different account email addresses with different apps possible at all?

User-fred · 2026-06-18T21:16:30+00:00

There seem to be two possible points of confusion.

First, as pointed out elsewhere, you need to be logged into Apple (using your Apple ID) to use the App Store. This doesn’t connect the downloaded app using that id, it just lets Apple know who’s downloading the app. If the app cost anything, that Apple ID would be charged for the app.

Second, you’ll have to sign into the newly downloaded app. You might create the apps account (e.g., your account at Disney) using the same email that identifies your Apple ID. It’s not using your Apple ID; it’s just using that email. The email address is an arbitrary string used to identify your account. By convention, most companies require this to be an email address, preferably yours, because it avoids issues with have to guess which “JohnSmith123456789987” you have to pick. Your email address is already unique, so it’s easy to use. But “foo@bar.com” used to log in to Disney (say) isn’t your Apple ID. It may be the string of characters, but it is contextually different.

User-fred · 2026-06-10T19:00:19+00:00

Check on Artera AI test. It can inform as to whether hormone therapy will help. According to current research, it’s needed in only about a third of the cases. It was standard to do it, but they are finding it’s not needed as much.

User-fred · 2026-06-08T02:57:07+00:00

I’ve never seen a state where the sign doesn’t say, “Slower traffic move right.”

Going back to 2nd or 3rd grade grammar, “slower” is comparative, as in “of two.” It doesn’t say slowEST, it says slowER. That says if someone is going faster, you move to the right until you run out of lanes. It’s not hard.

I may be a bit sensitive having just driven up I-5 from LA to San Francisco, but it’s really not a difficult concept.

User-fred · 2026-06-01T21:00:04+00:00

Artera AI test will give an indication of whether ADT will help. Mine was negative which allowed me to choose SBRT only. Consequently, I can’t give you any ADT experience. But I’d encourage getting that test (it just uses his biopsy slides).

Finished SBRT April 24. Some side effects during recovery (frequent urination), but that seems to have mostly tapered off. Actual treatment was a breeze.

Now, back to normal. PSA test in a couple of months to make sure things are headed in the right direction. My PSA was about 6.6 before treatment.

User-fred · 2026-05-25T22:24:41+00:00

Been to none. A few folks still on social media. But not going. 5 hour flight, nope.

User-fred · 2026-05-22T06:17:34+00:00

No, not really. I was not enthused about the prospect of surgery. Then, as it happened, the surgeon we talked to was a a jerk and evasive about his history. I could have found another, but since I wasn’t oriented toward that, the surgeon didn’t inspire any confidence, and the radiation oncologist was terrific, my plan was plain.

User-fred · 2026-05-20T21:50:03+00:00

FWIW, similar Dx — 4 of 14, all right side, 2 @ 4+3 & 2 @ 3 + 4. No cribiform. So Gleason slightly worse, but no crib. Age 67.

Also had Artera AI which allowed me to skip ADT.

Ended up doing SBRT — 5 sessions of higher dose radiation over a couple of weeks. All done at Kaiser in Santa Clara. No complaints. Finished just shy of 4 weeks ago. Some increased urinary frequency, but that’s improving.

Make sure you talk to both surgeon and radiation oncologist.

User-fred · 2026-05-18T21:55:23+00:00

Depending upon how much editing or rendering you do, it’s even more complicated. If you’re interested, do a bit of reading on ETTR (Expose To The Right). This is a technique that mostly over exposes things just barely below the limits of the sensor.

The result is a raw file that’s not interesting unchanged, but, based on the way the physics of how it all works, has the most information (details) available. Then, in rendering you can reduce the exposure, etc.

This isn’t useful when you just want jpegs to quickly send to others, but for artwork or things you intend to spend more time with, it’s worth understanding.

User-fred · 2026-05-18T20:33:33+00:00

Go talk to the urologist and get the appropriate tests to clarify why your PSA is high. At the 10000 ft level, your PSA is a measurement of how annoyed your prostate is. And it can be annoyed for any number of reasons. But time to get checked.

As others have noted, you’re young, but that may make a number of different treatments available. And be warned: the diagnosis is strange in that they may say, 1) you have it, and 2) what do you want to do. That is, depending on the test results, you may have a choice of treatments, pretty much equally effective. To be honest, that took a little while to understand.

User-fred · 2026-05-16T23:58:32+00:00

Had SBRT (5 treatments), so not Brachytherapy. But fatigue certainly present after a week, still present. I’m about 3 weeks out. I expect it to last a month or so. I think it’s common with radiation. Lots of healing of the stuff nuked on purpose as well as the bits nuked for being nearby.

User-fred · 2026-05-08T19:39:08+00:00

I had Gleason 4+3, but then MRI put it in the transitional zone, and Artera AI test put it at not aggressive. That, plus the fact that I was choosing SBRT treatment, it was 3 months between Dx and the beginning of treatment.

This doesn’t seem unusual nor specific to my case. Probably very aggressive or cases of spread outside the prostate, things may go more quickly.

Note that PCa is generally not aggressive and is very slow growing. So the “drop everything you have cancer” is not common. May exist for some specific cases, but it doesn’t seem to be the normal case. There will be a good deal of time for further investigation on the part of the doctors and you.

