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Prostate Cancer

Archives for December 2013

Late Term Brachytherapy side effects...
Hello All, Have not been here in awhile. New symptoms brought me back. Had BT in December 2011. Had typcial short term effects which went away after a month. My PSA's since then have averaged .40 with one 2.0 spike. In the last few months have experienced buring urination, frequency, urgency, sore testicles. My Urologist…
AUS Surgery Jan 27 - Anxious
Advice / feedback on AUS surgery MAIN interest. Surgery set for Jan 27.
Does anyone have any feedback on ProstRcision
I am 65 and new to CSN-----------I bloged yesterday and posted my condition ( hindsight is 20-20) trying to decide on a treatment. Here is a quick recap. 10-8-13 psa 7.6----10-30-13 psa 8.5----11-5-13 DRE found tumor----11-14-13 sonogram(prostate 33 grms)-----11-25-13 biopsy (prostate cancer---gleason…
Rapidly rising PSA
My last post on this subject was that my PSA had doubled from 3.3 to 7 in three months. The Doctor I saw said it could have been due to a very severe urinary tract infection and that I should teat PSA again in one months time. If the rise was due to he infection this latest test should show a decline. Unfortunately my PSA…
INCONTINENCE AFTER HOSPITAL SURGERY
HELLO EVERYONE & HAPPY HOLIDAYS I recently had surgery for a bleeding blood vessel in the bladder MY current PSA is 0.14 ---taking the 4 month shots of ELIGARD in the stomach. PSA IN AUGUST was 0.15 I'm home now but have to run to bathroom virtually every 1/2 hour & sometimes barely make it. DID anyone experience…
newby
HELP,-- I am a 79 yr old with Bladder and prostate problems. Jan.3rd they are removing the bladder stones and I would like to know if I should opt for the removal of my prostate at the same time? My psa is 9.8 and a recent biopsy was done and yesterday the Dr. called and said I had a very aggresive cancer that had a…
A Christmas Gift
Have not posted in a long, long time. PCa Dx May 6,2009, with a pre Gleason of 7 and a post robotic surgery Gleason of 8 and Dx of Stage 3B. Went just under a year with no post surgical changes and then a very, very slight increase in reading (0.02). Some would say not enough to react. I, and my urologist thank goodness,…
LTEST UPDATE ON PSA TEST
HELLO EVERYONE HOPE YOU ALL ARE DOING Well with the bandit. I just got my latest PSA result IT Only dropped .1 since last result in AUgust. I believe it's a good reading although I'm not sure. Any replies appreciated---I WISH EVERYONE A MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR. CORDIALLY RADIATION HOPEFUL
Waiting for Surgery
I have just been diagnosed with Stage II prostate cancer, PSA 13, Gleason Score 7 (4+3). I have selected robotic surgery with the da Vinci machine, but I have to wait 6 weeks for surgery. What is the normal wait time from time of diagnosis to surgery? How aggressive is a Gleason 7 and is there any danger in waiting? RT was…
PSA Test Results
I am a 73 year old man who had a diagnosis of prostate cancer in April, 2012 (Gleason score 7, one positive of 12 biopsies). I had radical prostatectomy, and the pathology report indicated the cancer was confined to the prostate with no evidence of any spreading. The path report did say that there was "perineural"…
New urine test for PCa
I found this on the PCF site. It looks interesting.. http://www.pcf.org/site/c.leJRIROrEpH/b.8833993/k.EC93/New_Urine_Test_for_Prostate_Cancer_Available_Unlike_PSA_Test_is_UltraSpecific_for_Prostate_Cancer.htm?msource=dec13np Jimmy/Cleveland
Today's PSA Results
Hello All, Just got back from a visit with my oncologist for my PSA results. A little background: I was diagnosed in July 2010 at age 59 with a PSA of 19 and a Gleason of 4+3 with cancer in 7 of the 12 cores. There was also a detectible lump on the DRE. An MRI also showed a suspicious lymph node (it had appeared normal in…
Experience with Dr. Med. Michael K. Stehling, Anyone?
Hello! My Dad was 75 and is diagnosed to have Prostate Cancer, and we will be travelling to Germany to have it done there. It's just this Doctor was reffered to us by PlacidWay a Medical tourism company here in US and I trusted their referrals as I had experience but its in terms of cosmetic surgery. I just want to know if…
Earlier Christmas present
