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Lin’s Bio remains a work in
progress in another file on another machine, in a galaxy far far away so he
has decided to use this page to update the medical progress. As an old friend once said “Been there, done that,
got a t-shirt I use as a rag in the Garage” |
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Lin’s medical update Updated February 21, 2009 The medical update: Brief
version of the longer story… Lin was
diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in December of 2005 and underwent Surgery the following
April. Unfortunately the surgery was
not 100% successful, tests still showed the presence of cancer so the summer
of 2006 was spent undergoing Hormone Therapy and 35 Low Level Radiation
Treatments and fight continues. Mid May 2007: All the Tests
have been OUTSTANDING, as in less than .1 where a score of 3.0 is considered
OK. So we have finally won a battle
against this thing, but the war is not over yet. September 2007: As part of
the annual ‘physical’ the family Doc ran another PSA and low and behold the
numbers dropped even more to a .05!
Now the Cancer Surgeon will tell you that anything below .1 is
considered undetectable but I do like the lower number. October 2007: Full scale exam
from the Urologist was in October and all came back nearly perfect with the
PSA showing in the .05 range! We’re on
quarterly checkups with the next review the first week of March. March 2008: Continuing the
Quarterly PSA Checks and they are still in the ‘undetectable’ range so things
continue to go well. November 2008: We kind of knew
it wouldn’t last forever and low and behold the PSA numbers have gone back
up. Immediate took the Hormone Shot
during the same appointment. Hot
flashes are back, the man-boobs are back and one might say that I have not
been the easiest person to live with.
We’ll be seeing the Doctor right before Soap Box: … and I am
getting good at this… If you are over
40 and have not had a PSA Test, stop reading this and call your Doctor to get
one scheduled. This is painless blood
test that can be done in conjunction with the other normal blood work we all
have done on a regular basis. Trust me
the earlier you catch this Killer the better your chances of surviving it. NOTE: I’ve included this information for the
benefit of those friends and acquaintances who unfortunately I don’t get to
hear from all that often. For my Coastie friends who wonder where I might be:
I retired in 2000 out of the OSC in Martinsburg and have been one of
those ‘Government Consultants’ ever since.
Currently working with the Coast Guard out of the |
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