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Can anyone recommend a Urologist At Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
My husband was just diagnosed with prostate cancer 2/02. He is 68 but turning 69 in early April. He was diagnosed with colon cancer in Dec. '14 and had surgery to remove the cancer with no lymph node involvement and no chemo or radiation. He was scheduled to have hernia surgery to repair some rather "ugly" protruding…
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New diagnosis of Prostate Cancer
My husband has just been informed that he has prostate cancer. He is seeing a urologic oncologist at UCSF and we feel he is getting great care. So far, we know his gleason score of 9 indicates an aggressive cancer and he has been scheduled for surgery on March 15th. Before then he is to have a total body bone scan as well…
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Never Surrender
Got the latest PSA results this morning (from lab website) = 2.4. Up from 0.2 in November, 2016. I’ve been getting Zoladex injections since July, 2016 when my PSA jumped up to 2.3. This is my second round of HT. Not good. But not the end of the world. I see Urologist this Monday to discuss PSA result. Originally scheduled…
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Water retention in Cancer
My grandfather is having Prostate cancer with Mets, detected 3 years back. Currently, he is taking Aberatarone with Wysolone. He's having water retention in his left thigh and foot. Is stopping Wysolone advisable to check water retention? If not, how to cure water retentin? - Glanpaul
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Ups n downs
Was diagnosed in late December, feeling great physically but having trouble mentally. I have gleason 9 and was told last Monday that it's stage 4. I just turned 40 and I'm in prime of my life, finally got to the place in life I've worked so hard for. Now I'm depressed and just plain scared today, but tmrw will be better, I…
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Sorry to be here...but hello!
Hello Everyone. I was just diagnosed this week and am busy immersing myself in all there is to know about Prostate Cancer. This appears to be a good place. I'm 49 years old so a little surprised I'm dealing with this, but my father was diagnosed in early 60's. Here are my stats: Diagnosed 2/13/17 as T1C PSA 6.6 (actual…
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PSA 0.54 after RP
My husband had a PSA rading of 58 before RP and a Gleason 4+4 after RP Doctor had said he would need radiotherapy because lymphnode biposy came out positive. today, i month after radical prostatectomy he got a PSA of 0.54? I dont know if this PSA result is good outcome or not. Would radiptherapy help?
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Feeling better
I have chose holistic approach only, I've seen enough drs. Psa continues to drop and feeling alot better. I know this is a very unpopular choice on this site, but I have never made my decisions based on what other people think of it, I'm doing what's best for me. Don't post anything negative, because I don't wanna hear it.…
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Supplements and other recommendations to avoid recurrence
New to forum Hx: Diagnosed latter part of 2016; PSA 8.5; Gleason 3+4; Radical Suprapubic Prostatectomy 11/2016 w/ neg margins, node negative; uncomplicated recovery; 1 month post op PSA: undetectable; will have periodic PSAs throughout the comnig year with further intervention based on increasing PSA. Hello to all. My uro…
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PSA now 0.82!!!! WTF????
I am the 85 YO guy who in 2011 had a PSA of 300 with multiple widespread matastases (bone) over 75% of my body. Needless to say, the outlook was pretty hopeless. I took bicalutimide for a year, which I would not do again, and got an orchiectomy. The first year was very, very difficult. About 18 months ago, I got my Psa…
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Elevated PSA test 6 years post op
It has been 6 years since my husband had prostate surgery.His PSA test have all been < 0.1 until 6 months ago when they were 0.1.does this mean his cancer has returned
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Metastatic Prostrate Cancer - 82 yrs - Xtandi vs Arbiterone?
MY dad's 82 years old and we live in India. He has been on Caluran tablets since 2011 and we introduced Firmagon to his treatment fince Oct 2016. The PSA is still on the rise and is at a 199. The cancer is metastatic. My dad is quite asymptomatic and leads an active life style with immense amount of traveling. The doctors…
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Newly Diagnosed - Gleason (3+4)
Thanks in advance for the empathy and technical knowledge shown on this message board. My Situation: 55 Married, WM - Overall Good Health - No symptons. Wife and two teenage boys. Good Health Insurance. Life Insurance, Good Finaces. Wife is upset but stable. Kids do not know and will not until it is necessary. Employer…
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Private Message Spam
Hello everyone, Thank you to all of you who have alerted us to the PM spamming from earlier today. I apologize for the inconvenience. While we do have securities in place, we are not always able to catch all spam, and we are trying to figure out how this one got around our system. If you received a message from jegac1…
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What to do about a Gleason 6?
A good friend has just been diagnosed with a Gleason (6 3+3) and he wants to know what are his best options. He is 55 and slightly overweight but very concerned about all of the conflicting advice out there as to treatments and so forth. What are the latest solutions? Thanks
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Recent PSAs & Test Results
It appears my PCa is really taking off as in one year my PSAs have really sky-rocketed. Here's my history from January 2016 to my most recent test on Feb 3 2017: Jan 22 2016: 0.08, April 7 2016: 0.18, Aug 15 2016: 1.82, Oct 18 2016: 2.40, Dec 29 2016: 3.24, Feb 03 2017: 6.6 Starting in August, I began to get really worried…
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Father has had a possible PSA recurrence.
Hello everyone. My father had his prostate removed April 23 2013 as a result of prostate cancer. His biopsy results stated he had 5 cores positive for cancer, with greatest involvement in any core 40%, both left and right lobes, Gleason score was 6, stage T1c. Following surgery, pathology report stated the following:…
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6 week post op PSA results
Just got my PSA results todday as it is the 6 week result as my Dr. says to give us a PSA marker post sergery. it is >0.01 he said that is considered as undetectable and that we will start to do the PSA test every 3 months for a year then go to every 4 months for a year then every 6 mos for two years. but if it starts to…