Index of Greg’s Posts

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Back around Easter 2008, I was diagnosed with a highly aggressive, final stage, terminal prostate cancer with secondary bone cancers throughout the pelvic area.  The prognosis was that on a good day, I had about two years of productive life ahead of me and I began sharing the ups and downs of my greatest journey here on this Blog.  Through this, I have made some new friends who have come along for the ride.  I appreciate them all being there for me.

It is now more than four years on and I am still plugging along with this insidious disease slowly devouring my body but, hopefully, not my spirit.  I offer the following chronicles of my experience in the hope that others who are diagnosed with prostate cancer might have a reference point to start out on their own journey.

After I have gone, this page will index Greg’s Legacy,  the “story of my life with Prostate Cancer”, and will hopefully motivate others with Prostate Cancer to step up to the plate to tell their own stories (here and now).  Simply leave an access request on the “About this Site” page form and my son David will be able to set you up.

Currently (01/08/12), there are 120 posts dating back to 14 April 2008

• 21/08/12 – Food for Thought – Antioxidants – Diet and prevention
• 18/08/12 – I have never died before – Draft book by Greg
• 15/08/12 – Food for Thought: Antibiotics V Probiotics
• 09/08/12 – Food for Thought – Diet
• 06/08/12 – Why /Prostate C ancer return
• 03/08/12 – (RP) Surgery and mortality – Treatment
• 31/07/12 – PALLIATIVE CARE – you don’t have to be dying to access them
• 28/07/12 – 100 not out – The last of my Dad’s generation turns 100 years old
• 25/07/12 – Second Opinions – on diagnosis and treatment options
• 22/07/12 – Early PCa surgery does not save lives – Surgery may not be required – do some research
• 19/07/12 – News Roundup and Personal Update – Prostate cancer articles online – Diary
• 16/07/12 – GAME GHANGE: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) – Yet another option
• 13/07/12 – If I could turn back time – PCa Diagnosis – Think first – act later
• 08/07/12 – Provenge & Abiratarone offer new hope – Game Changing Drugs that work
• 06/07/12 – Research: Hyrogen Peroxide Therapy – H2O2 generates oxygen internally
• 01/07/12 – My PSA is 3400 – How would you react? – Post doctor visit discussion – Diary
• 29/06/12 – FACT: Breast Milk Can Kill Cancer Cells – Extension of the use of Lactoferrin
• 25/06/12 – MYTH: Who owns the patient? – Local Doctor, Urologist, Oncologist … or you
• 23/06/12 – FACT – Progesterone Balances Testosterone – Is testosterone the real villain?
• 20/06/12 – GAME CHANGE – Immunotherapy – caring for your Immune System
• 16/06/12 – Hormone Holidays -Taking a break from ADT
• 14/06/12 – MYTH: Trust Me, I’m a Doctor – A confused medical profession
• 12/06/12 – Prostate Cancer Support Forum – Online Forum to write to
• 10/06/12 – GAME CHANGE – Abiraterone – New drug approved in Australia
• 08/06/12 – And we thought we had it good – New Zealand medication costs
• 06/06/12 – What would I know? – How I can help other PCa sufferers
• 04/06/12 – It’s my Party – I’m 70 years old – Greg reaches 70 years of age
• 30/05/12 – A hard act to follow – BMW bike causes 2 year erection 😉
• 28/05/12 – Early Diagnosis – Why too many men are diagnosed too late
• 26/05/12 – Happy Birthday Pauline – My wife & Carer’s Birthday Card
• 23/05/12 – Prostate Cancer – Don’t Panic – Try watchful waiting
• 22/05/12 – Task force: PSA tests do more harm than good – Is PSA test worthwhile?
• 22/05/12 – Greg’s Health Diary: w/e 21 May 2012  – The fight against pneumonia
• 18/05/12 – It all comes down to money – The high cost of medication
• 16/05/12 – We all need Family and Friends –  About family and friend relationships
• 13/05/12 – Prostate Cancer and the Immune System – Fighting cancer with the Immune System
• 12/05/12 – False Hope – Cancer Cure scams
• 11/05/12 – The Seven Deadly Sins – Diary – Setting standards to live by
• 08/05/12 – The alarm bells were ringing – Diary – a scary conversation with my doctor
  
