Harry
Moore and his wife Elizabeth lived in Alberta, Canada. He was 58 when diagnosed
on 23 April 1997.His PSA was 14 ng/ml , his Gleason Score was 5 and he was staged
T1c. He had no symptoms.
He
had Hormones of Lupron and Flutimide for 8 months prior to surgery which was tolerable
with side effects. Surgery for Radical Prostatectomy was performed on 15 January
1998, with no complications. Worked with physiotherapist doing "Kegel"
exercises after surgery. Incontinence tapered off in late April 1998 and stabilised
at "OK" level. Some minor and annoying stress incontinence remains.
Current PSA undetectable on most sensitive test (0.02 or less). Impotent at this
time.
Harry
is a strong supporter of a local PCa support group.
[UPDATE
15 October 2002]
Harry
Moore is now 63 with a PSA of 0.002 and is taking part in a trial. The trial is
to determine if 3 months or 8 months of anti-androgens is better before a radical
prostatectomy in terms of ease for the surgeon and success rate.
He
was told he had a very small prostate after the 8 months and this made surgery
difficult They have extended the trial from 5 years to 7 years because they believe
5 years is too short a cut off for prostate cancer recurrance.
[UPDATE
16 November 2005]
Urologist
says I am "cured" (January 2005). However, the side effects of the cure - erctile
dysfunction and stress incontinence.
[UPDATE
1 January 2007]
Last
PSA was undetectable. Still impotent, but that is no problem as I do not have
a partner after my wife died 5 years ago. I also understand that happens to many
men of an older age, in any event.
I
am otherwise physically fit. No back problems, bike swim and dance.
[UPDATE
May 2008]
Harry
is now 69 and says:
I
am doing well and just had my PSA and it is undetectable. Impotence is an issue
but not having a partner, it doesn’t matter much. Meanwhile, I'm in good shape
as far as things go. I dance, swim, bicycle, hike, walk and eat out.
[UPDATE
December 2008]
What
a difference six months makes. Harry says he's well but as he has a new love in
his life, he regrets the impotence.
His
email is: hcom@shaw.ca
