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Just Diagnosed
Hi, I am 47 years old and was just diagnosed on Friday. My PSA was 2.9 and I was told that was a little high for my age so we did a biopsy. Gleason score was 6 on on specimen and a couple of others were what they called suspicious. My urologis is recommending robotic surgery. My wife and I are doing a lot of…
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PSA DECREASE
it's a case about advanced prostate cancer detected from 2 months ago,with bone metastasis of 1cm in the hip the PSA was 1345 and now it's about 28 after taking casodex for 1 month once daily and one shot lupron?? anyone with same case??
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Randy In Indy You Posed Some Questions to ME
Randy, I know that somewhere in the last week or so I saw a post where you posed some questions to me. I am at home this weekend and with a little clearer mind and a lot more energy, so I wanted to answer them for you. The only problem now is that I can't find them. So either direct me to them or ask again and I will be…
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Setback #2 - need help
4 weeks post op. For the 2nd time in a week, my catheter is back in. Today, I went to the bathroom, passed a few drops of cranberry red blood and then flow stopped completely. I drank some water hoping to move things through and that just caused great pain as I had to go but couldn't. Went to my urologist and he cathetered…
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Setback #2 - need help
4 weeks post op. For the 2nd time in a week, my catheter is back in. Today, I went to the bathroom, passed a few drops of cranberry red blood and then flow stopped completely. I drank some water hoping to move things through and that just caused great pain as I had to go but couldn't. Went to my urologist and he cathetered…
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Kaiser Walnut Creek - Dr. Rosenbaum
Hello! Has anyone had experience with Dr. Raymond S. Rosenbaum at Kaiser in Walnut Creek? He is the most experienced with the robotic surgery at that facility. He went to Harvard for undergrad and Albert Einstein School of Medicine for his MD. He must be a pretty smart guy! That's reassuring but it would be good to know if…
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Sonny and Lynn are home and moving forward
My friends and brothers, we are home from the hospital. Just arrived at 11:30pm, Friday evening. Lynn was actually released about 1pm, but they wanted to run one more test. A complete MRI scan of her entire spine. Because of equipment failures and ER emergencies they didn't start until 8:30pm. They are doing a complete…
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Decision Made on Treatment
Thursday I returned to my Urologist for a urinary issue and told him again where i was in my choices of treatment. He strongly urged me not to have Da Vinci procedure or Watchful Waiting. He felt the radical was too invasive when other options are available and I am too young for WW. I decided to go with ProstRcision…
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FDA / MAUDE Adverse Event Report - Coloplast Virtue Male Sling
MAUDE - Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Super Search Devices@FDA Adverse Events 11 records meeting your search criteria returned - Manufacturer: coloplast Brand Name: virtue Report Date From: 01/01/2009 Report Date To: 09/30/2009 New Search Help | Download Files | More about MAUDE Manufacturer Brand…
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New PSA UPDATE
Second"opinion" lab results just came back. PSA 8.7 Dr. says he has never had a case where psa were so high. He has consulted with the others in his group who have only seen a "few" rare cases as such. Not many text book cases to consult either. Scheduling bone scan and some new CT scan only recently available. They will…
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Life and My Wife Have Put MY PCa in Perspective
I know that this is a Prostate Cancer forum. It is here for those of us that are diagnosed to seek answers to our many questions and to seek support from those that have traveled this path before us. It is because of this tremendous outpouring of support that I have received from you here that I feel the need to update you…
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bro-in-law w recurrent prostate cancer
Hi, My 62 year old brother-in-law, Bill, was diagnosed w prostate cancer in 2007 (Gleason 8) treated w Da Vinci radical prostatectomy in May 2007 with clear margins. Undetectable PSA until April 2009. Has been rising since and now about 4. His urologist has recommended hormone therapy (Lupron and Casodex). His reading…
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Update from Sonny - Surgery to Radiation in 8 weeks- Gotta be a record
A month ago I posted that my 30 day PSA test came back at 0.40. I wanted to believe that it was just a blip and there were some little PSA critters still running around in there and I was prepared to wait until the next test. So at 7+ weeks I ordered a Specific "Post Surgery Ultra Sensitive PSA test from a different lab.…
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Brachytherapy 3 Weeks Post Op
Three weeks ago I underwent the procedure where radioactive seeds were implanted into my prostate. It's called Brachytherapy. I am experiencing some difficulties that were unexpected and would like to know if any of you guys out there can shed any light on the subject. I expected frequent urination but am still having an…
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3 Month follow up Path..Help Please
Hello all. Need advice PLEASE. Three month PSA is 7. Not .07 but 7. My husband swears they have made a mistake. Go at 10am today to a different Dr, (with a different Lab.) to verify PSA level. Original Dr. Wants to set up a bone scan. Husband is not confidant because of the previous results of the Gleason ( 6 during…
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Urine past the cath?
