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Prostate Cancer
Archives for October 2007
Discussion List
rising psa
went to dr this wek psa went from 3.5 to 8.5 since july.he feels something there yhat was not there since july on rectal exam.put me on casodex and cat and bone scan again this week.went to get drug and cost $500 for 30 day supply anybody know of any help with cost of drugs on social security.anybody else out there have…
any imrt thoughts?
I am deciding on a treatment. I am psa 2.1, t2b, and 3+4. We have the latest multibeam, modulated intensity radiation machine here and the dr. says it can be my primary treatment. It promises low side effects (much lower than old external beam)and easier treatment than surgery. Any thoughts?
PSA after Salvage Radiation
Recognize some of you from 2 years ago when I first posted news of my husbands pc. That's a good thing. Since Nov/05, with PSA of 26 and gleason 8, he has had a RP. PSA initialy went to 0, didn't quite make a yr before psa rose to .07, then .11, began salvage radiation in Jun 07. 6 weeks after radiation psa was at .19…
Hiccups
My father had "seeds" therapy approx. 9 months ago. He has been hiccupping ever since. Has anyone EVER heard of this? Please advise.
My 9 month PSA
I just had my 9 month PSA after surgery. Just asking for all your prayers and support on the results. I will not recieve in a week or so. Thanks
PSA Remains About 2 at Six Weeks After RP
Hi All: I had da Vinci RP on August 29. Thanks again to those who responded to my original post of 7/6/07. Things have taken a disheartening turn since my last post. Almost six weeks out from RP, my PSA remains at around 2. It should be at or very near zero by now. As background, I'm 48 and in good health. My path report:…
Testicular AND Prostate Cancer???
Hello: I'm new here. I wonder if anyone else has heard of this: my daughter's father had testicular cancer (was also in all in lymph nodes) 13 yrs ago; operated & chemo/etc, cancer free all these yrs, til now. He was just diagnosed with Prostate cancer. He told my dtr something about having "12 biopsies", or something like…