Treated 2010 · Posted 2011
"After being a patient at LLUCC, I gained back my respect for the medical profession."
Back in July of 2010, my urologist said I should have a biopsy done because my PSA had gone up to 13. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I had just had a knee replacement and really didn't want to have to deal with that kind of…
Husband Robert Treated 2005 · Posted 2012
"We are so thankful that our urologist here in Houston didn't think he could remove all the cancer with an operation back in 2005 — that prompted me, Robert's wife, to do further investigation."
Robert Young, age 66 now, was diagnosed with protstate cancer in the summer of 2005. His Gleason score was 8…
Treated 2009 · Posted 2012 · Updated 2023
"My wife started reading [Bob's book, "You Can Beat Prostate Cancer"] while I was busy with something else. ... When she finished, she turned to me and told me to read it and she knew what my decision would be."
In July, 2008, my PSA shot up from a gradual climb over the years…
Treated 2012 · Posted 2012
"I was a short twelve hours away from having the seeds procedure ... Not realizing it at the time, I now consider this Divine intervention!"
Having had BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia) for some time, I was diagnosed on May 09, 2011 with adenocarcinoma, PSA 8.2 (my doctor did a DRE (digital rectal exam) just prior to…
Treated 2011 · Posted 2011 · Updated 2019
"The news (diagnosis) hit hard—like a ton of bricks. If I knew then what I know now, it would have been much easier to deal with."
I was the picture of health—no cancer in the family. And I was leading a clean "California life style." The last thing I expected…
Mark Podob - Southampton, Pennsylvania
Treated - 2010 - Posted - 2012
"I qualified for the hypofractionated proton therapy clinical trial (a shorter course of treatment), so I went ahead with it. It turned out great."
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in February, 2010. My PSA was 2.9 and my Gleason score was 6. I…
Treated 2009 · Posted 2012
"My greatest fear and concern as I explored my treatment options was related to side effects."
I have hesitated to write about my proton experience as it seemed so easy and normal and successful. My prostate cancer was almost a non-event, as there were never any symptoms and hardly any side effects. The discovery of my…
Treated 2009 - Posted 2012
"The more I studied prostate cancer, the more I felt drawn to proton therapy as my treatment path."
Below is the first full entry from John Stevens' blog titled, "On the Path with Prostate Cancer." He wrote the blog soon after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2009 and in it, he processes the highs and lows of…
Treated 2002 • Posted 2003
"I was rather stunned by the enormity of the word 'cancer', but felt a certain calmness brought about by a sense that it was very treatable and that this was all part of 'God's Plan' for my life."
My diagnosis of prostate cancer came as no surprise to me, but the timing was not at all anticipated. You see, I was…
Treated 2012 · Posted 2012
"Cancer no longer has to be the destroyer of lives and families. Cancer can bring about the possibility of a life changing experience physically, mentally and spiritually, and of course it can be beaten."
The roots of my journey to Loma Linda began about 35 years ago when I was just 15. One night as my younger brother…