HIFU related threads locked

gdudak · Contributor Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Posts: 158

As a relatively new contributor to this forum, it is one of my jobs to make sure that the best interest of this site's members is looked out for. It has come to my attention that threads in the Prostate Forum are being flooded with posts about HIFU whether they are on topic or not. Also, upon reviewing some of the posts, I have found the debate and banter to be a bit abrasive and sometimes offensive. So, for this reason I have temporarily locked all topics related to HIFU, and will be keeping a closer eye on this forum. I am not going to single anyone out, but in the future I think the HIFU discusson should be limited to one thread and/or should be discussed more in the Complementary Therapies Forum.

Also, JustJB, I know you started a post a couple weeks ago that got off topic because of HIFU. Please feel free to copy your original message and repost it or let me know if you'd like me to do it for you so your original topic can be further addressed.

I apologize for any inconvenience, but I hope this will just be a temporary thing. This forum is for helping one another, and I know that is the intention of everyone involved, but abrasive debate, confrontation, and an uncomforabale atmosphere in a forum is not healthy for anyone. Let's all love one another.

Take care, everyone.

lauriejo · Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:03 pm Post subject: Re: HIFU related threads locked

It's too bad that people get so hostile to anything new. I suppose its their way of coping with whatever decision they have made for treatment.
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55 years old, PSA 6, Gleason 6, T1c, 6 of 10 cores positive HIFU 9/25/09 Dr. Scionti, PSA .1 @ 3 mos. post hifu

Hawk · Senior User Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 425

Gdudak,

Thanks for your help here and for your reasonable, polite, and completely non-hostile, approach to preserving the mission of this important form.

Regards,

Hawk
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History: PSA's 6.7 neg. biopsy - PSA 16.6 neg. biopsy - PSA's 8.2, 8.1, 8.7 - Biopsy. 4+4 Gleason 8. Lap RP Apr 2004, age 52 All neg margins, nodes, and structures. (T2a). Post RP PSA: every 6 mo. <.1 until Feb, 08 (46 mos) PSA .1 - I then got sensitive tests (all in 2008) showing:
Feb .06, May .09, Jun .10, Aug .10, Nov .15 -SRT

rowejack · Regular Joined: 13 Jul 2009 Posts: 13

I agree with your position on HIFU posts ....and you've done it fairly .

rowejack

History
PSA 2.5 Stage T2C ...Gleason 3+4=7

Putt · Regular Joined: 04 Aug 2009 Posts: 36 Location: Kansas

Thank you for taking control. It was becoming more and more frustrating and I am guilty of being one of those with little patience, which is such a waste of time.

September is recognized in most places in the US as being National Prostate Cancer Awareness month. We should all be celebrating our current status of being a survivor today, with a positive look towards the future. Good health to all.
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PSA at Dx 105 at age 68, 4/04. ADT, RRP, 5/04. Gleason 4+5=9, Staged pT3c N0 MX, 3D rad, 40 treatments, 8/04. PSA 1/05 <0.01. ADT till 7/07. PSA 0.03 12/08, 0.07 4/09, 0.13 8/09, 0.19 12/09. Will start ADT3 after PSA reaches 1.2.

lauriejo · Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject: Re: HIFU related threads locked

It seems the hostility is towards HIFU, not the other way around. I wonder why? "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
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55 years old, PSA 6, Gleason 6, T1c, 6 of 10 cores positive HIFU 9/25/09 Dr. Scionti, PSA .1 @ 3 mos. post hifu

JustJB · Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:14 pm Post subject: Re-posted

Gdudak;

Thank you for stepping in. I've reposted my original post.
Nicely done,
JustJB
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Age 52
RRP 11-5-09
Post Surgical Gleason 3+4 = 7
Stage T1C
Pre-surgical PSA: 5.3
Post-surgical PSA: Undetectable at 13 weeks

srtimmons · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:32 pm Post subject: gdudak

I agree with the HIFU stand. While we want to know about new treatments, when one or two people with hidden agendas try to shove a specific treatment on the board, it needs action.

Well done!
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Age 58
Dx 6/15/2009; PSA 7.1; 7/12 cores positive; Gleason 6 (3+3) and 7 (3+4); PNI observed. Bone Scan and CT scan negative.
Robotic RP 7/20/2009

Path report 8/11/2009 - clean margins, negative lymph nodes, negative seminal vesicles, Gleason 3+4, Stage T2c; 15% of prostate involved; NoMx.

PSA .006 September 2009
PSA .005 November 2009
PSA .005 February 2010

lauriejo · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject: Re: HIFU related threads locked

The only hidden agenda that these one or 2 people have is compassion for their fellow man.
It's your body. Do the research. Don't listen to everything your surgeons and radiologists tell you. This alternative treatment has been used in other countries for 16 years. It's not new --- only new to America.
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55 years old, PSA 6, Gleason 6, T1c, 6 of 10 cores positive HIFU 9/25/09 Dr. Scionti, PSA .1 @ 3 mos. post hifu

brainman · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:37 pm Post subject: Re: HIFU related threads locked

Hi guys, the point of locking that topic was not for us to continue this discussion here, it was for us to take a step back, calm down, and cool down. We are not wanting to punish, silence, or prevent anyone from getting help. So, please, let us all take a deep breath.
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