Roy
Jorgensen and Darleen live in California, USA. He was 82 when he was diagnosed
on September 5, 2006. His initial PSA was 35.0 ng/ml, he does not know his Gleason
Score or his staging, although it seems from the narrative that and he would have
been staged T1c. His choice of treatment was Orchiectomy the removal of his testicles
- essentially physical ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy). Here is his story.
After
a lot of confusion on the part of my urologist, who told me "You do not have prostate
cancer!" three times, my PSA jumped up to 35 from 5 in a few months. He is a good
guy, a friend, he decided to do 12 needles biopsy. My prostate was full of cancer;
he suggested hormones,
How long will I live with hormone therapy, umm,
2 or 3 years; I had read all of the urology and prostate cancer books in our big
library, maybe seven books, and PC websites; three urologists wrote that "Orchiectomy
is the 'Gold Standard' of prostate cancer cures"
So, wife and I [I am
now 84] decided that we wanted orchiectomy (the surgical removal of the testicles).
He was delighted to do it, and my PSA has subsided from 35 to less than 1. Impotence?
Not completely, I can use a VED (Vacuum Erectile Device) and get an erection hard
enough to go into my wife easily; she has given me two good orgasms by fellatio,
I can masturbate her clitoris with my penis plugged in.
We are very happy
with the results of the ORCHIECTOMY. I am "in remission" which means I have the
prospect of not dying from prostate cancer; my heart is strong, diet excellent,
we are cheerful, we live atop a hill so walking is great exercise; I am a novelist-songsmith-singer;
I sing my original songs in a few clubs to 30ish people, smiling, pretty women
and their men; we are happy; despite occasional spats, not enough gigs, little
things.
Try orchiectomy! It is great.
Later:
When I had the orchiectomy, I went quickly into remission...but loss of all
the testosterone made me dazed during the day. I am a writer, songsmith-singer,
so I asked my osteopath for Dexedrine [Dextrostatt]. He researched it, prescribed
5mg/day and my pep returned...since then I have written 3 novels, 1 play, several
songs; and I sing frequently in a 'singer's club'. The Dexedrine does not overstimulate
me...peps up my mind...as above
Later:
I am a singer-songwriter. Like Democritus, c400BCE, I believe that cheerfulness
is the highest etical principle; so I wrote an R & B song, "Cheerfulness"
INTRO: Cheerfulness
is powerful! Activates
health- happiness like
sunshine activates green leaves never
underestimate the power of cheerfulness it's
so good we need it bad! VERSE
1:
Charles Darwin wrote that
happiness definitely prevails in human nature All
sentient beings have developed by NATURAL SELECTION so that happiness is our natural
GUIDE without
Happiness we would not have survived VERSE
2: Habitual
melancholy, sadness, fear, & anger is
like jogging in quicksand one
step forward two
steps down 'til
we're underground activating
cheerfulness, with friends & family pulls
us out of quicksand puts
us on firm ground! VERSE
3: We
all know that life can be very painful, very depressing we
see tragedies galore personal,
natural, political, war global
warming but
habitual cheerfulness activates health-happiness helps
us to survive, strive, & thrive.
[Sing Intro as Finale] |
Roy.
Roy's
e-mail address is: freesingerr@yahoo.com
