Dr Flam realized that the data could wait until after my cruise, so he did not tell me about the PSA until after the cruise so I did not have to go through the What Now and What If scenarios. However, once it was apparent that Plan A, B and C were not going to put me in a remission, we came up with Plan D: a trip to UCSF to see the superspecialist in Prostate Cancer - and that visit is coming up just before Thanksgiving. The main reason for the trip is not only a consultation but the opportunity to participate in recieving new treatments not available to the general public because they have not been approved by the FDA; although classified as experimental, they have been fully researched and have been found to be both safe and effective and are the drugs of the near future. The good news is that I have plateaued in that my last test showed the PSA had not changed after a month.
Through all this you make great friends, one of who is Harold. Here is a
photo of me, Dr Flam and Harold at a lunch at Dr Flam's office (Dr Flam is the one not smiling).
I have formally retired from office practice as of 9/30/2006 and that is a relief. However, I am not retired as I continue to work daily at the Department of Vocational Rehab and do some Long Term Care work, as well as consulting in Addiction Medicine.
My daughter Beth and my daughter-in-law Jen are both pregnant and expected to deliver in June of 2007. Fantastic.
We are going to Las Vegas for Vegoose thru Halloween and heading to Maui for 9 days after Thanksgiving.
In the meantime I am working on my golf game and am about to start playing in the 90s.
As SpongeBob says: This is the best day ever.
Peace and Health.
Oh yes...the grandkids
Marlee Jean Hazelton and Grace Ann Hazelton
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Emily Elizabeth Kennedy
