubet 30163]

23 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Hey...maybe it's just a smudge.  A dirty spot, on your soul.  From the impure thoughts you have.  About Bea Arthur.

Just a thought.  I may be wrong.  But I bet I'm right.

Now is not the time to remind Bruin of the sensory overload of the smell of Aqua Net hairspray, the lulling sound of a whisky-tinged voice, and the touch of a rubber strap-on.

Unless it is. 

[UpperWestside 6140]

6 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

Just got a call from my surgeon to let me know my CT showed a spot on my liver.  I had met with him just a couple of hours after the CT, and at the time, he said it looked pretty clean.  But the radiologist did a thorough review and noticed the hot spot.  So an MRI will be ordered, and we'll see.  Not news I was hoping for.  

You’re going to get through this. You absolutely have to or we’re not going to have anyone to tell how exciting it is to travel to Lincoln in mid-January to players the Huskers in roundball! 
 

You are a really good guy and I want to thank you again for those memories you shared from your trip sailing to Polynesia. You have had a blessed life and you have so much more ahead of you. 🙏🏽

[RDCanecutter 26346]

7 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

Just got a call from my surgeon to let me know my CT showed a spot on my liver.  I had met with him just a couple of hours after the CT, and at the time, he said it looked pretty clean.  But the radiologist did a thorough review and noticed the hot spot.  So an MRI will be ordered, and we'll see.  Not news I was hoping for.  

I hate to say it, but if you've got a spot on your liver, you want them to find it and stare real close at it. Hope it's boring. Good luck.

[Gatorubet 30163]

1 hour ago, RDCanecutter said:

I hate to say it, but if you've got a spot on your liver, you want them to find it and stare real close at it. Hope it's boring. Good luck.

Also, laparoscopic hacking off a part of your liver is sort of easy-peezy.  Apparently some Homo Erectus banged a salamander, because as long as they stop at 70% removal, your liver will grow back.

[Bevo 13534]

2 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

Also, laparoscopic hacking off a part of your liver is sort of easy-peezy.  Apparently some Homo Erectus banged a salamander, because as long as they stop at 70% removal, your liver will grow back.

And liver is kind of gross with or without fva beans and a nice chianti and all should be avoided if on MAOIs. 

[seven 1367]

I've had "spots" on my kidney, lungs, and shoulder. All turned out to be nothing but I appreciate the thoroughness. 

Doctor decided not to give me the vectibix last round and the dermatologist has given me an assortment of creams that seem to be working. My face is about 70% cleared up so it just looks like a weekend meth bender instead of the full week. 

[Sbbruin 21785]

Man I have to get on top of this fainting thing.  Get lightheaded every day and faint at least once every other day,  low blood pressure and  a little dehydration and I faint.  Weirdest feeling too.

[Saint Tacky 1610]

9 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

Man I have to get on top of this fainting thing.  Get lightheaded every day and faint at least once every other day,  low blood pressure and  a little dehydration and I faint.  Weirdest feeling too.

Enable "Safe Search" on your phone?

[Nueces River Rat 5533]

Catching up on some threads and saw this one.  
 

Wishing all you Surlys a speedy recovery if you are battling this.    Also if you have loved one who are as well.  
 

My wife just finished three months of chemo last Thursday.   We go back up to MD Anderson on the 8th of Sept for surgery and reconstructive work thereafter.   I can’t emphasize enough how wonderful MD Anderson is.

Then I got word on Monday my best friend and best man has Testicular cancer.   That was from left field because he’s 51 and usually that type of cancer is reserved for younger men.   They discovered it last week and has surgery today.  Docs were that concerned.   
 

That’s two people close to my heart with this crap and I keep telling myself I need to do better with diet and exercise.   But I don’t.   I need to fricken wake-up.  

[Not that Bob 735]

10 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

Man I have to get on top of this fainting thing.  Get lightheaded every day and faint at least once every other day,  low blood pressure and  a little dehydration and I faint.  Weirdest feeling too.

I know that you know you need to work with your physician on fluid and electrolytes. In addition, consider getting a badass cane for stability. Maybe a Bat Masterson with sterling silver head, or gold if you really want to strut. I always thought a shillelagh would be cool.

[Gatorubet 30163]

10 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

Man I have to get on top of this fainting thing.  Get lightheaded every day and faint at least once every other day,  low blood pressure and  a little dehydration and I faint.  Weirdest feeling too.

I warn you, your wife is likely to use this opportunity to buy a new couch. 