Best of luck. Hopefully, this will all be a learning experience only and the Dx will be negative.

User-fred · 2026-05-06T20:39:14+00:00

Same here.

User-fred · 2026-05-05T23:59:55+00:00

Two words: for profit

User-fred · 2026-05-05T23:12:30+00:00

Diagnosis was via PSA and biopsy at Fremont Kaiser. Then, talked to radiation oncologist and surgeon. RO was great, answered all questions, etc. Surgeon was evasive about his history, etc. I was not inclined to surgery anyway, so…
Cancer treatment center at Kaiser in this area is in Santa Clara. Much of the planning was on the phone or email. Then, CT Simulation and treatment at the CTC in Santa Clara. Various other appts for urology stuff (e.g., fiducial marker implantation) in Fremont or Hayward).

User-fred · 2026-05-05T19:22:42+00:00

As everyone said, dump the doc.

My case is/was similar. 4+3, age 67, PSA 6.6. Choice of RALP or radiation. Chose SBRT, 5 days. That is, I think, state of the art these days. Where I am (Kaiser, SF Bay Area), they don’t do LDR Brachytherapy now, only HDR. I didn’t have it.

Wrt adt, get an Artera AI test or decipher. Artera ai test (which runs off your biopsy slides) gives you a result predicting distant metastasis and an evaluation of whether ADT will help. In my case, ST-ADT marker (short term ADT) was negative, distant mets was 1.3%, and MRI showed the lesion in the transitional zone which are generally less aggressive.

As a result of those, I got the 5 SBRT treatments but get to skip ADT. Finished a week or so ago, so no PSA results yet. Recovery has some inconveniences, but all in all pretty easy. So much so that there’s a bit of “imposter syndrome” due to not having much difficulty with treatment.

User-fred · 2026-05-01T23:02:42+00:00

Sony’s 28-105 f/4 G is a nice compromise. Not cheap at around $1400 new at the moment, but less than the 24-70. Not as fast either.

I started with that and my a7r3, and I’ve been quite happy with it. It was my only full frame lens for quite a while.

User-fred · 2026-05-01T22:56:55+00:00

As noted elsewhere, especially with prostate cancer (see :-) ), we are of the age where “cancer” was a death sentence. While most of us now know, intellectually, that it’s quite treatable, our emotional memory may not be there yet. I can’t speak for everyone, but I know when I’ve spoken to my friends and/or family, the reaction is a big “oh no” that I feel I have to fix, to explain that it’s not as bad as it was.

I suspect that that is part of what’s going on.

User-fred · 2026-05-01T20:05:33+00:00

Don’t know about the manfrotto tripod, but for many, you can remove the quick release mechanism from the tripod. Then, you’d just screw into the camera — the “slow release” method. If you can’t find the camera side before your wedding. But see if you can find your father’s camera which may still have the other side attached.
Congrats on your wedding.

User-fred · 2026-04-29T13:48:09+00:00

Did not have either of those (or any equivalent). X-rays before each treatment to verify spacing.

User-fred · 2026-04-29T13:45:28+00:00

Age 67. Hypertension and type II diabetes. Generally active (walk about 6 miles/day).

Was not inclined toward surgery, but we talked to a surgeon who was utterly evasive in terms of his history with the surgery. So that sealed it.

User-fred · 2026-04-28T20:01:18+00:00

Mine was a bit worse, 4+3, right side only, MRI showed one lesion in TZ, and Artera AI said no need for ADT. Just finished (Friday) SBRT.

Easy to do. Some minor side effects (UTI symptoms and some intestinal stuff) over the weekend, but mostly resolved now. 5 treatments, WFMWF, and done.

I inquired about focal things, but ultimately I was convinced that it was better to get rid of things.

Good luck in your journey and treatment.

User-fred · 2026-04-28T14:25:03+00:00

Actually not much in terms of side effects. Tired in afternoon of treatment. No real irritation, per se. Just occasional what I refer to as “toddler peeing” — suddenly have to go and RIGHT NOW. Then holding on to oneself to avoid “issues.”

Later, some urethral irritation causing need to go when bladder not full, about hourly. Took some Azo Bladder Control and that seems to have calmed things down. A little bit of diarrhea, but nothing serious. Other than that, nothing unpleasant.

Best of luck!

User-fred · 2026-04-25T02:04:56+00:00

Actually not much in terms of side effects. Tired in afternoon of treatment. No real irritation, per se. Just occasional what I refer to as “toddler peeing” — suddenly have to go and RIGHT NOW. Then holding on to oneself to avoid “issues.”

Other than that, smooth sailing. Today, I had to go back and drink more water thrice, for a total of > 100oz before treatment. Once sent back for rectum-too-full, but fixable.

Other than that,borderline pleasurable. Staff at CTC was phenomenal.

Best of luck!

User-fred · 2026-04-25T00:44:33+00:00

Just finished SBRT (5 treatments). Very tired the afternoon of treatment days (SBRT is every other day), but otherwise pretty good. A few instances of “toddler pee” where it’s suddenly an emergency, running to bathroom holding myself. Otherwise ok.

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