Faraway Friends

[Arnie1970]

It's been a while since I wrote something.

My latest scan( Bone and MRI scan) were all clear, except for that little stubborn met in my hip bone.

PSA still undetectable( <0.02), and no real problems compared to what I read on the Forum about other, less fortunate members. Strange how you think that you start to know people, and their names come up in daily conversation. Like, "Tom's treatment is going well, and he is doing better, what a warrior". Or "J-o-h-n had a great reply again, forgot what he said( Lupron brain), but will read it to you later." As if everyone on the forum is somehow a person that we know personally. She will tell me about good people that passed, and we will both "understand" the hardship, and sorrow that went before. As great as the forum is, it is however fucked up, that we only know each other through our disease. I would like to drink a beer with Tom67, go hiking with Wimpy, or fishing with Nalakrats. Talk shit with Kaliber, go cycling with Patrick Turner, or have a great conversation with , Pjoshea, or Tall Allen. Since this is not a real possibility, we will continue to read everyones progression, and take notes about possible treatments in the future, or a miracle supplement that nobody thought about before. Please keep on posting, and sharing the knowledge, that most doctors don't seem to know.

To all PC Warriors out there,

Stay positive, enjoy life, and fight this bitch with all you've got!

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What a lovely picture you just painted for my morning coffee.

[Boywonder56]

Im basicly you....and mirror your thoughts...i come here for a balance of sanity...waiting on latest scan results so the thought train thats running thru my brain only apc bros can identify with...headed to the mnts to have some me time....

[middlejoel]

Well said Arnie, I am all in. Lookout PCa

[j-o-h-n]

Well said, thank you, Arnie.

Your user ID picture brought up a post I had the other day.

My Brother asked me "if I know the difference between an elephant’s ass and a mailbox?"

I replied "no".

He said "In that case, he would never ask me to mail his letters"......

Weird, we are brothers. We may never have a beer together, but we are like family. I like everyone here whether they like me or not. I cried a few times when one of us has passed on. To those who did I wish I could have met them..... this fucking cancer is making me melancholy.

I can't pass this one up "a head like a melon and a face like a collie"....

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Tuesday 09/01/2020 7:00 PM DST

[Shooter1]

Managed to meet Scott ( Whimpy) at my home before I moved to North Idaho. He and his wife were great to visit with face-to-face. He has since move close to where I used to live, timing sucks sometimes. Any of you getting close to or from North Idaho eastern Wash. hit me with a chat and we may actually put a face to a name. Great little brewing company in town for that beer I saw mentioned.

[BillNIttles]

Thanks man, very well said. I get a bone scan tomorrow, the first in quite a while, in response to the first red flag in a really long time. I'm not actually worried, it is just time to get it done.

I also feel connected to y'all, and being here is invaluable on so many levels. We got this. Fuck cancer.

[Carlosbach]

Joined the group after you posted this, but it is still true