[PhillyD 1257]

11 minutes ago, Not that Bob said:

I know that you know you need to work with your physician on fluid and electrolytes. In addition, consider getting a badass cane for stability. Maybe a Bat Masterson with sterling silver head, or gold if you really want to strut. I always thought a shillelagh would be cool.

This is the cane for Bruin

[Sbbruin 21785]

42 minutes ago, Not that Bob said:

I know that you know you need to work with your physician on fluid and electrolytes. In addition, consider getting a badass cane for stability. Maybe a Bat Masterson with sterling silver head, or gold if you really want to strut. I always thought a shillelagh would be cool.

[Shoxthemonkey 1976]

43 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

I warn you, your wife is likely to use this opportunity to buy a new couch. 

[Braff Zacklin 13480]

46 minutes ago, PhillyD said:

This is the cane for Bruin

I was thinking more along  the lines of ... give the man a bejeweled crown and scepter so he could strut around like The Wiz ... of Westwood.

[Aqua Buddha 14531]

Had a long time friend/former co worker die of bile duct cancer this week.  (I knew she had cancer but didn't know the details or the severity.)  I knew nothing about bile duct dancer until today but it sounds awful and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.  Sounded completely fucking awful.  I googled it and learned it's rare and by the time you have symptoms and can detect it, you're basically dead man walking.  Fucking awful way to go.

Fuck cancer.  Really, fuck it.  Tons of shit bags in this world are still alive but she'd dead of fucking bile duct cancer.

Edited September 1, 2023 by Aqua Buddha

[Sbbruin 21785]

On 8/31/2023 at 7:30 PM, Aqua Buddha said:

Had a long time friend/former co worker die of bile duct cancer this week.  (I knew she had cancer but didn't know the details or the severity.)  I knew nothing about bile duct dancer until today but it sounds awful and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.  Sounded completely fucking awful.  I googled it and learned it's rare and by the time you have symptoms and can detect it, you're basically dead man walking.  Fucking awful way to go.

Fuck cancer.  Really, fuck it.  Tons of shit bags in this world are still alive but she'd dead of fucking bile duct cancer.

So sorry.  That’s the case with a number of types of cancer.  No way to know until it’s too late.  I’m really fortunate I called my GI doc when I had food swallowing problems.  I went in for an endoscopy within 2 weeks.  My oncologist said if I had waited a couple more months, it might’ve been a different story.  I’m one of the rarities that caught esophageal cancer before stage 4.  It’s deadly because most don’t catch it before it’s too late.  
 

yes, fuck cancer indeed.

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

So, I finally finished my treatment 3 weeks ago. I was good on my midway scan but I’ll get another in 3 weeks to make sure.

Chemo totally fucked my lower legs and hands. Weirdly, I have mostly motor issues and not many sensory ones. Doing PT weekly but it’ll probably be a slow recovery. I walk with a cane sometimes, and it makes me feel old af.

But, here’s to hopefully getting back to normal.

[Aqua Buddha 14531]

10 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

So sorry.  That’s the case with a number of types of cancer.  No way to know until it’s too late.  I’m really fortunate I called my GI doc when I had food swallowing problems.  I went in for an endoscopy within 2 weeks.  My oncologist said if I had waited a couple more months, it might’ve been a different story.  I’m one of the rarities that caught esophageal cancer before stage 4.  It’s deadly because most don’t catch it before it’s too late.  
 

yes, fuck cancer indeed.

Glad to hear you're doing well and caught it early.  To your point, what worries me is what I don't know is happening.  I've looked into these cancer screenings but there's some debate about how accurate they are.  Also looked into full body MRI's but I actively hate MRI's so there's that.

Glad you're doing well, though.

[Sbbruin 21785]

14 hours ago, Anton Chigurh said:

So, I finally finished my treatment 3 weeks ago. I was good on my midway scan but I’ll get another in 3 weeks to make sure.

Chemo totally fucked my lower legs and hands. Weirdly, I have mostly motor issues and not many sensory ones. Doing PT weekly but it’ll probably be a slow recovery. I walk with a cane sometimes, and it makes me feel old af.

But, here’s to hopefully getting back to normal.

It's a marathon not a sprint.  You'll get there.  

[dcbc 14443]

On 8/31/2023 at 9:30 PM, Aqua Buddha said:

Had a long time friend/former co worker die of bile duct cancer this week.  (I knew she had cancer but didn't know the details or the severity.)  I knew nothing about bile duct dancer until today but it sounds awful and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.  Sounded completely fucking awful.  I googled it and learned it's rare and by the time you have symptoms and can detect it, you're basically dead man walking.  Fucking awful way to go.

