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Satch M lives in New York, USA. He was 61 when he was diagnosed in October, 2015. His initial PSA was 4.04 ng/ml, his Gleason Score was 7a, and he was staged Unknown. His initial treatment choice was Surgery (Robotic Laparoscopic Prostatectomy) and his current treatment choice is Surgery (Robotic Laparoscopic Prostatectomy). Here is his story.

THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO AN UPDATE REMINDER IN 2020 SO THERE IS NO UPDATE.

October 10 diagnosis, February 2 robotic. Dr. Eastham Memorial Sloane Kettering.

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February 2017

Well it's a year and a month since my surgery and so far so good. I had sought out Dr.James Eastham at Memorial Sloan Kettering in Manhattan. I caught it somewhat early PSA 4.2,3 cores were affected with one being intermediate (Gleason 7). Memorial treated me like a king and I'm glad I went there as opposed to here on Long Island. Yeah, the old schwantz is not what it used to be, but I am getting occasional response to Viagra. I am very grateful to my girlfriend for sticking by me, and obviously that's super important.

This post however is more about my friend who five years prior to my diagnosis went for the external beam radiation. This past winter, Joey was having troubles in his head and they found a tumor. It was colon cancer. It had been metastasizing about for some time and was in stage 4. I asked him when he had had his last colonoscopy and he replied somewhat before his radiation treatment and was completely clean. Joe died a grisly, surgery complicated death this summer. while nobody could truly know, I suspect the cancer was caused by the radiation.

PLEASE if you choose beam radiation, get yourself a couple colonoscopies after your treatment. Could a cytoscopy be helpful too? Based upon the potential risks of radiation, I would be inclined to say yes. Anyway, this 63 year old forges on and with luck and God's grace, hoping to remain Prostate cancer free and move on to my next disaster. LOL!

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April 2018

Hello all. Thankfully after my last checkup,everything so far is a.o.k. I am slated to 'graduate' to the next stage of 'cured'. Although I am still in need of Viagra to perform to the max. I am grateful for the skill of Dr. James Eastham at Memorial Sloan in Manhattan. What I will say is that it has taken some time but my advice to all is "Be Patient". I will keep my fingers crossed and in the meantime look out for other cancers because at age 64 and so far a survivor of two types, you just never know.Also I am grateful for this group to help guide me in my choice. A good friend of mine died of colon cancer after he was cured from external beam radiation treatment for his prostate. He had a clean colonoscopy prior to that which leaves me pretty convinced that the radiation treatment caused it so also in that regard, I am glad that I made the surgery choice. Hopefully this information will be helpful to others. God bless all of you fellows and good luck!!!

UPDATED

July 2019

Well it's 3-1/2 years and going good...thanks Dr. Eastham...no return.

Satch's e-mail address is: umpiresatch AT yahoo.com (replace "AT" with "@")

NOTE: Satch has not updated his story for more than 15 months, so you may not receive any response from him.


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