Prostate Cancer
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bone metastases/149 PSA 1.5 years after HDR
I just got the bad news. After a PSA rise to 14 four months ago and a clean bone scan, a new scan shows mestastases in 5 possible locations -- but am asymptomatic. The doc put me on Lupron/Casodex immediately. I'm 50 years old and extremely active. Can anyone fill me in on what the progression is from here? What's the…
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Cancer and meaning in life
Hello, I am a graduate student in psychology at Ohio State University and I would very much appreciate your help. I am studying how a cancer diagnosis leads people to re-evaluate meaning in their lives. Ive developed a brief, web-based survey of cancer and meaning in life. If you have had cancer, please take a few minutes…
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mood swings
Has anybody experienced mood swings after their surgery? I had a radical prostatectomy 8 weeks ago and my wife says that I have been very moody since the surgery. Sometimes I act like I'm in another world and other times I want to bite off the head of anyone in my way. This is not the way I am normally. If anyone has…
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NIGHTLY PISS RUNS
i have found a side effect of drugs that reduce my piss trips at night from several to one or two. instead of going to bed at 7:00pm i now go to bed at 10-11 pm and get up at the same time, 5-6am. it is a bit of heaven being able to sleep again.
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Diagnoosed on 3/31/03
I'm 43 years old and was diagnosed with prostate cancer on March 31, 2003. PSA was 5.5 and Gleason was 7 in the left apex and left base, but 6 in the right middle. I had surgery on 6/4/03. The margins and lymph nodes were clear. I am doing pretty well. Very little incontinance but still can't obtain an erection. I am a…
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just found out last Tues.
This is my first time to this kind of forum. I just found out last week I have prostate CA and am trying to make the right decisions. Here is my background...I am 60 have sex 2 times a week on the average, I jog 10 miles a week. My PSA was 7 and my Gleason was 3, thursday I will go in for the bone scans etc & right now I…