Fuck cancer.  Really, fuck it.  Tons of shit bags in this world are still alive but she'd dead of fucking bile duct cancer.

I'm sorry for your loss.  My aunt had bile duct cancer.  She was treated at MD Anderson, but it seemed like it was once complication after another.  She spent the better part of the year there in-patient and later to hospice where she died.  It is indeed awful.

[horn4life 3758]

On 7/14/2023 at 6:45 PM, Sbbruin said:

Good suggestions.  Trying ice cream, but it’s caused me to puke the last few times I’ve eaten it.  I feel like when I try something specific I burn out on it fast and it makes me nauseous.  Ensures are about a 50/50 proposition on booting.

You might look at some of the gel packs that a lot of distance athletes use to put in digestible calories while they are competing.  There are multiple brands and flavors, you can likely get an assortment to try at your local bike shop.  But designed to be tolerable on the stomach from what I can tell. They have with and without caffine, but like 100 calories an ounce.

my favorite by far 

Hang in there and keep searching for what will work calorie wise!

[Gatorubet 30163]

Basil and SB - any spot news? I think about you guys all the time.. 

[Armybrat 40759]

On 9/14/2023 at 9:43 PM, Sbbruin said:

So sorry.  That’s the case with a number of types of cancer.  No way to know until it’s too late.  I’m really fortunate I called my GI doc when I had food swallowing problems.  I went in for an endoscopy within 2 weeks.  My oncologist said if I had waited a couple more months, it might’ve been a different story.  I’m one of the rarities that caught esophageal cancer before stage 4.  It’s deadly because most don’t catch it before it’s too late.  
 

yes, fuck cancer indeed.

My neighbor just finished his radiation treatments for his esophageal cancer and is scheduled for surgery sometime in October. 
He is a genuinely good guy and a Longhorn fan. 
 

[Sbbruin 21785]

12 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

Basil and SB - any spot news? I think about you guys all the time.. 

all good.  Benign

[Gatorubet 30163]

14 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

all good.  Benign

[Post Oak 20191]

34 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

all good.  Benign

Awesome.  

[Doc Sam Beckett 5785]

My mom got it. A couple of spots on her appendix and colon. She's in Scottsdale and has the best doctors in the US. They went in and handled the cancer easy peasy. She had to do regular scans, obviously, and has been fine until recently, there was a spot on her colon. They decided the spot was concerning enough to go in and handle it.

When they went in, they saw cancer everywhere. It popped back up from her appendix area and spread across her pelvic floor and the spot they saw was the cancer intruding into her colon from the outside. Apparently she has extra special cancer that doesn't show up on scans. One in a million shot. I want to blame the doctors but I don't know if it's justified or not. I want to blame somebody for failing the most important person in my life. 

[Basil 745]

Basil and SB - any spot news? I think about you guys all the time.. 

I was released from surveillance at the end of 2022 after five years of clean scans all around. Likelihood of a recurrence is - according to MDAnderson - the same as being unlucky enough to get it in the first place. I’m down a lot of weight and ran a 10k this morning. Only lingering effects of cancer are the surgical scars.

Spot news: team hemangioma, cross-checked and verified.

[Frieda’s Boss 181]

Add another to the prostate cancer list….  Confirmed with urologist today. 48yo and my PSA spiked to 5. Ultrasound guided biopsy (not fun) and 7 of the 12 cores came back positive. Most with a Gleason score of 6, two with a Gleason score of 7 (4+3). So, much like others here, need to figure out surgery vs. RT. Strong preference right now is no RT and we did order Decipher test to gain more info. I have a friend at work who used to work for Decipher so I’m going to pick his brain for best docs around (SoCal).  I have an appt scheduled in a couple of weeks with the surgeon my urologist recommended from his group, but I know there are going to be a lot of good options in the area. 
 

I was pretty much resigned to the fact that this would be the diagnosis, but my wife was in denial so she had a pretty tough reaction this evening.  
 

As I’m reading you all share your stories here, please know that I’m putting you and your families in my prayers. 
 

 

[UpperWestside 6140]

My mom goes back on Thursday to see if she can be taken off her medication. It causes her some severe issues if she gets in the sun for too long and it contributes to issues she can have with going to the bathroom. She has chronic myeloid leukemia and while her medication has kept her around I am hoping she can at least get a break from it for a few months.
 

