986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners - View Single Post

Gilles · 08-28-2018, 02:32 PM

Hello jsceash,

I really sorry about your condition and only you know the difficulties that you are experiencing with Prostate Cancer as each person body reacts different to the treatment.

In 2016, I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and I spent about one year trying to get approval from the insurance company for a ‘Pencil Proton Therapy’ that it is supposed to be very precise with minimum collateral damage and nearly a year later, after two denied approvals I decided to search for a different treatment, which ended being SBRT which is a Radiation Therapy treatment that lasted 9 weeks combined with a Lupron Hormone Therapy (that has very nasty side effects…)

My treatments ended 6 months ago and the side effects are mostly gone, and even if my last PSA was .01 I know very well, that I am not out of the woods because I need to wait at least five years… please note that 12 years ago, I lost my father to Cancer and three years ago I lost my mother as well (different kind of Cancer), but we must put our life in God’s hands, we must have faith on him as only He knows what his plans are for us.

Now, regarding your car…

Hopefully you can manage to keep it, as you know the satisfaction that brings to you every time you drive it, as I know this is also a good form of therapy.

Last February when I was in the middle of the radiation treatment, a young lady ran a stop light on the corner of my office and hit my Cayman at about 40 miles an hour, luckily for me the impact was distributed between the driver side door and the engine air filter intake (which attaches the roof of the car to the floor), otherwise I may have not been able to walk away, I was devastated for many reasons as I got this car new, spent many years upgrading it and was planning to keep it forever, and the depressions caused by the Lupron Therapy didn’t help at all..

However, about a couple of weeks later I found a 981 CS with 7k on it with 4 year factory warranty and jumped on it, and now most likely I will be eating ramen noodles for the next 4 years but with my wife support I should be able to manage it, and being realistic it may be the last car I buy... already 61, and uncertain about the future (but since I could not do anything about anyway), I decided to move forward with my life enjoying my biggest passion, at least until I have the health required to drive safely.

What am I trying to tell you? That we have to be optimistic about the future and enjoy life as long as we can, please take care yourself and enjoy your passion.

Best regards,
Gilles

08-28-2018, 02:32 PM	#21
Gilles Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 1,957	Cancer crossroads (long).. sorry Hello jsceash, I really sorry about your condition and only you know the difficulties that you are experiencing with Prostate Cancer as each person body reacts different to the treatment. In 2016, I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and I spent about one year trying to get approval from the insurance company for a ‘Pencil Proton Therapy’ that it is supposed to be very precise with minimum collateral damage and nearly a year later, after two denied approvals I decided to search for a different treatment, which ended being SBRT which is a Radiation Therapy treatment that lasted 9 weeks combined with a Lupron Hormone Therapy (that has very nasty side effects…) My treatments ended 6 months ago and the side effects are mostly gone, and even if my last PSA was .01 I know very well, that I am not out of the woods because I need to wait at least five years… please note that 12 years ago, I lost my father to Cancer and three years ago I lost my mother as well (different kind of Cancer), but we must put our life in God’s hands, we must have faith on him as only He knows what his plans are for us. Now, regarding your car… Hopefully you can manage to keep it, as you know the satisfaction that brings to you every time you drive it, as I know this is also a good form of therapy. Last February when I was in the middle of the radiation treatment, a young lady ran a stop light on the corner of my office and hit my Cayman at about 40 miles an hour, luckily for me the impact was distributed between the driver side door and the engine air filter intake (which attaches the roof of the car to the floor), otherwise I may have not been able to walk away, I was devastated for many reasons as I got this car new, spent many years upgrading it and was planning to keep it forever, and the depressions caused by the Lupron Therapy didn’t help at all.. However, about a couple of weeks later I found a 981 CS with 7k on it with 4 year factory warranty and jumped on it, and now most likely I will be eating ramen noodles for the next 4 years but with my wife support I should be able to manage it, and being realistic it may be the last car I buy... already 61, and uncertain about the future (but since I could not do anything about anyway), I decided to move forward with my life enjoying my biggest passion, at least until I have the health required to drive safely. What am I trying to tell you? That we have to be optimistic about the future and enjoy life as long as we can, please take care yourself and enjoy your passion. Best regards, Gilles