Prostate Cancer
Discussion List
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Planned Outage on 10/9
There will be a planned CSN outage on 10/9/15 from 5am-8am EST while the site undergoes some maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience. Rowan CSN Support Team
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Myrbetriq
Hi Panel, Anyone using Myrbetriq and how ie the results? I used it and it did well and i can not start on it again till I get over my surgery. daytona19
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Bad taste and Excessive salivation
I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer early in 2011. After the prostectomy and 38 applications of radiation I cntinued with Lupron and Casodex treatments. After a year or so the cancer metastazised. Early this year I had 3 quimo treatments. One of the worst side effects is a complete lack of energy and continuos, for the…
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Johns Hopkins
You may remember me, 28 months ago I had a prostate biopsy done at Hershey Medical Center. Result was gleason 6, 12 cores taken two showed a smal amount of cancer. Doc said active surveillance. Psa's have all been in the 5.5 area. Matter of fact ity was in this ballpark as long ago as 2003. Had another biopsy in December,…
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Radiation Treatments Begin Tomorrow Morning
I was contacted today to schedule my 39 radiation treatments (8 weeks, M-F), my first treatment is tomorrow morning. I am looking forward to getting through these next 8 weeks as quickly as possible. I also have 2 years and 9 months left on Lupron and my PSA will be checked every three months between now and then. PSA…
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Liver Enzymes High Canceled first Chemo Treatment
My 50 year old husband was diagnosed with Prostrate Cancer mastisis to his bones, spine, ribs, tibia, sternum. He is on Luprin shots, and was scheduled to start Chemo last week. However his liver enzymes came back 3 times the norm so it was canceled. Ultrasound done, that is clear. The only other new medicine he had taken…
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Who are the best Kaiser Bay Area (CA) daVinci robotic surgeons ?
Looking for a surgeon ideally with lifetime 500+ daVinci robotic radical prostatectomies. The surgeon would also be current doing 100+ daVinci robotic radical prostatectomies per year. The learning curve for the daVinci robotic machine starts to plateau around 400 - 500 radical prostatectomies lifetime. I wonder is there…
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Waiting for the Biopsy results
Hello, 9-17-15 I am a 52yr old hispanic. I missed my physical last year due to just being too focused on work and just pain busy. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabeties 2.5 years ago and have been able to control it with diet and excercise. However my AC1 this last visit was a bit higher than the doc wanted so he put me on…
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Recently Diagnosed
I was disgnosed with prostate cancer in April with a Gleason score of 7. I was shocked to find out but determined to take immediate action. My daughter in a a Pediatric Oncology Nurse at Childrens in Washington DC (graduated from Duke University with honors) and she has been my Guardian Angel from the day I got my results.…
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September is PCa Awareness Month
Just happened to see this article promoting September as PCa Awareness Month: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/man-screened-prostate-cancer-month-article-1.2346437 Distribute the link to anyone you think who might benefit by reading it.
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<0.01 PSA
Latest PSA <0.01 (Yipee!) DaViniced 04/2009 Never leaked ED - Levitra Life has been good.