Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Future of cancer treatment, or a pricey mistake?
CLICK HERE for the CNBC article. It is being reported at this link that Aetna moved "in August to refuse to cover proton-beam treatment for prostate cancer." It is also being reported here that "Blue Shield of California is dropping coverage of proton therapy for early-stage prostate cancer next month" and that "Cigna . . . is set to review their current policy of covering proton-beam therapy for prostate cancer in November."
As a man who received Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer I can answer the question posed by CNBC. In my opinion, it is the future of cancer treatment.
As a man who received Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer I can answer the question posed by CNBC. In my opinion, it is the future of cancer treatment.
Friday, June 14, 2013
Thursday, June 13, 2013
How to read the blog
Thanks for dropping by the blog, Proton Therapy For Prostate Cancer.
The blog is basically complete. We have the home page and 19 stand-alone pages with different titles as shown across the top of any page. The only page that will continue to be updated is the Post Treatment page.
I have broken the Phase 3: Treatment x-x up into four pages. All 39 treatments were completed by June 11, 2013.
If you are sensitive to the human body with its parts and functions, you might not should be here at all.
The blog is basically complete. We have the home page and 19 stand-alone pages with different titles as shown across the top of any page. The only page that will continue to be updated is the Post Treatment page.
I have broken the Phase 3: Treatment x-x up into four pages. All 39 treatments were completed by June 11, 2013.
If you are sensitive to the human body with its parts and functions, you might not should be here at all.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Message To Other Proton Therapy Patients
If you have completed Proton Therapy and would like to have your story added to the Personal Notes From Other Proton Patients page you can send it to the Blogmeister with the request to have it published.
Monday, April 15, 2013
It's "Show Time" at the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute
Monday morning. I'm up early. Nothing unusual about that. Today we drive to Jacksonville and move into the apartment at Third & Main, in preparation for beginning treatment on Tuesday.
Forming this blog has had a two-fold purpose. I want to have a record of my journey. I could have done this privately, but I chose to make it public so that it might be of some benefit to others who may walk this road after me. I want the blog to be categorized so that others who will actually travel this road will have an easy way to read about my experience with the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute in Jacksonville.
Presently there are three pages about the actual experience with UFPTI. Phase 1: Consulation tells about the one day visit there on March 5, 2013 and what Judy and I did then. Phase 2: Staging tells about my three day visit at the UFPTI on March 20-22, 2013 and all that took place during that visit.
Now I are moving into the actual treatment phase, which is Phase 3: Treatment. My plans are to write something on that page each day. If you want to follow along on this journey, that is the page that you will want to read over the next two months. The most recent post will always be at the bottom of the page.
Also I might add that I seem to be bad about going back and editing what I have already published.
Forming this blog has had a two-fold purpose. I want to have a record of my journey. I could have done this privately, but I chose to make it public so that it might be of some benefit to others who may walk this road after me. I want the blog to be categorized so that others who will actually travel this road will have an easy way to read about my experience with the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute in Jacksonville.
Presently there are three pages about the actual experience with UFPTI. Phase 1: Consulation tells about the one day visit there on March 5, 2013 and what Judy and I did then. Phase 2: Staging tells about my three day visit at the UFPTI on March 20-22, 2013 and all that took place during that visit.
Now I are moving into the actual treatment phase, which is Phase 3: Treatment. My plans are to write something on that page each day. If you want to follow along on this journey, that is the page that you will want to read over the next two months. The most recent post will always be at the bottom of the page.
Also I might add that I seem to be bad about going back and editing what I have already published.
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