So far no SEs, gonna get Abiraterone Rx at Kaiser
Life is Beautiful
Two of my Radiology staff - such
Wonderful people 💙
Fight on
QoL on
Smile on
Randy
#10 IMRT : So far no SEs, gonna get... - Advanced Prostate...
#10 IMRT
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Great pic Randy. Glad that you are tolerating the treatment so well.
Now, if you could just work on that attitude. All of this negativity is going to get you nowhere.
yep, always such a downer 🙃
I know, I gotta remember to turn that frown upside down 😂youtu.be/NIuABvRetM8
And I'm a big old racist too😜
Yeah, I heard that you discriminate against Debbie Downers by avoiding them like the plague
Yup, or sending them away on the Death Cartyoutu.be/grbSQ6O6kbs
glad you are doing well at #10 and staff is working hard for you. Best of luck and hoping for a “cure” for you.
Mahalo for that those ladies are wonderful. They see 60 radiation pts per day on two machinesSpeaking of The Cure
I know you shared the radiation treatment you took but I missed it. What did you do?
I’m scheduled for HD brachy April 26th.
Mahalo and Aloha!
So you are contemplating going on Zytiga for a while -- ?
no SEs wow …. Probably all that athletic conditioning figuring in there someplace. New excitement with the Abiraterone, …. You get the media photo ops and “ no SEs “ treatment when you go in. Big happy smiling family caregivers. Good for you buddy … big bruddha … that big smile and truckload of professional personality looks good on you. You have reason for some smiles …. You deserve it.
Love ya
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Mahalo nui loa Bruddah Kal, those ladies are great, they even broke protocol and took masks off for the pic😁
I told another dental pt who had radiation at same place that I'd have two pretty ladies pulling my pants down to get to line up with the tattoos, but it didn't matter since I had low T anyways🤣
Love ya Bruddah Kal💙💙💙
lol dang it …. Still sounds interesting
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#11 IMRT done, last one on 04/26. I asked the front desk lady to switch 8am appt that day to the last pm slot, so that I can bring Champagne/Prosecco for them😀
QoL on down, QoL on down the road
12/2015 - 15th and final chemo that year, brought Chandon. PSA went from 840.2 down to 0.7
OMG ….. that’s professional grade snuzzling up to the staff. Yayahahahaya. I’ll bet if I took some lobster tails and Montrachet in with me, there’d be no waiting 45 minutes past my appointment time as well. Yayahahahaya yayahahahaya. You have the upper hand being a clinical style medical professional / manager yourself. You know “ exactly “ how to push those staff buttons to get those BIG smiles. You know they love ya there buddy . Yayahahahaya. Good go’in
Nudd’in but smiles in that picture , you got them hooked yayahahahaya. Seriously tho … I think you go to Kaiser down there too …. when you are a palliative croaker, Kaiser always takes me in first .. and gives me special treatment trying to make me feel comfortable and attended to.
That’s great buddy … that’s the classy way to go. Love it.
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You're dead on about being in Healthcare, we always appreciate the lil things that pts may bring or make: Summer veggies, peanut brittle, that Calligraphy on my front count was done by a pt, & that carved "Dr. Kam"
We all need affirmation and the thoughtfulness of even a card is totally appreciated
And Yes the staff and I have fun, it's stressful for them seeing 60 pts in a day, so I provide a lil levity to start the day
At my #18th and last chemo in 2022, I brought Chocolate covered macadamia nuts and walked thru the clinic handing them out, even to pts in the chemo bay 
Gonna get Easter Cookies for the Radiation staff for Good Friday
Making Ripples/Spreading Aloha
Love you Bruddah Kal 💙
Chemo Staff 2015
mannnnm …. Ther’ll be people from the chiropractor across the street…. the used car lot down the street … insurance company on 2nd floor yayah yaya yayahahahaya. Word will spread and everyone will be showing up for cookies, macadamia nuts, dunking donuts. When they hear you have an appointment, it’s party time. 😂😂😂😂. Ima coming over too … yayahahahaya.
LoL with HIPAA in place, they'll never know when I'm there or even if I'm a pt
So, the commonality in my giving of treats is the number of appointments spent with them: 2015 at least 30 (Chemo then next day saline) 2021-2022 18 Chemos and now 28 appts with the RT😁 That's a sh*t ton of Tx's
They shoulda named a chemo bay after me LoL
#12 done and starting to have like a weird after taste, all else fine so far
Zap on
dang … you’ve had more treatments there than my cousin Anne getting her face fixed ( 50gal drum of Botox ) Chemo bay, heck , they should name the whole wing after you. Seriously tho, it’s helped you hang on for nearly 8 years now …and still going strong. That’s really great hanging in there preserving . Obviously it’s been total hell tho. Kripes.
I’m sold bruddha … I go in for more Lupron and Zometa and a couple weeks, ima gonna bring the giant economy size of doughnut holes from Krispy Kreme for everyone. Yayahahahaya.