• 07/05/12 – What did you do this weekend? – Diary – David visited whilst Pauline was away
  
• 05/05/12 – Prostate Cancer Specialist Nursing Service – Diary – a new Australian service
• 04/05/12 – The One Way Door Metaphor of Life – Life is a progression of doors
  
• 03/05/12 – P.C in the News with Greg’s summary – Diary – PSA testing – MRI
• 02/05/12 – Meet the apprentice – Lee Gallagher becomes our new  Editor
  
• 01/05/12 – Life Support Oxygen – Diary – Using an oxygen concentrator
  
• 29/04/12 – The Will To Live – The confusion of not knowing how things are going
• 19/04/12 – Do you have or know someone with prostate cancer? – Diary – New Editor needed
• 17/04/12 – Relationships – Diary – The strength of relationships reveals itself
• 15/04/12 – The elephant in the room  – Diary – The family comes to terms with my pending death
• 13/04/12 – A dying man’s gift  – Diary – a Fender Guitar comes my way
• 12 /04/12 – Greg’s diary – 12 April 2012 – Diary – the need for supplementary oxygen
• 11/04/12 – Greg’s diary – 11 April 2012 – Diary – Starting a daily diary
• 04/04/12 – The man who wouldn’t die – Diary – Details of the hospital visit
• 13/03/12 – The last roll of the dice? – Diary – The hospital visit where I almost died
  