Yes, I got a Christmas present today. The PSA of today’s results come at 0.85 ng/ml. The Testosterone was 4.89 ng/ml (489 ng/dL). These values are lower than the last ones taken in September 2013, and represent a plateau after the steep increase at the beginning of my “vacations” from HT drugs. This is a surprise and…
Third Year Status
Haven't been on the forum for awhile and for those of you unfamiliar with my saga, here's a summary of my story. I received CK treatment for my Gleason 6 PCa in Sept 2010 at UCSF. It took forever for my PSA levels to drop and it actually rose to 5.07 (higher than my PSA of 4.5 at biopsy) in June 2011 until it dropped to…
PSA on the rise from 1.9 to 3.2
My husband, who feels and looks as fit as can be, just got his test results back...Nadir was 0.24 in August. In November, it shot up to 1.9 and today, one month on, it is 3.2. Also the Alkaline phosphatase is rising rapidly. He is on bicalutamide and Firmagon. Onc. said last month, if the PSA continues to be up on today's…
New to the forum
Just started to do some research on treatment for PC. Trying to decide on robitic or CK. I am leaning towards CK. My Gleason score is 3+3 for a 6 my PSA is .081. 2 of 12 tested positive. I don't have any of the other diags right now, will have to get them. After reading in here I see I did not get all the information I…
Treatment advice
My body rejected the degarilix . It lasted almost two years, but my side effects in last two injections were too severe. I was getting read to try another HT, but my Oncologist called me up and said he was quitting the hospital. They scheduled a new Oncologist and he is not going to work. I was scheduled for a Lupron shot…
First post-op PsA result
Had my first post-op PSA test yesterday. Result came back today -- .01 Michael (Gleason 3+3; DaVinci surgery Oct. 10)
PSA doubling every six weeks
On July 3rd 2012 I had a radical prostatectomy. Found to be Gleason 9. Had escaped through back of prostate. Adjunct external radiation during October/November 2012. PSA end Feb 2013 < 0.01 but started growing as from June 2013 and is now 0.42 (at 5th December 2013), amounting to a doubling every six weeks. Bone, CT and…
Advice for optional therapies after Hormone Therapy & Chemo have failed
Hi everyone! I signed up back in March or April shortly after my husband was diagnosed. I haven't really posted much as I still am at a loss I think, but I always read your posts and they have all been very helpful and positive. It was originally thought my husband had a prostate infection, however after a month of…
My husband's prostate cancer treatment
My husband has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. In November, 2008 he had biopsies done and all specimens came back benign except for Left Medial Base which came back as high grade prostatic intraepithelial meoplasia. After this he developed severe back pain. He was told it was infection after the biopsy and was put on…
suggestions for hospitals or doctors
I am a throat cancer survivor from APril 2011 [surgery, radiation, and 2 doses of chemo]. My brother in law in Chicago had treatment [not sure what type] for prosate cancer April 2012. He has been doing fine until late Septemebr 2013. His PSA level has come back. He is not pleased with his Chicago doctor who seems to be in…
Failed robotic prostatectomy, now looking at radiation
Hello! Yes, I am back. I joined this discussion board in late January, 2011. I had just been diagnosed with prostate cancer. At that time I wrote: "I was diagnosed with prostate cancer on 12-30-2010. I am 53 years old in otherwise good health. My psa was 4.3. My last psa was 1.2 in 2007. Gleason score was 6 (3+3) but a…
Testosterone Replacement Therapy After Prostate Cancer Surgery
Since I'm still pulling zeros after successful Da Vinci surgery three years ago, I am considering TRT. But until reading this article, all the information available thus far suggested TRT was not a wise move. What do you guys think about this current theory? http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tre.178/pdf
What lies ahead?
Hello everyone, I wanted to start by saying how much I appreciate the contributions each of you have made to this forum, and how I have already benefited from the knowledge, experiences and opinions you've shared. Here's my situation: I am 61, and diagnosed with Pca in October 2013. There is a history of Pca in my family,…

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