Ima hoping this latest run of treatments adds a lot more mileage buddy, keep us posted on how well it produces. You’re the poster boy for how a person can endure a ton of treatments and actually have them work out for you. So many here can’t endure the whole string or it does nothing for them. Already you’ve benefitted better than a whopping lot of guys ever do …. all that good karma building up for you.
You are a whole lot tougher than you let on …. Impressive.
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Mahalo nui loa Bruddah Kal, yea sh*t ton of treatments and L of Prostate still lit up on PSMA scan with SUV Max at 87. 5All good tho, just did #13 IMRT this am and Feeling Groovy 😁
Think my body so used to stress from marathons that it said "Meh" about chemo and now no biggie with IMRT
From a kinda Cosmic/Karma aspect, maybe I'm here for a reason?
Like to do QoL things and lift moods
Hmmm, quien sabe? Who knows
The Shadow do
Yea, get them doughnut holes, that's gonna bring a smile to their face
Cui Bono - Who Benefits?
Both giver/receiver do 💙
QoL on
Fight on
Love you Bruddah Kal💙💙💙
Randy
Big *ss machine
“ Grooooovy Baby “ ( austin powers , goldmember ) kewl bruddha. 😂😂😂
Makin friends with the Ladies wherever you go 😎
I had a bit of fatigue during last week of 20 sessions and the week following I took a few naps. Other than that no side effects to speak of...Fight on Brother
I was your way last weekend visiting friends, and buying the Jeep. Thought of you guys when I went past the Arboretum. Weather was absolute shit, but so nice to be “home.” Take care!
Yea, kind of a goofball flirt, I would sing random songs. The other day she came out to bring me in and I looked up and sang "Is it me you're looking for?" From Lionel Ritchie "Hello"
Fight on Bruddah ✌️
You are so funny, love your smile and attitude.
Dear friend! No one has as bright a spirit as you ! You light up any room . I am amazed at your were-with-al ! ❤️🙏🏼
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Mahalo nui loa Bruddah, just making a ton of lemonade outta PCa lemons
Life is Beautiful 💙
Live On
Laugh on
Randy
Randy, Keeping it all “On”. Attitude is everything Brother. It is contagious. Mike
Yes, all switches are On and it's Go time 🤣youtu.be/ljuJnUYozUg
And Yay for my Positive Vibes to Enliven 💙
Wow! 10 already. I hear the sound of cancer cells dying.
keep fighting and god bless. Love the smile
Mahalo nui loa, that smile is my dentist calling card😁ain't nothing gon break my strideyoutu.be/cy46iOwWQiE
Fight on
Smile on
Randy
After 39 chemos I knew you would blow through this with no problems.
My bet is you’ll cruise thru with no issues with your positive attitude and fitness level!
Peace and shout out to the rad techs. Mine also got me thu those sessions with smiles!
I had around 30 sessions and also almost no side effects except getting a bit tired after the last sessions. Wishing you the very best - keep on fighting.
So your training for your 28 mile make a wish hike and doing 28 sessions of radiation? Cool synergy of #s but you crazy 😀
Good catch on Both being 28! Whoa , that's kinda creepy.
28 is also a menstrual cycle, well I am now going by my Stripper Name of Randi
My office manager met me at mile 2 and she brought her dogs, no PTSD from dog bite :-). we did 6 miles together. I walked her home and then continued to get to 20 miles on Saturday.
Yea, ya know I be cray cray
Map My Run App from Saturday
yummmmm …. Make mine of toast with tomatoes. Sooooooo , you make everyone’s else teeth beautiful , where does a dentist go to a dentist at …. Do ‘em in a mirror ?
Bacon makes the world a better place. I've had Bacon/Beer at the Surf City marathon, Bacon, Spam and Beer in Hawaii for the HNL marathon, which also gives out Malasadas fried dough ball drenched in sugar.
I've had the hygienist clean my teeth, no other DDS ever been in there
Pork Belly On
HNL Marathon Malasada
I’m with you on bacon … I even love a bacon strip sticking out of my Bloody Mary’s. Yayahahahaya somebody needs a napkin in that photo .
54 Zometa pain train infusions have caused my teeth to crack to pieces , but Ive still got enough nubs and slivers to eat -chew well enough. Not much point to doing much in there at this point yayahahahaya.
what has been your experience with the drug Abiraterone? My hubby’s PSA is still rising even though he’s been getting Lupron injections every six months.
Hi, I started Abiraterone in 01/2020 with PSA at 11.7, it got down to 4.1 in May and hit 9.2 in 09/2020. Switched to Xtandi and that failed in a few months.
Had 6 more Taxotere sessions (had 15 in 2015) to rechallenge the PCa and maybe reset the Androgen Receptor. LoL that didn't work, so had 1st of 18 Cabazitaxels on 11/21.
Again a No Go, had PSMA that showed L of Prostate lit up with SUV Max at 87.5 with PCa descending into perineum🤔
Had 28 IMRTs and MO okayed Abiraterone with Dexamethasone and PSA has responded but who knows if it was IMRT and/or Abiraterone
My Best to you both on this PCa Journey
Fight on, QoL on
Randy
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