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Prostate Cancer
Archives for February 2014
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Figure I need something new to worry about....
I'm a visitor here from Lymphoma, where I have been a regular for some time (full remission, 4.5 years now). I posted here for a while last year until my friend Gary died of prostate, after a 13-year fight (his psa was 980 at the end) I would like your opinions on whether I should see a urologist. I had prostate infections…
Dad newly diagnosed
My Dad was just diagnosed Tuesday with Prostrate Cancer. He went for a follow up for the TURP procedure and was told then. The doctor had found a blockage when he went in surgery but felt it was from a procedure done in the office. The dr said he sent the sample off while in surgery and they waited and it came back…
Pending DaVinci Surgery
My husband is getting ready for the DaVinci Surgery this coming Tuesday. I sure hope everything goes okay. He is the person I lean on.
What happens to our previously attached sex nerves after radical prostetectomy?
Assuming the gap where the prostate existed pre-surgery eventually has other organs that squish in to fill the empty space, what happens to any nerves that were hopefully spared? That is, do they just float around? Or does the surgeon tuck them away? I am fully fucntional and still pulling zeros 3.4 years past DaVinci…
LATEST PSA RESULTS FOR RADITION HOPEFUL
JUST GOT RESULTS------- psa is now 0.11.----------IS THIS GOOD ?
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Newly Diagonosed
Familair story, and I am looking for your thoughts and or advice. During my annual physical my PSA was 130. THis was up from 3.2 two years ago. I was refered to an uroloigist whom performed a targeted biopsy. As a result my Gleason socre was 8. The bone scan indicated mestastases in the back and hips. I did not and still…
Flutamide
Has anyone had a positive response with this medication? My father is on it, as he had a reaction to casodex. Just want to see what your thoughts are or if you would recommend something difference. He is advanced with bone mets and has had an orchiectomy
Oncotype
I just received news from UCSF that I am a candidiate for active surveillance due to an analysis called "oncotype" by a company called Genomics. (I had a Gleason 6 (3+3) in 3 cores. ) Does anyone out there have experience with this analysis? Thanks!
Sensitive PSA
Just wanted to check with some members about sensitive PSA. I am 2 1/2 years post open surgery and the first 3 test after surgery my uro did a sensitive PSA. They all came back at <0.03. After that they have been doing normal PSA test where they only go to 0.1. They all have read 0.0. He has said he would not recommend any…
Casodex strange results
I have previously posted about my experience with Casodex (bicalumide) 50mg. 20 months after IMRT my PSA doubled in 3 months and then started rising fast to 9.5 Since I can not tolerate HT . Dr Reccomended 50mg Casodex daily. But after about 8-9 days I got very sick and stopped. Then I had my PSA taken 3 weeks after I…