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9 Months Later
Had my surgery in January and just got my latest PSA result back. The term the doc used was non-existant!!! Have had no issues with incontinence and the ED issue is slowly resolving itself. The meds help of course, but even without the meds things are starting to get back to some normalcy. Not completely there, but better…
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Diet and supplements
Hi, my name is Mike and I recently was diagnosed with prostate cancer.You can read some of my story at the bottom of the Firmagon thread on this site. I am looking for a good book on diets and supplements to make my body as unfriendly to this cancer as possible.I am basically looking for a good common sense approach to…
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HIFU clinical trials
I have been reading about HIFU because a friend of ours is going to go to Canada and have that treatment. We had not heard of it before my husband had RP for the prostate cancer. It was completely contained in the prostate and it seems to me he would have been a good candidate for it. I have also been reading about the…
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Not good news
My husband was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in June of 2006. He began zolodex treatments, after his psa went over 50 for prostate cancer. In Nov of 2009, he became hormone resistant. He got very ill in Dec., and had to be hospitalized with renal failure, hypercalcemia, and other problems. They did a turp on him,…
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Diagnosed with Malignant Melanoma a day before starting Radiation for Prostate cancer.
My cancer journey is getting very complicated and I'm just not sure what to do. I was diagnosed with PC, Grade T1C, Gleason 3+4=7 on July 27,2010. Biopsy indicated 2 tumors in prostate with 10 and 15% involvement. The slides were sent to a micro biology lasb and the prognosis came back as low risk if ZI had surgery. Wanted…
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6 Week PSA----YES!!!
Just got my first PSA results back post op and it is undetectable. The nurse called me so I did not ask for the exact number but I know what the answer would have been. I'm very happy and relieved. Now I just need to find the hyperlink to download the application for the Zero Club. I hope it will be ok to pay the…
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Experts Debate CyberKnife for Prostate Cancer and other stuff
Experts Debate CyberKnife for Prostate Cancer While its advocates say the CyberKnife offers prostate cancer patients a safe and effective -- and much more convenient -- alternative to traditional radiation treatment, many experts fear that it could leave many men unnecessarily vulnerable to recurrences or potentially…
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New Research News
This week brought a major advance in understanding the effects of modified citrus pectin (MCP) on cancer cells. Scientists at Columbia University published a paper showing that MCP stops the growth of prostate cancer (PC) cells in the test tube. Most significantly this effect was seen in both hormone-dependent and…
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AT home PSA testing
My prostate was removed 9/20/07. I've had PSA tests done by the urologist every 6 months since then with the same results...always less than 0.04. I got tired of waiting at the doctors office so I went online an ordered a home testing kit. Essentially prick your finger, 5 drops of blood on a collection swab and mail it in.…
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DaVinci on Oct 6 - what to expect
After searching for a solution and qualified surgeon, I will have the operation on Oct 6 in Seattle at Swedish Medical. I've read a fair amount including Dr Walsh's book but I would like input from those that have had the procedure on what to expect immediately post surgery - like Day 1, Day 2... to the point of catheter…
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Prayers or mistatkes
Well had my surgery one year ago Sept 29th. This Sept 1st had my 4th PSA first 3 were undetectable, the 4th came back a .75 that’s a pretty good bounce. That was my local Urologist, they were ready to start radiation treatments but wanted a few more test. So I decided to go back to MD Anderson in Houston, my local Dr said…
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3 Month Post CyberKnife Update Results
BACKGROUND: Diagnosed in March 2010 at age 59 after a PSA from a routine physical had increased to 4.3. DRE normal, no physical symptoms, prostate was not enlarged, no history of PCa in family. Biopsy revealed 1 of 12 cores graded at Gleason 3+3=6. Second biopsy confirmed initial pathology. Staged at T1c. Bone scan, chest…