• 25/10/11 – Best health system in the world? – Palliative Radiation
  16/10/11 – An old friend has a sad ending – Prostate patient ignored as he lay dying in public toilet
• 13/10/11 – The significance of the PSA reading – How high can it go and what happens next
• 01/08/11 – Palliative Radiation – When analgesics no longer hold the pain of bone metastases
• 08/10/10 – Another year to go – one day at a time – annual bone scan and prognosis update
• 13/09/10 – One week down – rest of my life to go – progress report on the use of progesterone
• 08/09/10 – New hope in my fight against prostate Cancer – discovering natural progesterone
• 27/02/10 – My fight – relief in sight – the end of the anti-androgen hormone therapy
• 24/02/10 – Fighting Prostate Cancer – Decision Time – Androgen Deprivation Syndrome
• 19/02/10 – Back on the pain train – To submit to Androgen Deprivation therapy or not
• 04/12/09 – Beating Prostate Cancer – Part 5 – Lactoferrin helps Kevin
• 27/11/09 – Beating Prostate Cancer – Part 4 – Alternate treatments – alkalinity of foods
• 26/11/09 – Beating Prostate Cancer – Part 3 – Doctor’s concern on alternate treatments
• 25/11/09 – Beating Prostate Cancer – Part 2 – remission – lactoferrin – bovine Cartilage
• 24/11/09 – Beating Prostate Cancer – Part 1 – Communications with the medical team
• 27/09/08 – Halucinations – ketsamine detox program to reset pain receptors
• 26/09/09 – Breaking the morphine habit – three weeks in hospital to beat the opiates
• 06/09/09 – Greg’s annual holiday – In a bad way after moving to Euroa
• 28/08/09 – We now live in Euroa – Moved from Whitfield to Euroa
• 04/08/09 – My fight: the latest cancer scans – appears to show improvement
• 17/07/09 – My fight: I am in Remission – Androgen deprivation treatment has worked
• 02/-7/09 – The eyes have it – The beauty of a cataract operation
• 01/06/08 – Caringbush has been sold – we could no longer manage the farm
• 30/05/09 – An adventure with my eyes – Cataract opertion
• 15/05/09 – It was a big decision – selling up home is never easy
• 22/04/09 – My Fight: PSA is back to normal – one year down and the PSA is dropping
• 15/04/09 – Can cannabis cure cancer? – Using cannabis to manage cancer pain
• 08/04.09 – My fight: I must be losing it – it is not just a medical problem – the mind suffers too
• 25/03/09 – My fight: Thoughts of a Grandparent – Underatanding a grandparent’s obligations
• 19/03/09 – My Fight: Cancer Death with God’s help – Balancing facts and faith in facing death
• 24/10/09 – It is a daily struggle – Quality of life – participating in life around us
• 13/03/09 – My fight – 13 March 2009 – Coming off the hormone therapy
• 06/03/09 – ‘Right to die’ can become a ‘duty to die’ – what is in stotr for us tomorrow
• 05/03/09 – MY Fight – approaching one year –  the struggle to simply function is overwhelming
• 02/02/09 – Shuffling the deck chairs – Struggling with the hormone therapy & its side effects
• 29/01/09 – Is the ‘Stud’ really a ‘Wanker”? – cancer more likely in men with high sex drives.
• 22/01/09 – G’day Neighbour … 01/22/2009 – getting marijuana legalised
• 22/12/09 – Now I know how a Muppet feels! – the warning signs and tests for prostate cancer
• 24/10/08 – Defining quality of life – Trying to remain an active participant in life
• 22/11/08 – My gift to you – determined to tell it as it is – wartts and all
• 24/10/08 – It is a daily struggle – struggling with quality of life issues and daily living
• 11/10/08 – I have a way to go yet – what are the signs of deterioration
• 05/10/08 – My fight – weekly update – 05.10.08 – getting over pneumonia
• 27/-9/08 – Weekly update – 27 Sep 08 – how we have been travelling
• 20/09/08 – Taking a hit with pneumonia – the big risk with cancer is elsewhere
• 13/09/08 – Spring: Time to get a life – trying to get back into the gasrden
• 06/09/08 – Weekly Letter – 06 Sep – update on pain medication
• 23/08/08 – When the hormone treatment fails – nobody is treating the whole patient
• 16/08/08 – Adapting to new ways – complete lifestyle changes required
• 09/08/08 – Crying with prostate cancer – Desperation and the inevitability of disease
• 01/08/08 – Laughing with prostate cancer – digital rectal examinations and all that stuff
• 25/07/08 –  Alternate cancer therapies – some work – some don’t
• 18/07/08 – Heading for remission – hormone therapy isd working
• 14/07/08 – Weekly letter -14 Jul – the local community is there for you
• 11/07/08 – About cancer pain – an ongoing program to manage the pain
• 06/07/08 – Greg’s update – 6 Jul – tears, frustration, despair and little to look forward to
• 04/07/08 – Front Page Story – Border Mail article about My Fight
• 03/07/08 – News from another blog about Prostate Cancer – Alan Jones has PC
• 28/06/08 – The meaning of life – my analysis of what it is all about
  
• 26/06/08 – It’s all about we – the way it has all come together
• 18/06/08 – The Realisation – The significance of Cheryl Byrnes in my life
  
• 14/06/08 – Monty Python meds – repurcussions of mixing medications
• 09/06/08 – Family rallies around – the vital family support kicks in
• 06/06/08 – Dying really sucks – lack of information and help
• 03/06/08 – Back from the brink – How the treatment gets you down
• 06/05/08 – The results are in – biopsy – prognosis – what to do with your final days
• 27/04/08 – It wasn’t all that bad – The procedure went off without event
• 21/04/08 – The adventure begins – TURP procedure at the Mercy hospital
• 19/04/08 – The End Game – 18 April 2008 – The proposed treatment
• 18/04/08 – The proposed treatment – too far gone for surgery, chemotherapy or radiation
• 17/04/08 – On the other side – spirituality – life after death
• 16/04/08 – The end game begins – diagnosis – no longer invincible
• 14/04/08 – Life is a game of chess – The fear of God comes forth – is there a future?