She has had this cancer now for five years I believe and before that in 2014 she overcame being diagnosed with stage three non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. She also had a small bit of what the doctor believed to be skin cancer on her cheek that she had removed in between having the other two cancers. My mother is the toughest human being I know and I would like her to fullly be able to enjoy the two grandchildren she has under her roof. She’ turned 74 last month so a 4 year old and 18 month are a lot for her, but she loves every minute with them. Just hoping for some good news for her, but if she has to stay on her meds then so be it. I have many more baseball games to take her to and I hope she can go to one game with her grandkids even if it’s the Astros or Rangers since those are closest to her.

[Hate 20104]

Add another to the prostate cancer list….  Confirmed with urologist today. 48yo and my PSA spiked to 5. Ultrasound guided biopsy (not fun) and 7 of the 12 cores came back positive. Most with a Gleason score of 6, two with a Gleason score of 7 (4+3). So, much like others here, need to figure out surgery vs. RT. Strong preference right now is no RT and we did order Decipher test to gain more info. I have a friend at work who used to work for Decipher so I’m going to pick his brain for best docs around (SoCal).  I have an appt scheduled in a couple of weeks with the surgeon my urologist recommended from his group, but I know there are going to be a lot of good options in the area. 
 
I was pretty much resigned to the fact that this would be the diagnosis, but my wife was in denial so she had a pretty tough reaction this evening.  
 
As I’m reading you all share your stories here, please know that I’m putting you and your families in my prayers. 
 

 

Yeah, and now you’ve been added to my list. Good luck! Since you are so young still, I wouldn’t mess around with RT…but that’s just me.

My surgery is scheduled for Monday. I just did all of my pre-op stuff yesterday.

[Sbbruin 21785]

On 10/11/2023 at 5:09 AM, Hate said:

Yeah, and now you’ve been added to my list. Good luck! Since you are so young still, I wouldn’t mess around with RT…but that’s just me.

My surgery is scheduled for Monday. I just did all of my pre-op stuff yesterday.

Give 'em hell Hate.  And @Frieda’s Boss, you got this.  Prostate cancer is very treatable, as long as you follow doc's orders.  Godspeed.

[PRONG HORN 3114]

On 10/11/2023 at 7:09 AM, Hate said:

My surgery is scheduled for Monday. I just did all of my pre-op stuff yesterday.

 

Get off the sugar/carbs.  Cancer cells have over twice as many glucose receptors.  Sugar/carbs = Cancer turbo.  

 

 

 

 

[Hate 20104]

 
Get off the sugar/carbs.  Cancer cells have over twice as many glucose receptors.  Sugar/carbs = Cancer turbo.  
 
 
 
 

Damn…I did not know this. Cancer or Mexican food??? That’s a really tough call.

[UpperWestside 6140]

Talked to my mom this afternoon and she told me her doctor is taking her off her medication for three months! She was so excited about that. I hope it’s permanent, but three months is great and she deserves a break. The little things really mean so much in our lives. This is pretty cool.

[PRONG HORN 3114]

10 minutes ago, Hate said:

Damn…I did not know this. Cancer or Mexican food??? That’s a really tough call.

 

 

It's not, and probably never will be big news.  The med industry will likely never come out and say that one third of American's food intake (protein/fat/carbs) is turbo charging cancer growth.   There's Ted Talks etc. about the topic, but the med industry avoids the subject.  

 

The food you eat feeds cancer.  Certain foods feed the cancer much more efficiently than others.  

 

Water fast = winning

If you can't do a month straight, look into intermittent fasting.  

 

 

 

 

 

[Gatorubet 30163]

4 hours ago, PRONG HORN said:

 Cancer cells have over twice as many glucose receptors. 

PET scan holla!

[Not that Bob 735]

13 hours ago, PRONG HORN said:

Water fast = winning

If you can't do a month straight, look into intermittent fasting.  

When I try to fast, my stomach says "What am I going to do with all this acid that I used to use for digesting stuff? Oh yeah, I'll just send it to your esophagus."

[Frieda’s Boss 181]

On 10/11/2023 at 5:09 AM, Hate said:

Yeah, and now you’ve been added to my list. Good luck! Since you are so young still, I wouldn’t mess around with RT…but that’s just me.

My surgery is scheduled for Monday. I just did all of my pre-op stuff yesterday.

Hate - Praying for you right now. You got this. 

[Dbeasy 15007]

On 10/11/2023 at 7:09 AM, Hate said:

Yeah, and now you’ve been added to my list. Good luck! Since you are so young still, I wouldn’t mess around with RT…but that’s just me.

My surgery is scheduled for Monday. I just did all of my pre-op stuff yesterday.

Do kegel exercises like crazy. Who is your surgeon?