I had my Robotic procedure on Friday at Kaiser LA. It was done by Dr Maynes from Riverside where I live. I must say I am amazed. 3 days after and I am on no pain meds! My urine is clear and plentiful. I've had 3 easy bowel movements and I am walking 30 min 3 times a day... up hills and although I have a little soreness in…
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home after surgery
Hi, Had my surgery sat by prof dasgupta at guy's hospital london. Everything good so far, spared both nerve bundles, the worst pain was the gas the next night.I'd never had surgery before so was a bit anxious but really not too bad. Home today by train, easy enough if tiring Having a slight irritation with the catheter…
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Bump in the road
Just when you think everything is going great.... Planned to go back to work today - 1st day after three weeks. Did the usual urination thing after getting out of bed, and holy cow - red as cranberry juice. OK, so I know that can happen, so I drank a bunch of water to try to flush it out. After a while, went in the…
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Night sweats
Anyone experienced night sweats? e.g., wake up with a partially wet shirt? I'm 3 weeks post-op and have been getting them nightly for the past few days. No other symptoms really.
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Blood in urine v2
I'm 3 weeks post surgery. This morning I had the reddest, clumpiest urine I've had since surgery by far. It's a setback because I was doing extremely well in that dept (clear or the usual green urine for the past 5 days). I was shocked at how red it was this far past surgery. The only things I can think of that might have…
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scheduled CSN outage tonight
The site will be down tonight from 1:00 to 5:00 a.m Eastern Daylight Time for scheduled maintenance. Greta Your CSN staff
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Imrt radiation therapy
I have recently begun radiation. Don't know what to expect for side effects/results. Anyone willing to share their experiences with radiation? Thanks in advance. George
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Just wanted say thank you
Just wanted to say thank you to everybody on this website. My dad who is 57 was diagnosed last week with stage IV prostate cancer, his PSA was 1661 and he has extensive mets to the bones. It feels good knowing we are not the only people going through this. My parents are divorced and my father and I are only children so it…
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Undetectable!
I just got back from my uro's office, and my first PSA is undetectable! He said to have another test in 3 months but he doesn't need to see me for 6 months. He asked how many pads I'm using and I told him zero, I was continent from day one. He then asked about my ED and I told him I'm only 60% even with pills. He was happy…
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Blood in urine
I'm 2 weeks post surgery. Catheter was taken out 4 days ago. My urine is brownish today, and a few clots are coming out. I'll talk to my Dr tomorrow but has anyone else experienced this? Urine has been very clear up until today. Wonder if I overdid it blowing leaves today (not raking, just blowing)?
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New research on BP meds and ED recovery after RP
I thought I would make everyone aware that the common blood pressure drug Losartan (Cozaar)has been shown in murine species (rats and mice) to help in the recovery of erectile function after injury to the cavernosal nerves, such as we encounter in surgery. I have switched my BP medicine to Cozaar in the hopes that it might…
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It's been 6 months since my DaVinci - One perspective
Hello everyone, I am 59 years old, just wanted to share 6 months after surgery with those who don't know what they can expect. Although my experience is unique and may differ from yours, it it positive and hopefully makes you more hopeful. It's been interesting following this board. I was pretty active 6 - 8 months ago on…
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Not what I expected
I am new to this and would like any advice you can give. I had Robotic Surgery at Vanderbuilt on 10/08 and I had my Cath removed on 10/21. The good news is all my biopsies were good the not so good news is I have little Bladder control. I am going thru 4 to 6 pads during the day and 2 at night, I wake up almost every hour…
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High Number of Procedures
When i told my son that my surgeon will have more than 2000 daVinci procedures by the end of this year he remarked that he doesn't think he has done anything 2000 times which made me think about it. If you drive to work every day, starting your car to go and to come it will take you almost 4 years to start your car 2000…