Treated 2009 · Posted 2013 · Updated 2022
"I learned that the list of possible side effects from the urologist's recommended treatments were scary. I could not sleep. I woke Gene up one night and told him, 'I think we should go to Loma Linda.'"
Gene and I returned home September 14,…
Treated 2012 · Posted 2013
"It was as if we had had a vacation in Southern California and received the cure for my cancer at the same time."
My experience with proton therapy actually started 24 years ago when I took a job and moved about 100 miles away to Roanoke, Virginia. It was there that I met my friend, Jerry (a BOB member), who had…
Treated 2002 • Posted 2003
"I’ve had no side effects whatsoever, and actually feel better physically and mentally than ever."
I recently underwent 40 proton treatments at LLUMC and have only been home now for 20 days. So far I've had zero side effects and highly recommend LLUMC for treatment. My PSA was 7.9 and a Gleason score of 3+3 =…
Treated 2013 - Posted 2014
"In the end, it is your body and you should do the research, be informed of all the options, and make the right choice for your care."
I am sharing my experience with prostate cancer to help inform others about a treatment option that is often not suggested to a patient facing one of the most important decisions of his…
Treated 2008 · Posted 2014
"I believe the issue which separates my situation from many others is that I came to proton therapy AFTER failed surgery—five years after surgery. Men in my situation are faced with reliving the trauma of prostate cancer all over again. My goal is to tell them that proton therapy…
Treated 2011 · Posted 2014
"[My wife and I] give daily thanks for our good fortune in discovering proton beam therapy at Loma Linda and for the positive outcome of my treatment."
I discovered I had prostate cancer in August 2010. My PSA had risen from 4.1 to 6.5 in six months - to 7.4 by the time I began proton treatment in December. My Gleason…
Treated 2006 · Posted 2014
"I had a few minor side effects for about two weeks after treatment, and since then, I have to really pause to remember that I ever had cancer."
I was treated for my prostate cancer with proton therapy at Loma Linda University Medical Center in 2006 at age 66. My PSA has been at my pre-cancer baseline for many years.…
Treated 2002 · Posted 2003
". . .I was sick and you looked after me. . ."
For most of the past ten years, my PSA had held steady at about 2.5. I had one biopsy in 1994, which did not show any cancer. My urologist at the time did a Digital Rectal Exam (DRE) observing an enlargement of the prostate, so thought a biopsy was in order.
Then in…
Treated 2002 · Posted 2003
"When all factors and parameters are taken into account it (Proton treatment) is the preferred way to go."
My experience with the proton is somewhat different from that of most other "graduates" of the program. I am age 81, an alumnus of the School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Class of 1953-A, hence I "grew up"…
Treated 2002 · Posted 2003
"No other option has this kind of success with treatment and quality of life."
I returned to Loma Linda on August 27, 2002 not having been back since I completed my 40 Proton treatments in early April. It is about an hour drive from my home in San Clemente, CA. I had my blood drawn for my first PSA since completing…